Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on a short run offered today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $423.27/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −26.39 against this barn's trailing median of $449.66.

Average price

$423.27

145 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,234

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$676

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

$112.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.90

vs NE average

+38.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	432.59	2,292	133
Medium and Large 1-2	505	320.00	1,616	12thin

One grade step is worth $112.59/cwt here — about $676 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

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.31, low $423.58, median $449.66 across 11 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 sale145 hd

423.27

—

NE average6 barns · 1,354 hd

431.17

−7.90

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

+38.88

This barn, trailing median11 sales

449.66

−26.39

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

23 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 1	1000–1050	1,029	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,283	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	455.88/cwt	445.00–462.50	2,097	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	1,916	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	315.51/cwt	311.50–319.00	3,067	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	3,160	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	354.90/cwt	340.00–358.50	2,548	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	339.39/cwt	338.00–343.00	2,932	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	343.65/cwt	339.00–346.00	2,856	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,171	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,988	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,408	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,664	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,199	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,294	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,616	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,296	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	473.70/cwt	469.00–477.50	2,416	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,867	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	397.92/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,264	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	542.34/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,321	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	3,150	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	421.71/cwt	421.00–422.00	2,610	51

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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