Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold sharply higher on the day. Yearling heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good throughout the day with some buyers on the internet. Run comprised of yearling cattle and bawling calves right off the cow with most having precondition shots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.73/cwt on 142 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −14.60 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$477.73

142 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

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

$6.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.94

vs NE average

+8.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	484.00	2,628	10thin
Medium and Large 1	553	477.26	2,641	132

One grade step is worth $6.74/cwt here — about −$13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale142 hd

477.73

—

NE average9 barns · 4,312 hd

480.67

−2.94

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+8.69

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−14.60

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

25 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,471	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	337.00/cwt	336.00–338.00	2,908	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,678	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	525.62/cwt	517.50–530.00	1,777	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,796	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	345.17/cwt	333.00–355.00	2,855	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	504.04/cwt	497.50–515.00	2,641	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	451.27/cwt	445.00–456.00	2,626	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	676	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,789	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	431.48/cwt	427.00–434.00	2,727	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	385.72/cwt	383.00–390.00	2,480	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	2,284	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	399.73/cwt	390.00–403.00	2,286	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,037	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	488.93/cwt	480.00–502.50	2,098	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,447	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	437.40/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,288	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	471.99/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,195	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	551.49/cwt	540.00–557.50	2,531	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,024	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	2,402	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,628	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	994	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,181	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,356	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	532.79/cwt	517.50–560.00	2,536	30

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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