Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 650 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher and heifer calves sold unevenly steady, instances 10.00 higher on 550 weights. No recent test on the handful of yearlings in the run. Demand was good throughout the sale from start to finish for the 7th Anniversary sale . Actually some of the small packages at the end of the sale brought the top of the market in some weight classes as buyers were trying to finish out pot loads. Bulk of the run was bawling calves with a couple consignments of short weaned calves and yearlings. Almost the whole run had precondition shots and some had a booster vaccination and poured. Several ranchers sold only steer calves on Tuesday and will develop their heifer calves, sort and sell sometime after the first of the year. Next special calf and feeder sale will be in two weeks on Nov 4th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.20/cwt on 646 head. That ranks 6 of 12 comparable sales and sits −8.13 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$484.20

646 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$29.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.23

vs NE average

+26.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	487.61	2,737	550
Large 1	548	482.00	2,641	26
Medium and Large 1-2	547	458.19	2,507	70

One grade step is worth $29.42/cwt here — about $230 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 sale646 hd

484.20

—

NE average12 barns · 7,158 hd

494.42

−10.23

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+26.06

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−8.13

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

35 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
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	574	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,239	6
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	606	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,333	33
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	516	432.77/cwt	428.00–434.50	2,233	24
Steers	Large 1	600–650	628	426.21/cwt	422.50–427.50	2,677	69
Steers	Large 1	500–550	548	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,641	26
Steers	Large 1	450–500	460	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,415	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	596.75/cwt	580.00–620.00	2,417	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	411.55/cwt	401.00–417.00	2,420	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	454.18/cwt	444.00–462.50	2,198	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	711	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,602	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	409.55/cwt	396.00–421.00	2,777	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	519.39/cwt	495.00–540.00	1,937	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	852	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,956	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	762	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,720	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	521.64/cwt	506.00–544.00	2,692	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	470	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,268	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	444.52/cwt	432.50–455.00	2,271	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,029	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,798	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	467.41/cwt	456.00–475.00	2,524	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	544.91/cwt	530.00–565.00	2,648	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	581.19/cwt	575.00–587.50	2,249	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	608.83/cwt	605.00–612.50	2,064	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	505.03/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,439	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	413.25/cwt	412.50–414.00	2,244	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	536.90/cwt	527.50–552.50	2,293	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	473.65/cwt	456.00–480.00	2,747	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	441.59/cwt	440.00–442.00	2,473	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	678	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,617	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	481.22/cwt	475.00–496.00	2,050	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	380.83/cwt	371.00–397.00	2,392	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	621.55/cwt	615.00–629.00	2,430	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	446.12/cwt	430.00–457.50	2,757	430

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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