Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice selection of grass and feeder cattle offered today. Compared to the last sale all cattle had a higher undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $394.10/cwt on 246 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −98.23 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$394.10

246 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,160

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$7.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.00

vs NE average

+15.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	394.59	2,173	229
Medium and Large 1-2	511	387.50	1,980	17thin

One grade step is worth $7.09/cwt here — about $193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $527.35, low $475.77, median $492.33 across 12 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 sale246 hd

394.10

—

NE average5 barns · 612 hd

396.10

−2.00

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+15.31

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−98.23

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

28 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	Large 1	1250–1300	1,269	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,792	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,846	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,035	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	302.24/cwt	297.00–309.00	1,983	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,093	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,514	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	400.86/cwt	399.50–402.50	1,688	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,939	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	258.44/cwt	251.00–263.50	2,380	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,298	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	463.84/cwt	460.00–472.50	2,022	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	377.26/cwt	373.00–390.00	2,218	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	950–1000	988	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,757	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	778	299.30/cwt	295.00–303.00	2,329	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	503	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,150	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	400.24/cwt	397.00–412.00	2,141	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,769	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	703	308.63/cwt	308.50–309.00	2,170	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800–850	824	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,596	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,980	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	1,764	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,339	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	365.76/cwt	361.00–372.00	2,249	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	330.58/cwt	328.50–340.00	1,957	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,551	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,349	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	887	275.11/cwt	271.50–277.50	2,440	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	950–1000	971	279.40/cwt	276.50–280.50	2,713	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	356.53/cwt	346.00–365.00	1,822	50

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

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