Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported feeder cattle sale in a month a market trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate from a light crowd of buyers on Tuesday. Light run of weaned fall calves, yearling feeders with some cow/calf pairs being split and good run of slaughter cows and bulls. Few, baby calves weighing from 95 to 190 lbs sold from 1500.00 to 1600.00 and a package at 75 lbs sold at 1325.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $434.91/cwt on 102 head, down $22.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −14.75 against this barn's trailing median of $449.66.

Average price

$434.91

▼ 22.85 vs prior sale

102 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$239

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

$13.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.85

vs NE average

+34.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	516	447.13	2,307	7thin
Medium and Large 1	587	434.01	2,546	95

One grade step is worth $13.12/cwt here — about −$239 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale102 hd

434.91

—

NE average3 barns · 497 hd

457.76

−22.85

National average163 barns · 8,321 hd

400.52

+34.39

This barn, trailing median11 sales

449.66

−14.75

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

14 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	850–900	870	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,741	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,275	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,516	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,765	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,691	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	518.26/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,229	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,801	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,503	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	353.70/cwt	350.00–354.50	2,978	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	425.18/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,636	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,545	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	441.81/cwt	432.50–445.00	2,761	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,655	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	447.13/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,307	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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