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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Mar 4

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

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Receipts

2,098 head

▼ 386 vs last sale 2,484▲ 42 vs year ago 2,056 · +2.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered.

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 $351.83/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −126.27 against this barn's trailing median of $478.10.

Average price

$351.83

27 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.35

vs NE average

+2.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	351.83	2,016	27

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 sale27 hd

351.83

—

NE average8 barns · 1,710 hd

365.18

−13.35

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+2.55

This barn, trailing median12 sales

478.10

−126.27

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

28 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,513	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	499	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,801	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	351.83/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,016	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	618	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,120	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	317.77/cwt	315.00–331.00	2,024	49
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	325.91/cwt	313.50–329.50	2,180	161
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,970	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,118	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	306.17/cwt	301.00–311.00	2,250	201
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	294.47/cwt	287.00–302.00	2,270	146
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	275.34/cwt	271.00–276.50	2,255	121
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,350	67
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	256.05/cwt	254.00–257.50	2,315	294
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	997	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,448	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,311	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,541	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	1,550	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	333.43/cwt	325.00–334.00	1,821	73
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	552	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,871	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,650	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	599	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,815	91
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	620	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,021	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	300.54/cwt	298.50–308.50	1,911	135
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	282.48/cwt	278.00–288.50	1,927	148
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	721	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,163	53
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,008	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,156	53
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,171	9

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 4, 2025

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

Receipts 2,098Last week 2,484Year ago 2,056

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	550–600	552	339.00	339.00
62	600–650	620	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	395.00	395.00
10	400–450	444	347.00	347.00
44	450–500	454	341.50	341.50
73	500–550	546	325.00–334.00	333.43
91	550–600	599	303.00	303.00
135	600–650	636	298.50–308.50	300.54
148	650–700	682	278.00–288.50	282.48
20	700–750	729	275.50	275.50
53	750–800	770	280.00	280.00
9	900–950	920	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	567	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
53	700–750	721	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	618	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	695	283.50	283.50
6	700–750	728	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	410.00	410.00
9	450–500	499	361.00	361.00
27	550–600	573	350.00–355.00	351.83
49	600–650	637	315.00–331.00	317.77
161	650–700	669	313.50–329.50	325.91
201	700–750	735	301.00–311.00	306.17
146	750–800	771	287.00–302.00	294.47
121	800–850	819	271.00–276.50	275.34
67	850–900	853	275.50	275.50
294	900–950	904	254.00–257.50	256.05
56	950–1000	997	245.50	245.50

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.