Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2025-02-24

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Feb 24
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
654 head
300 vs last sale 954 3,052 vs year ago 3,706 · 82.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, on a thin test of the market, 7 weight steers and heifers sold 10.00 higher and 8 weight steers sold 2.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.60/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$307.60
73 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
17.29
vs NE average
+0.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536307.601,65073
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 sale73 hd
307.60
NE average6 barns · 591 hd
324.89
−17.29
National average189 barns · 18,586 hd
307.01
+0.59
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

18 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850839274.96/cwt266.00–279.502,30774
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500487365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7785
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600576320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8438
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350322430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3859
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500488327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,5965
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580272.11/cwt264.00–282.001,57818
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750722263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,89932
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800781267.51/cwt266.00–269.002,08912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750703281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,9755
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900891258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,29913
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550534367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,96018
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750717298.50/cwt298.50–298.502,14055
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,007224.10/cwt224.10–224.102,257176
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650643279.49/cwt278.00–289.001,79752
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550522319.21/cwt310.00–326.001,66655
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650641250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6035
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600596311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,8547
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700664277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8399

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.