Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Short run today, demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $514.95/cwt on 151 head, up $36.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 12 comparable sales and sits +22.62 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$514.95

▲ 36.81 vs prior sale

151 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

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

$24.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.19

vs NE average

+26.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	521.94	2,972	108
Medium and Large 1-2	539	497.38	2,681	43

One grade step is worth $24.56/cwt here — about $291 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 sale151 hd

514.95

—

NE average7 barns · 1,392 hd

515.14

−0.19

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+26.60

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

+22.62

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

18 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	950–1000	979	327.48/cwt	321.00–331.00	3,206	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	497.38/cwt	486.00–505.00	2,681	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,350	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,580	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,993	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	570.92/cwt	552.50–572.50	2,626	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,734	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	422.12/cwt	418.00–426.00	2,655	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	571.00/cwt	571.00–571.00	2,501	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,722	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,905	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,814	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,402	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,376	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	483.79/cwt	480.00–491.00	2,346	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	471.16/cwt	470.00–472.00	2,365	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,410	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	577.00/cwt	577.00–577.00	2,066	11

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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