Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Steers and heifers were mixed up and down. Demand was moderate to good. nice selection offered today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $506.84/cwt on 310 head, up $31.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 12 comparable sales and sits +14.51 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$506.84

▲ 31.07 vs prior sale

310 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$7.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.97

vs NE average

+41.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	507.94	2,806	263
Medium and Large 1-2	540	500.67	2,703	47

One grade step is worth $7.26/cwt here — about $104 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 sale310 hd

506.84

—

NE average9 barns · 4,486 hd

501.87

+4.97

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+41.51

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

+14.51

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

37 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	550–600	570	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,551	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,245	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,976	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,730	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,285	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	2,086	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	2,845	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	387.26/cwt	378.00–391.00	2,939	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	470.05/cwt	467.50–485.00	2,754	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,592	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	361.29/cwt	355.00–366.50	2,941	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	559.14/cwt	546.00–578.00	2,471	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	454.56/cwt	442.00–460.00	2,809	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,101	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	418.34/cwt	416.00–425.00	2,761	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	531.47/cwt	522.50–540.00	2,822	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,463	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,878	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	385.36/cwt	376.50–398.00	2,813	538
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,342	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	380.47/cwt	369.00–390.00	2,606	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	514.37/cwt	514.00–515.00	2,726	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	433.75/cwt	430.00–437.00	2,724	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	3,185	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,541	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,889	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	409.28/cwt	400.00–416.00	2,402	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	1,987	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	427.90/cwt	422.00–441.00	2,422	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,322	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	509	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,448	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	486.25/cwt	479.00–499.00	2,368	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	354.98/cwt	346.00–365.00	2,556	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	561	500.42/cwt	500.00–502.00	2,807	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,054	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	385.83/cwt	375.00–387.00	2,504	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	415.54/cwt	405.00–427.50	2,593	349
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	452.65/cwt	446.50–460.00	2,399	99

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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