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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-28

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Apr 28

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Apr 14Apr 28May 12 →

Receipts

315 head

▼ 235 vs last sale 550▲ 315 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Short sale but the demand was still moderate to good.

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 $435.80/cwt on 72 head, down $26.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 10 comparable sales and sits +0.45 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$435.80

▼ 26.86 vs prior sale

72 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,371

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.93

vs NE average

+11.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	435.80	2,371	72

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 sale72 hd

435.80

—

NE average6 barns · 1,252 hd

451.73

−15.93

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

+11.73

This barn, trailing median10 sales

435.36

+0.45

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

10 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.31, low $385.27, median $435.36 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

16 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,311	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	572.00/cwt	572.00–572.00	2,614	40
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,588	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,507	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,776	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	463.05/cwt	462.00–465.00	2,579	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,710	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,969	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	521.07/cwt	515.00–522.50	2,209	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	436.51/cwt	436.00–437.50	2,314	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	435.30/cwt	435.00–437.50	2,412	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,547	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,608	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,700	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	2,261	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,487	10

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 Apr 28, 2026

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

Receipts 315Last week 550Year ago 0

No comparison. Short sale but the demand was still moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	395	572.50	572.50
10	450–500	481	517.00	517.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	331	595.00	595.00
34	400–450	424	515.00–522.50	521.07
30	500–550	530	436.00–437.50	436.51
42	550–600	554	435.00–437.50	435.30
5	600–650	625	407.50	407.50
8	700–750	743	351.00	351.00
12	750–800	767	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	382	605.00	605.00
40	450–500	457	572.00	572.00
9	550–600	554	501.00	501.00
6	600–650	616	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	477	542.50	542.50
7	500–550	517	485.00	485.00
17	550–600	557	462.00–465.00	463.05

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.