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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-17

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Mar 17

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Mar 3Mar 17Mar 31 →

Receipts

802 head

▼ 1,903 vs last sale 2,705▲ 802 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was moderate to good. Short run today with all the fires being in the area.

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 $483.15/cwt on 97 head, down $44.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 12 comparable sales and sits +5.05 against this barn's trailing median of $478.10.

Average price

$483.15

▼ 44.20 vs prior sale

97 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−23.26

vs NE average

+11.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	483.15	2,841	97

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 sale97 hd

483.15

—

NE average6 barns · 1,496 hd

506.41

−23.26

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+11.03

This barn, trailing median12 sales

478.10

+5.05

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

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $527.35, low $425.00, median $478.10 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

13 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	483.15/cwt	467.50–484.00	2,841	97
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	470.63/cwt	457.50–472.50	2,932	112
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	436.56/cwt	430.00–439.00	2,925	145
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	415.50/cwt	415.50–415.50	3,029	80
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,683	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	378.66/cwt	376.50–385.00	2,931	69
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	368.87/cwt	367.50–371.00	2,929	18
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	3,012	27
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	3,104	63
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,419	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,524	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,646	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	325.62/cwt	324.50–326.50	2,706	54

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 17, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 802Last week 2,705Year ago 0

No comparison. Demand was moderate to good. Short run today with all the fires being in the area.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	550–600	588	467.50–484.00	483.15
112	600–650	623	457.50–472.50	470.63
145	650–700	670	430.00–439.00	436.56
80	700–750	729	415.50	415.50
69	750–800	774	376.50–385.00	378.66
27	850–900	878	343.00	343.00
63	900–950	917	338.50	338.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	731	367.00	367.00
18	750–800	794	367.50–371.00	368.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	553	437.50	437.50
11	600–650	631	400.00	400.00
8	700–750	729	363.00	363.00
54	800–850	831	324.50–326.50	325.62

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.