Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 13.00 - 18.00 higher, except 550 lb was 7.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 19.00 higher.. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $358.85/cwt on 228 head.

Average price

$358.85

228 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$26.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.66

vs NE average

+10.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	362.31	2,062	198
Medium and Large 1-2	582	336.00	1,956	30

One grade step is worth $26.31/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale228 hd

358.85

—

NE average8 barns · 2,388 hd

361.51

−2.66

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+10.19

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

32 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 1	800–850	808	251.34/cwt	250.00–253.75	2,031	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	309.06/cwt	296.00–316.00	1,755	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,864	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,956	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	299.30/cwt	297.50–301.00	1,868	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,400	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	365.79/cwt	363.00–371.00	1,727	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,438	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,638	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	291.34/cwt	291.00–292.00	1,687	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	394.25/cwt	393.00–397.00	1,553	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	437.71/cwt	436.00–439.00	1,707	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	293.05/cwt	285.00–298.00	2,239	404
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	372.80/cwt	369.00–389.00	1,994	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	401	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,885	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	227.60/cwt	227.60–227.60	2,324	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	280.25/cwt	280.25–280.25	2,382	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	435.87/cwt	435.00–438.00	1,757	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	337.14/cwt	333.00–338.50	2,097	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	315.59/cwt	307.50–328.00	2,137	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	379.84/cwt	372.00–393.00	1,819	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	280.79/cwt	272.00–286.00	2,005	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	298.08/cwt	284.00–304.00	2,143	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	350.89/cwt	343.00–360.00	2,046	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	379.51/cwt	378.00–380.00	2,133	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,900	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,244	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	1,282	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	392.95/cwt	387.00–400.00	1,666	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	328.35/cwt	315.00–334.00	1,707	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	288.31/cwt	283.50–293.00	1,958	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,638	15

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 2,654Last week 1,930Year ago 4,100

Compared to last week, steers were 13.00 - 18.00 higher, except 550 lb was 7.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 19.00 higher.. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	271	473.00	473.00
6	300–350	305	408.00	408.00
77	350–400	394	393.00–397.00	394.25
44	400–450	424	387.00–400.00	392.95
62	450–500	472	363.00–371.00	365.79
47	500–550	520	315.00–334.00	328.35
114	550–600	568	296.00–316.00	309.06
132	600–650	624	297.50–301.00	299.30
91	650–700	679	283.50–293.00	288.31
157	700–750	714	272.00–286.00	280.79
114	800–850	808	250.00–253.75	251.34
180	1000–1050	1,021	227.60	227.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	495	331.00	331.00
15	500–550	546	300.00	300.00
34	550–600	579	291.00–292.00	291.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	582	336.00	336.00
20	650–700	654	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	314	446.00	446.00
14	350–400	390	436.00–439.00	437.71
21	400–450	403	435.00–438.00	435.87
60	450–500	479	372.00–393.00	379.84
34	500–550	535	369.00–389.00	372.80
111	550–600	583	343.00–360.00	350.89
41	600–650	622	333.00–338.50	337.14
213	650–700	677	307.50–328.00	315.59
235	700–750	719	284.00–304.00	298.08
404	750–800	764	285.00–298.00	293.05
64	850–900	850	280.25	280.25
47	900–950	927	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	401	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	550–600	562	378.00–380.00	379.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	613	310.00	310.00

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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