Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.55/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −131.29 against this barn's trailing median of $457.84.

Average price

$326.55

105 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$45.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.19

vs NE average

+5.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	341.39	1,903	71
Medium and Large 1-2	583	295.56	1,722	34

One grade step is worth $45.82/cwt here — about $181 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.31, low $434.91, median $457.84 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale105 hd

326.55

—

NE average6 barns · 1,199 hd

339.74

−13.19

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

+5.37

This barn, trailing median8 sales

457.84

−131.29

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

18 lots · USDA AMS · North Platte Stockyards Livestock Auction - North Platte, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	599	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,306	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,090	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,016	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,469	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	301.93/cwt	291.00–317.50	1,790	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	324.63/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,996	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	439.50/cwt	439.50–439.50	2,303	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	334.49/cwt	328.50–342.00	2,127	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,237	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	355.78/cwt	351.00–358.00	2,028	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	434.08/cwt	422.00–441.00	1,836	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,956	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	348.34/cwt	348.00–349.00	1,832	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,628	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,778	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	354.54/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,737	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	333.29/cwt	330.00–341.00	1,913	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	484	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,873	71

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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