Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on a short run of calves and feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $467.95/cwt on 19 head, down $41.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −42.11 against this barn's trailing median of $510.06.

Average price

$467.95

▼ 41.37 vs prior sale

19 head · 430 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,012

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.46

vs NE average

+66.87 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	430	467.95	2,012	19thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

8 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $533.74, low $467.95, median $510.06 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale19 hd

467.95

—

NE average4 barns · 874 hd

458.49

+9.46

National average176 barns · 10,693 hd

401.08

+66.87

This barn, trailing median8 sales

510.06

−42.11

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

23 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	450–500	493	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,125	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,854	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,940	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,071	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	3,074	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,945	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	331.85/cwt	323.00–335.00	3,070	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	291.89/cwt	290.00–292.50	2,954	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,837	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,022	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,580	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,414	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,969	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	486.33/cwt	473.00–495.00	2,286	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,773	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	3,062	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,868	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	304.22/cwt	296.50–314.00	2,802	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	353.60/cwt	347.00–354.50	2,624	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	320.80/cwt	316.00–323.00	2,791	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,053	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,019	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,704	10

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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