Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Short sale but the demand was still moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $435.80/cwt on 72 head, down $26.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −13.86 against this barn's trailing median of $449.66.

Average price

$435.80

▼ 26.86 vs prior sale

72 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,371

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.93

vs NE average

+11.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	435.80	2,371	72

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.31, low $423.58, median $449.66 across 11 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 sale72 hd

435.80

—

NE average6 barns · 1,252 hd

451.73

−15.93

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

+11.73

This barn, trailing median11 sales

449.66

−13.86

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

16 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	350–400	395	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	2,261	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,487	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,547	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,608	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,700	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,969	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,710	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,776	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	436.51/cwt	436.00–437.50	2,314	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	521.07/cwt	515.00–522.50	2,209	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	435.30/cwt	435.00–437.50	2,412	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,311	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	572.00/cwt	572.00–572.00	2,614	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,588	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,507	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	463.05/cwt	462.00–465.00	2,579	17

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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