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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, May 12

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Apr 28May 12Jun 9 →

Receipts

790 head

▲ 475 vs last sale 315▲ 790 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.

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 $457.75/cwt on 89 head, up $21.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 10 comparable sales and sits +22.40 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$457.75

▲ 21.95 vs prior sale

89 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.15

vs NE average

+40.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	457.75	2,519	89

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 sale89 hd

457.75

—

NE average6 barns · 1,264 hd

472.90

−15.15

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

+40.64

This barn, trailing median10 sales

435.36

+22.40

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

20 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,459	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	558.00/cwt	558.00–558.00	2,572	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,742	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,764	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,135	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,277	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Spayed	464	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,332	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,402	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Spayed	541	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,435	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Spayed	558	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,567	60
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Spayed	608	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,675	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	412.17/cwt	402.50–419.00	2,576	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,732	131
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,733	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,458	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	762	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,888	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	349.83/cwt	349.75–351.00	2,697	203
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,854	128
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,756	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,756	6

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 May 12, 2026

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

Receipts 790Last week 315Year ago 0

No comparison. Demand was 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
6	800–850	830	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	383	557.50	557.50
9	450–500	461	494.00	494.00
12	500–550	525	457.50	457.50
14	600–650	625	402.50–419.00	412.17
131	650–700	690	396.00	396.00
6	700–750	724	377.50	377.50
203	750–800	771	349.75–351.00	349.83
128	800–850	847	337.00	337.00
5	850–900	889	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	750–800	762	379.00	379.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	502.50	502.50
17	500–550	541	450.00	450.00
60	550–600	558	460.00	460.00
18	600–650	608	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	700–750	738	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	424	580.00	580.00
5	450–500	461	558.00	558.00
7	500–550	535	512.50	512.50
12	550–600	588	470.00	470.00

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.