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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-06

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 6

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Sep 22Oct 6Oct 13 →

Receipts

1,132 head

▲ 458 vs last sale 674▲ 411 vs year ago 721 · +57.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in a few weeks a market trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good. First, large supply of fresh bawling calves at North Platte Stockyards for the fall run. Bulk of the calves had were doubled vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $405.73/cwt on 111 head, down $29.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits −30.07 against this barn's trailing median of $435.80.

Average price

$405.73

▼ 29.17 vs prior sale

111 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,212

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.96

vs NE average

+37.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	405.73	2,212	111

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale111 hd

405.73

—

NE average8 barns · 1,117 hd

419.69

−13.96

National average187 barns · 16,614 hd

367.91

+37.82

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.80

−30.07

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.31, low $385.27, median $435.80 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

25 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,843	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,098	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,317	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	480.77/cwt	477.50–482.50	2,260	49
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	473.64/cwt	459.00–487.00	2,506	150
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	417.95/cwt	409.50–426.50	2,591	106
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,743	21
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,815	55
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,871	18
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,052	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	3,119	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	464.70/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,012	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	459.93/cwt	452.50–470.00	2,116	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	408.84/cwt	407.50–410.00	2,216	72
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,204	39
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,305	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,132	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,504	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,533	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	849	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,674	59
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,736	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	899	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,472	22
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	305.17/cwt	304.00–306.50	2,914	60
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,018	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,759	21
Heifers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,154	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,960	70
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,149	5

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

North Platte Stockyards Livestock Auction - North Platte, NE

Tue Oct 6, 2026

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Receipts 1,132Last week 674Year ago 721

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	544	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	433	455.00–475.00	464.70
26	450–500	460	452.50–470.00	459.93
72	500–550	542	407.50–410.00	408.84
39	550–600	551	400.00	400.00
17	600–650	623	370.00	370.00
9	700–750	728	344.00	344.00
22	750–800	777	326.00	326.00
59	800–850	849	315.00	315.00
12	850–900	855	320.00	320.00
60	950–1000	955	304.00–306.50	305.17
21	1000–1050	1,018	271.00	271.00
70	1150–1200	1,154	256.50	256.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	644	331.00	331.00
22	850–900	899	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	550.00	550.00
31	350–400	373	562.50	562.50
9	400–450	433	535.00	535.00
49	450–500	470	477.50–482.50	480.77
150	500–550	529	459.00–487.00	473.64
106	600–650	620	409.50–426.50	417.95
21	650–700	657	417.50	417.50
55	800–850	828	340.00	340.00
18	900–950	923	311.00	311.00
20	1050–1100	1,052	296.50	296.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.