Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer and heifer calves sold sharply lower. A lot has happened in the cattle complex over the last couple weeks causing much lower prices. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Nice run of spring calves on offer, majority of which had received fall vaccinations and some packages were weaned.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $434.31/cwt on 418 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −58.01 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$434.31

418 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,390

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$25.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.63

vs NE average

+15.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	435.35	2,402	401
Medium and Large 1-2	520	410.00	2,132	17thin

One grade step is worth $25.35/cwt here — about $270 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale418 hd

434.31

—

NE average12 barns · 6,837 hd

450.95

−16.63

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+15.21

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−58.01

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

26 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	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	506	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,176	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	473	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,280	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,215	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,694	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	425.89/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,027	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	377.68/cwt	355.00–381.00	2,213	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	349.22/cwt	339.00–352.50	2,148	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	471.72/cwt	462.50–485.00	1,986	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	404.50/cwt	404.50–404.50	2,544	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	459.73/cwt	433.00–467.00	2,349	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	546.81/cwt	530.00–557.50	2,023	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	409.29/cwt	397.00–420.00	2,529	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	422.55/cwt	395.00–437.00	2,421	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	372.20/cwt	372.00–372.50	2,535	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	634	370.98/cwt	362.00–382.00	2,352	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,132	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	478.27/cwt	466.00–496.00	2,272	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	404.73/cwt	390.00–412.50	2,113	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,968	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	663	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,393	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,711	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,016	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	457.91/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,909	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,487	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	299	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	9

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

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