Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago. Steers were 4.00 -20.00 lower except 400 - 500 lbs were 5.00 - 20.00 higher. Heifers were 10 - 20.00 higher except 500 lbs were 6.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate on a good selection offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $391.33/cwt on 186 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −58.33 against this barn's trailing median of $449.66.

Average price

$391.33

186 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,108

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$27.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.79

vs NE average

+34.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	396.96	2,105	148
Medium and Large 1-2	571	369.39	2,108	38

One grade step is worth $27.57/cwt here — about −$3 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

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 sale186 hd

391.33

—

NE average8 barns · 2,031 hd

396.12

−4.79

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

+34.44

This barn, trailing median11 sales

449.66

−58.33

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

30 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	600–650	605	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,432	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	383	564.00/cwt	564.00–564.00	2,160	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,573	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,288	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,702	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	301.27/cwt	299.00–302.50	2,886	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	392.57/cwt	385.00–396.00	2,175	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	360.93/cwt	360.50–362.00	2,267	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	481.28/cwt	467.50–490.00	1,786	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	476.93/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,989	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	398.32/cwt	386.00–407.00	2,083	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	526.65/cwt	522.50–530.00	2,059	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	415.39/cwt	413.00–418.00	2,401	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,473	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	438.87/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,041	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	483.37/cwt	474.00–485.00	2,364	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	436.59/cwt	425.50–447.50	2,314	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	518.21/cwt	515.00–524.00	2,192	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	691	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	2,546	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	718	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,614	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	391.83/cwt	381.00–398.00	2,437	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,277	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,133	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	405.10/cwt	394.00–407.00	1,940	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,094	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	448.24/cwt	445.00–449.00	2,201	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,088	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,120	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,982	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,190	5

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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