Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers sold unevenly steady. Most weights of heifers sold 20.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Instances very good demand for replacement quality heifers. Bulk of the sale was package trade a few load lots in the run. Cattle were weaned and fully vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $504.06/cwt on 328 head, down $2.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 12 comparable sales and sits +11.73 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$504.06

▼ 2.78 vs prior sale

328 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$16.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.71

vs NE average

+21.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	505.56	2,831	298
Medium and Large 1-2	543	489.11	2,656	30

One grade step is worth $16.45/cwt here — about $176 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 sale328 hd

504.06

—

NE average9 barns · 3,471 hd

495.34

+8.71

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+21.03

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

+11.73

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

25 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 1	650–700	660	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,660	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,569	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,690	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	435.77/cwt	435.00–438.00	2,693	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	510.80/cwt	507.50–522.50	2,442	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,574	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	438.46/cwt	434.00–450.00	2,802	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	3,044	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	468.53/cwt	457.50–470.50	2,774	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	414.07/cwt	402.00–423.00	2,936	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,325	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	528.83/cwt	521.50–534.00	2,856	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,804	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	709	383.36/cwt	381.00–396.00	2,718	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	556.27/cwt	545.00–566.00	2,687	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	607.00/cwt	607.00–607.00	2,604	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,682	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,403	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	385.51/cwt	378.00–391.00	2,949	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	468.57/cwt	468.00–469.00	2,882	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	489.11/cwt	476.00–498.00	2,656	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,561	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	455.32/cwt	445.00–462.00	2,600	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	643	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	3,022	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	751	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,711	73

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

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