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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, Steers and heifers sold mixed up and down depending on what they were looking for. Demand was moderate to good on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $527.35/cwt on 194 head, up $6.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 12 comparable sales and sits +35.02 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$527.35

▲ 6.85 vs prior sale

194 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.88

vs NE average

+51.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	527.35	2,901	194

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale194 hd

527.35

—

NE average7 barns · 1,547 hd

512.47

+14.88

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+51.79

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

+35.02

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

32 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,703	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	719	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,854	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	659	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,768	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	627.50/cwt	627.50–627.50	2,083	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,238	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,701	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	342.64/cwt	341.00–348.00	2,991	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	424.78/cwt	424.00–435.00	2,910	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	566.00/cwt	566.00–566.00	2,819	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,817	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,921	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	468.33/cwt	466.00–480.00	2,913	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	379.58/cwt	365.00–386.00	3,059	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	344.35/cwt	340.50–352.00	3,171	423
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	401.16/cwt	396.00–414.00	2,764	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	384.53/cwt	379.00–386.00	2,988	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,037	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	3,355	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	594.00/cwt	594.00–594.00	2,869	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,841	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	546.68/cwt	543.00–549.00	2,876	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	594.00/cwt	594.00–594.00	2,115	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	496.63/cwt	492.00–507.00	2,647	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,882	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	420.06/cwt	403.00–423.50	3,045	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,747	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	338.98/cwt	336.00–341.00	2,763	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,701	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	598.00/cwt	598.00–598.00	2,685	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	326.57/cwt	319.50–329.50	3,161	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	433.81/cwt	428.00–439.00	2,616	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	526.07/cwt	525.00–527.00	2,473	26

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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