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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-20

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 20

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Oct 13Oct 20latest

Receipts

3,258 head

▲ 2,307 vs last sale 951▲ 722 vs year ago 2,536 · +28.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

BBQ sale day. Compared to last week, steers were 10.00 - 20.00 higher and heifers were 5.00 - 20.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered. Lots of buyers on the seats and active internet..

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $469.16/cwt on 561 head, up $28.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −8.98 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$469.16

▲ 28.01 vs prior sale

561 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,526

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

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

$29.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.30

vs NE average

+29.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	473.20	2,533	483
Medium and Large 1-2	558	444.14	2,479	78

One grade step is worth $29.06/cwt here — about $54 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale561 hd

469.16

—

NE average10 barns · 5,796 hd

457.86

+11.30

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

+29.89

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−8.98

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

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $527.35, low $425.00, median $478.14 across 11 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

36 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,998	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	560.60/cwt	552.00–570.00	2,097	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	420	562.00/cwt	562.00–562.00	2,360	35
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	496.99/cwt	485.00–502.50	2,117	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	544.50/cwt	533.00–552.50	2,330	64
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	481.68/cwt	476.00–494.00	2,298	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	515.37/cwt	505.00–523.00	2,463	60
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	511	500.85/cwt	497.00–504.50	2,559	83
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	478.68/cwt	467.50–486.00	2,503	217
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	453.03/cwt	439.00–457.50	2,455	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	454.17/cwt	441.00–464.00	2,548	183
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	433.22/cwt	431.00–438.00	2,504	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	425.83/cwt	417.50–437.00	2,657	362
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	411.83/cwt	402.50–419.00	2,706	236
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	3,010	43
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,071	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	3,095	63
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	313	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,667	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,643	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,820	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	472.59/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,980	85
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	444.68/cwt	440.00–454.00	1,877	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	460	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,093	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	436.45/cwt	430.00–447.50	2,086	100
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,016	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	406.86/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,132	209
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	568	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,386	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	391.43/cwt	381.00–405.00	2,266	166
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	382.06/cwt	373.00–386.50	2,319	73
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	357.08/cwt	353.00–362.00	2,335	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,285	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	320.72/cwt	320.00–321.00	2,338	35
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	336.68/cwt	334.00–345.00	2,646	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	346.72/cwt	341.00–358.00	2,867	275
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,768	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,942	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.

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

North Platte Stockyards Livestock Auction - North Platte, NE

Tue Oct 20, 2026

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Receipts 3,258Last week 951Year ago 2,536

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	600.00	600.00
26	350–400	374	552.00–570.00	560.60
64	400–450	428	533.00–552.50	544.50
60	450–500	478	505.00–523.00	515.37
217	500–550	523	467.50–486.00	478.68
183	550–600	561	441.00–464.00	454.17
362	600–650	624	417.50–437.00	425.83
236	650–700	657	402.50–419.00	411.83
43	750–800	792	380.00	380.00
10	850–900	853	360.00	360.00
63	900–950	905	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	426	485.00–502.50	496.99
43	450–500	477	476.00–494.00	481.68
43	500–550	542	439.00–457.50	453.03
35	550–600	578	431.00–438.00	433.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	400–450	420	562.00	562.00
83	500–550	511	497.00–504.50	500.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	327	502.50	502.50
31	350–400	364	500.00	500.00
85	400–450	419	460.00–480.00	472.59
100	450–500	478	430.00–447.50	436.45
209	500–550	524	400.00–417.50	406.86
166	550–600	579	381.00–405.00	391.43
73	600–650	607	373.00–386.50	382.06
31	650–700	654	353.00–362.00	357.08
28	750–800	786	334.00–345.00	336.68
275	800–850	827	341.00–358.00	346.72
9	850–900	876	316.00	316.00
10	900–950	934	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	400–450	422	440.00–454.00	444.68
12	500–550	517	390.00	390.00
11	650–700	677	337.50	337.50
35	700–750	729	320.00–321.00	320.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	313	532.50	532.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	568	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	460	455.00	455.00

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.