Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison to last week. Big cattle showed a lower trend. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $327.00/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$327.00

10 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−37.55

vs NE average

−14.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	327.00	1,949	10thin

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 sale10 hd

327.00

—

NE average6 barns · 817 hd

364.55

−37.55

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−14.21

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

13 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	450–500	458	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,401	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,671	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,867	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	247.75/cwt	247.75–247.75	2,032	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	256.64/cwt	245.00–259.75	1,943	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	248.75/cwt	248.75–248.75	2,127	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,143	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	280.41/cwt	274.00–282.00	2,058	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	272.08/cwt	270.50–273.75	2,223	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	253.25/cwt	253.25–253.25	2,464	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,949	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,752	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,659	6

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 954Last week 1,795Year ago 3,881

Not enough to show a comparison to last week. Big cattle showed a lower trend. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	458	306.00	306.00
6	500–550	509	326.00	326.00
11	550–600	557	300.00	300.00
26	650–700	680	274.50	274.50
5	700–750	712	246.00	246.00
90	750–800	757	245.00–259.75	256.64
36	800–850	820	247.75	247.75
278	850–900	855	248.75	248.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	596	327.00	327.00
29	700–750	734	274.00–282.00	280.41
11	750–800	782	274.00	274.00
142	800–850	817	270.50–273.75	272.08
283	950–1000	973	253.25	253.25

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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