Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 5.00 - 15.00 lower , except 550 lb steers were 14.00 higher. Heifers were 2.00 - 8.00 lower, except 550 lb heifers were 3.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate for what the board did today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.65/cwt on 384 head.

Average price

$353.65

384 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$22.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.94

vs NE average

+11.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	356.14	1,990	342
Medium and Large 1-2	560	333.34	1,868	42

One grade step is worth $22.81/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale384 hd

353.65

—

NE average9 barns · 4,625 hd

373.59

−19.94

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+11.27

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

30 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 1Fancy	650–700	654	297.94/cwt	295.50–298.50	1,949	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	591	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,921	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,332	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	369.54/cwt	364.00–375.00	1,622	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	333.47/cwt	331.00–340.00	1,574	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	320.70/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,674	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,646	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,699	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,052	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	338.24/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,982	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,057	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,792	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	277.64/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,910	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,701	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,742	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,950	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	341.47/cwt	336.00–358.00	1,782	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,691	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	330.47/cwt	323.00–334.00	2,065	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	271.03/cwt	270.00–271.50	2,271	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	296.98/cwt	285.00–303.00	1,904	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	316.06/cwt	306.50–322.00	2,114	355
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	266.18/cwt	264.00–270.50	2,356	376
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	310.83/cwt	306.00–317.00	1,806	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	292.39/cwt	283.75–297.50	2,114	504
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	426.28/cwt	425.00–427.00	1,671	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	272.32/cwt	271.00–273.50	1,953	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	258.84/cwt	257.00–263.50	1,983	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	365.73/cwt	353.00–368.00	2,063	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,171	112

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 Feb 3, 2025

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

Receipts 3,960Last week 2,654Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
96	650–700	654	295.50–298.50	297.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	372	358.00	358.00
22	400–450	439	364.00–375.00	369.54
45	450–500	472	331.00–340.00	333.47
117	500–550	522	315.00–335.00	320.70
213	550–600	581	306.00–317.00	310.83
206	600–650	641	285.00–303.00	296.98
239	650–700	688	270.00–284.00	277.64
134	700–750	717	271.00–273.50	272.32
157	750–800	766	257.00–263.50	258.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	581	291.00	291.00
11	600–650	648	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	505	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	591	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	476	357.00	357.00
25	500–550	543	330.00	330.00
17	550–600	586	337.00–340.00	338.24
17	600–650	649	317.00	317.00
11	700–750	733	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	392	425.00–427.00	426.28
7	400–450	406	419.00	419.00
58	450–500	490	398.00	398.00
68	500–550	522	336.00–358.00	341.47
234	550–600	564	353.00–368.00	365.73
213	600–650	625	323.00–334.00	330.47
355	650–700	669	306.50–322.00	316.06
504	700–750	723	283.75–297.50	292.39
112	750–800	781	278.00	278.00
213	800–850	838	270.00–271.50	271.03
376	850–900	885	264.00–270.50	266.18

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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