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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on a good selection of grass and feeder cattle offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.21/cwt on 107 head.

Average price

$344.21

107 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,923

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−17.88

vs NE average

−5.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	344.21	1,923	107

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 sale107 hd

344.21

—

NE average8 barns · 1,966 hd

362.09

−17.88

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−5.07

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

39 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	550–600	556	321.54/cwt	318.00–322.00	1,788	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	573	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,006	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	400	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	467	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,868	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	661	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,175	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,816	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	333.44/cwt	321.00–339.00	2,061	119
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,693	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,969	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	307.88/cwt	300.00–313.00	2,118	61
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,881	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	336.53/cwt	331.00–343.00	1,558	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	312.66/cwt	312.00–314.00	1,441	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,685	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,519	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	284.35/cwt	283.25–287.00	2,235	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	273.83/cwt	267.00–275.00	2,223	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	373.12/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,970	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,732	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	291.73/cwt	288.50–306.00	2,168	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,692	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	454.53/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,454	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	375.23/cwt	375.00–376.00	1,854	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,027	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	258.91/cwt	256.00–260.00	2,398	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	436.98/cwt	428.00–451.00	1,682	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	392.30/cwt	382.50–401.00	1,750	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	261.71/cwt	261.25–264.50	1,992	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	269.64/cwt	259.00–277.00	1,985	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,904	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	303.05/cwt	293.00–308.00	1,770	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	324.91/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,735	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	322.58/cwt	318.00–329.00	1,810	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	353.64/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,521	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	305.48/cwt	301.00–316.00	1,888	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,300	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	713	314.16/cwt	304.00–316.00	2,240	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	347	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,509	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	379.83/cwt	376.00–387.50	1,322	24

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 Mar 3, 2025

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

Receipts 2,644Last week 654Year ago 1,445

Not enough to show a comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on a good selection of grass and feeder cattle offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	550–600	556	318.00–322.00	321.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	348	376.00–387.50	379.83
33	400–450	430	340.00–362.50	353.64
41	450–500	463	331.00–343.00	336.53
25	500–550	534	319.00–330.00	324.91
232	550–600	584	293.00–308.00	303.05
160	600–650	618	301.00–316.00	305.48
27	650–700	651	292.50	292.50
155	700–750	736	259.00–277.00	269.64
140	750–800	761	261.25–264.50	261.71
20	800–850	843	240.50	240.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	461	312.00–314.00	312.66
8	550–600	591	257.00	257.00
14	600–650	624	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
59	700–750	713	304.00–316.00	314.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	347	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	400	446.00	446.00
8	450–500	467	400.00	400.00
42	550–600	573	350.00	350.00
26	650–700	661	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	320	445.00–470.00	454.53
30	350–400	385	428.00–451.00	436.98
34	400–450	446	382.50–401.00	392.30
26	450–500	494	375.00–376.00	375.23
23	500–550	528	370.00–375.00	373.12
42	550–600	561	318.00–329.00	322.58
119	600–650	618	321.00–339.00	333.44
61	650–700	688	300.00–313.00	307.88
206	700–750	743	288.50–306.00	291.73
143	750–800	786	283.25–287.00	284.35
156	800–850	812	267.00–275.00	273.83
77	850–900	868	265.00	265.00
280	900–950	926	256.00–260.00	258.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	499	339.00	339.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	473	358.00	358.00
5	500–550	513	354.00	354.00
11	550–600	585	296.00	296.00
12	700–750	702	268.00	268.00
9	750–800	750	262.50	262.50

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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