North Platte Stockyards Livestock Auction

North Platte, Nebraska · Feeder and slaughter cattle prices from the USDA report for Tue, Oct 13, 2026. 20 USDA reports in the last 12 months, usually on Tuesday.

Receipts

1,256 head

Last reported: 1,524 (Oct 6, 2026)
Year ago: 1,198

500-599 lb steers

$442.69/cwt

185 head, M&L 1
▼ -$30.95 vs last week
▼ -$34.57 vs Oct 14, 2025

700-799 lb steers

$364.64/cwt

30 head, M&L 1
n/a vs last week
n/a vs Oct 14, 2025

Reports

20 in 12 mo

Since Oct 14, 2025
Usual day: Tuesday

Prices, Oct 13, 2026 sale

Dollars per hundredweight (cwt). $/head is our estimate: average weight times average price.

Feeder steers, M&L 1
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.	Note
7	380380	540.00540.00	$2,052
62	478463-485	483.44483.00-485.00	$2,311
24	532520-535	446.08440.00-458.00	$2,373
153	574550-589	443.35430.00-454.00	$2,545
8	583583	420.00420.00	$2,449	Fleshy
58	630600-641	407.89400.00-418.00	$2,570
57	667650-677	385.77380.00-391.00	$2,573
30	715711-718	364.64355.00-371.00	$2,607

Feeder steers, M&L 1-2
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.
15	539539	435.00435.00	$2,345
12	578578	425.00425.00	$2,456
11	622622	375.00375.00	$2,332

Feeder heifers, M&L 1
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.	Note
16	327327	552.50552.50	$1,807
14	375355-385	494.50475.00-522.50	$1,854
77	427417-438	451.36440.00-457.50	$1,927
48	486483-494	410.77410.00-411.00	$1,996
40	521510-541	388.57377.00-396.00	$2,024
50	559551-571	382.63376.00-391.00	$2,139
15	604600-610	359.09355.00-364.00	$2,169
5	641641	347.00347.00	$2,224	Fleshy
17	666665-668	336.59336.00-338.00	$2,242
21	914901-927	292.37285.00-297.00	$2,672
42	953953	299.50299.50	$2,854

Feeder heifers, M&L 1-2
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.	Note
21	634634	338.00338.00	$2,143
6	822822	295.00295.00	$2,425

Feeder heifers, Large 1
Head	Avg wtrange, lb	Avg $/cwtrange	$/headest.	Note
17	1,0161016	288.00288.00	$2,926

52-week trend

Weekly head-weighted average price of Medium and Large 1 steers, all lots at this barn with an average weight in the band. 20 weeks with data.

500-599 lb700-799 lb

Show the weekly numbers

Week of	500-599 lb	700-799 lb
Oct 12, 2026	$442.69	$364.64
Oct 5, 2026	$473.64	-
Sep 21, 2026	$425.00	$362.00
Jun 8, 2026	$499.00	-
May 11, 2026	$485.66	-
Apr 27, 2026	$501.00	-
Apr 13, 2026	$521.94	$364.00
Mar 30, 2026	$497.84	$397.78
Mar 16, 2026	$483.15	$398.44
Mar 2, 2026	$527.35	$400.58
Feb 16, 2026	$521.43	$399.31
Feb 2, 2026	$505.56	$398.25
Jan 19, 2026	$507.94	$385.48
Jan 5, 2026	$475.77	$387.73
Dec 15, 2025	$482.71	$371.67
Dec 1, 2025	$459.27	$360.00
Nov 17, 2025	$431.89	$364.00
Nov 3, 2025	$435.35	-
Oct 20, 2025	$487.61	-
Oct 13, 2025	$477.26	-

Price slide, Oct 13, 2026

Average $/cwt by 100 lb weight class for Medium and Large 1 steers and heifers at this sale. The small number is the change from the next lighter class.

SteersHeifers

Weight	Steers	Heifers
300-399 lb	$540.00	$525.43
400-499 lb	$483.44-56.56	$435.77-89.66
500-599 lb	$442.69-40.75	$385.27-50.50
600-699 lb	$396.93-45.76	$347.12-38.15
700-799 lb	$364.64-32.29	-
900-999 lb	-	$297.12

Nearby barns

Straight-line miles between town centers. Price is 500-599 lb steers at each barn's latest USDA report, in that barn's benchmark grade.

Barn	Mi	Latest	500-599 lb
Ogallala Livestock AuctionOgallala, NE	51	Oct 8	$461.43
Lexington Livestock MarketLexington, NE	58	Oct 9	$446.40
Imperial Auction MarketImperial, NE	63	Oct 9	$464.09
Huss Livestock MarketKearney, NE	92	Oct 7	$449.12
Burwell Livestock MarketBurwell, NE	95	Oct 2	$427.21

Source

As of Tue, Oct 13, 2026. Prices are USDA/state Market News reports; verify with the barn before selling.

North Platte Stockyards Livestock Auction - North Platte, NE (USDA PDF, report date Oct 13, 2026)
Latest AMS_3653 report on ams.usda.gov

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