Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers less than 700 lbs sold sharply higher on the day with several weights trading 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Over 700 lbs sold fully 8.00 higher. Most weights of heifers traded sharply higher like their brothers with several weights 10.00 to 15.00 higher, except 6 weights sold 3.00 higher. Demand was good to very good. Auctioneers had a fast chant throughout the sale as buyers bid at 1.00 to 2.50 dollar increments most of the sale. Buyers were there to gather inventory and to full-fill orders from customers. Internet was also active some of the day. Even though market news doesn't report slaughter cows at this sale a very active market was noted with a higher undertone on all classes of cows and bulls. Several cows of all ages went back to the county to be placed on feed. Saturday Jan 18th will be a special bred heifer and cow sale. Then on Monday Jan 20 will be a special calf and feeder auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $343.50/cwt on 169 head.

Average price

$343.50

169 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.59

vs NE average

+1.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	343.50	1,917	169

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 sale169 hd

343.50

—

NE average11 barns · 5,545 hd

357.10

−13.59

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+1.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	836	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,006	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	542	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,637	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	279.44/cwt	268.00–290.00	1,864	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	287.67/cwt	277.00–296.00	1,812	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	360.33/cwt	354.00–368.00	1,567	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,701	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	284	443.25/cwt	430.00–451.00	1,259	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	382.65/cwt	377.00–401.00	1,829	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,252	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,908	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,001	50
Steers	Large 1	600–650	631	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,953	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	416.44/cwt	415.00–424.00	1,545	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,739	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	360.89/cwt	356.00–369.00	1,887	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	375.50/cwt	371.00–377.00	1,434	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	772	263.70/cwt	262.00–266.00	2,036	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	830	269.08/cwt	267.00–270.00	2,233	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	333.68/cwt	319.00–339.00	1,929	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	304.21/cwt	293.00–313.00	2,053	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	257.24/cwt	250.50–259.00	2,387	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,112	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	298.15/cwt	289.00–309.00	1,613	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	272.46/cwt	267.00–274.50	1,962	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	331.45/cwt	310.00–344.00	2,052	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	291.88/cwt	285.00–298.00	2,139	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,414	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,169	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	341.36/cwt	336.00–360.00	1,635	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,078	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	882	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,240	21
Steers	Large 1	700–750	717	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,936	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	280.42/cwt	276.50–285.00	2,184	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,897	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	304.59/cwt	281.00–317.00	1,761	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	269.94/cwt	268.00–275.00	1,555	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	383.80/cwt	382.00–386.00	1,263	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	331.66/cwt	325.00–348.00	1,725	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	614	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,811	22

How this sale compares

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 →

Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Mon Jan 13, 2025

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

Receipts 3,000Last week 1,776Year ago 400

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	542	302.00	302.00
19	800–850	836	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	382.00–386.00	383.80
19	350–400	382	371.00–377.00	375.50
38	400–450	435	354.00–368.00	360.33
159	450–500	479	336.00–360.00	341.36
74	500–550	520	325.00–348.00	331.66
218	550–600	578	281.00–317.00	304.59
114	600–650	630	277.00–296.00	287.67
262	650–700	667	268.00–290.00	279.44
129	700–750	720	267.00–274.50	272.46
60	800–850	814	259.50	259.50
65	850–900	866	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	363	322.00	322.00
13	500–550	541	289.00–309.00	298.15
36	550–600	576	268.00–275.00	269.94
6	600–650	630	270.00	270.00
9	750–800	797	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	614	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	284	430.00–451.00	443.25
15	650–700	667	286.00	286.00
50	700–750	712	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	328	431.00	431.00
19	350–400	371	415.00–424.00	416.44
22	400–450	412	422.00	422.00
103	450–500	478	377.00–401.00	382.65
61	500–550	523	356.00–369.00	360.89
108	550–600	578	319.00–339.00	333.68
152	600–650	619	310.00–344.00	331.45
132	650–700	675	293.00–313.00	304.21
176	700–750	733	285.00–298.00	291.88
283	750–800	779	276.50–285.00	280.42
115	800–850	816	276.00	276.00
146	900–950	928	250.50–259.00	257.24
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	631	309.50	309.50
14	700–750	717	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	750–800	772	262.00–266.00	263.70
30	800–850	830	267.00–270.00	269.08
21	850–900	882	254.00	254.00

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.

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