Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $457.75/cwt on 89 head, up $21.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 11 comparable sales and sits +8.09 against this barn's trailing median of $449.66.

Average price

$457.75

▲ 21.95 vs prior sale

89 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.15

vs NE average

+40.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	457.75	2,519	89

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 sale89 hd

457.75

—

NE average6 barns · 1,264 hd

472.90

−15.15

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

+40.64

This barn, trailing median11 sales

449.66

+8.09

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

20 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	800–850	830	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,756	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,135	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,277	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,402	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	762	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,888	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	600–650	608	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,675	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	349.83/cwt	349.75–351.00	2,697	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	412.17/cwt	402.50–419.00	2,576	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	558.00/cwt	558.00–558.00	2,572	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,742	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	500–550	541	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,435	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,732	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,458	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,854	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,764	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,459	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	550–600	558	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,567	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	450–500	464	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,332	7

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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