Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers were 11.00 -25.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 - 11.00 higher. Demand was good , with a nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $455.47/cwt on 163 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −36.86 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$455.47

163 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$41.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.59

vs NE average

+26.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	459.27	2,563	148
Medium and Large 1-2	587	418.00	2,454	15thin

One grade step is worth $41.27/cwt here — about $109 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

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 sale163 hd

455.47

—

NE average4 barns · 1,628 hd

449.88

+5.59

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+26.32

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−36.86

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

28 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	450–500	476	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,409	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,748	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,268	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,770	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	443.47/cwt	434.00–452.50	1,876	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,798	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,086	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,301	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,650	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,581	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	599.00/cwt	599.00–599.00	2,073	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,945	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	472.26/cwt	468.50–476.50	2,588	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	991	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,933	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	282.97/cwt	281.00–285.00	2,733	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	400.09/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,148	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,646	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,241	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,156	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,454	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	330.57/cwt	327.00–332.50	2,212	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	401.11/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,531	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,449	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,190	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	376.62/cwt	376.00–378.00	2,550	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	443.57/cwt	439.00–452.00	2,528	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	679	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,662	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,284	35

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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