Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 700 lbs was 5.00 - 7.00 higher and over 550 - 700 lbs was 5.00 - 10.00 lower. Heifers were 5.00 - 15.00 lower, except 550 lb heifers was 9.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good all day.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.37/cwt on 245 head.

Average price

$312.37

245 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.72

vs NE average

+15.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	312.37	1,821	245

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 sale245 hd

312.37

—

NE average11 barns · 2,888 hd

328.08

−15.72

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

+15.37

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

27 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	450–500	470	353.40/cwt	353.00–356.00	1,661	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	525	398.50/cwt	398.50–398.50	2,092	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	376.76/cwt	375.00–378.00	1,424	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	400.50/cwt	400.50–400.50	1,302	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,413	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	361.08/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,091	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	436.01/cwt	431.00–441.00	1,849	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	310.53/cwt	309.00–312.00	1,838	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	371.20/cwt	360.00–374.00	1,559	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	372.81/cwt	371.00–382.00	2,047	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,895	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,913	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,446	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	1,639	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	256.96/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,884	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	261.25/cwt	261.25–261.25	2,505	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	320.53/cwt	308.00–325.00	1,737	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	1,903	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,802	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	393.08/cwt	382.00–399.00	1,855	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	299.42/cwt	291.00–301.50	2,183	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,893	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	283.63/cwt	266.00–286.50	2,181	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,639	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,940	78

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,795Last week 3,960Year ago 3,430

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	470	353.00–356.00	353.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	325	400.50	400.50
17	350–400	378	375.00–378.00	376.76
47	400–450	420	360.00–374.00	371.20
47	450–500	499	328.50	328.50
45	500–550	542	308.00–325.00	320.53
200	550–600	592	309.00–312.00	310.53
157	600–650	621	306.50	306.50
160	650–700	692	273.50	273.50
47	700–750	733	250.00–258.00	256.96
5	750–800	769	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	437	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	500–550	525	398.50	398.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	370	443.00	443.00
59	400–450	424	431.00–441.00	436.01
125	450–500	472	382.00–399.00	393.08
73	500–550	549	371.00–382.00	372.81
55	550–600	579	355.00–365.00	361.08
78	650–700	662	293.00	293.00
40	700–750	729	291.00–301.50	299.42
74	750–800	769	266.00–286.50	283.63
62	900–950	907	266.00	266.00
124	950–1000	959	261.25	261.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	431	418.00	418.00
14	550–600	583	325.00	325.00
7	750–800	797	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	583	284.00	284.00

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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