Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers less than 600 lbs sold 10.00 higher over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers less than 650 lbs sold 10.00 higher and over 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher all on a light test of the market. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.59/cwt on 113 head.

Average price

$366.59

113 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,086

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$10.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.44

vs NE average

+9.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	367.42	2,098	104
Medium and Large 1-2	546	357.00	1,949	9thin

One grade step is worth $10.42/cwt here — about $149 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 sale113 hd

366.59

—

NE average7 barns · 1,999 hd

385.03

−18.44

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+9.43

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

28 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,038	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,156	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	378.51/cwt	361.00–391.00	1,586	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,064	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	301.50/cwt	299.00–303.00	1,987	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	403.58/cwt	393.00–415.00	1,521	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,425	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	416.69/cwt	409.00–425.00	2,000	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,080	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,296	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,949	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,949	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	384	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,613	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,467	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,251	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	401	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	1,853	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	452.50/cwt	443.00–456.00	1,769	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	379.56/cwt	371.00–387.50	2,023	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	324.19/cwt	316.00–334.00	1,864	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,486	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,215	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	327.20/cwt	323.00–329.00	2,176	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,683	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	359.75/cwt	349.00–363.00	1,824	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	378.34/cwt	362.00–381.00	1,744	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	734	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,312	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,980	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	363.58/cwt	354.00–369.50	2,120	79

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 842Last week 1,464Year ago 1,463

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	698	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	377	393.00–415.00	403.58
14	400–450	419	361.00–391.00	378.51
43	450–500	461	362.00–381.00	378.34
31	500–550	507	349.00–363.00	359.75
99	550–600	575	316.00–334.00	324.19
19	650–700	659	299.00–303.00	301.50
16	700–750	748	276.00	276.00
9	950–1000	971	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	384	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	438	335.00	335.00
7	450–500	463	321.00	321.00
11	550–600	550	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	700–750	734	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	288	450.00	450.00
18	350–400	391	443.00–456.00	452.50
11	400–450	444	439.00	439.00
32	450–500	480	409.00–425.00	416.69
25	500–550	533	371.00–387.50	379.56
79	550–600	583	354.00–369.50	363.58
5	600–650	648	321.00	321.00
39	650–700	665	323.00–329.00	327.20
50	700–750	710	312.00	312.00
31	800–850	811	277.50	277.50
62	850–900	866	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	495	400.00	400.00
9	500–550	546	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	401	462.00	462.00

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