Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week a few light weight steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Higher undertone was noted on yearling weight steers and heifers. Demand was good for all classes of cattle that came through the ring on Monday. Slightly lower CME cattle boards on Monday didn't deter buyers from bidding on Monday's offerings as some are probably still on a high from selling new record high fat cattle last Friday. Baby calves mix sexes 55 to 105 lbs at 450.00-525.00 per head; 130 to 160 lbs 600.00-625.00 per head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.32/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$366.32

20 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$10.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.90

vs NE average

+2.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	369.46	2,121	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	589	359.00	2,115	6thin

One grade step is worth $10.46/cwt here — about $6 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale20 hd

366.32

—

NE average5 barns · 454 hd

383.22

−16.90

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

+2.34

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

20 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 1Fleshy	950–1000	981	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,394	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,101	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,466	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,015	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,984	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,245	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,941	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,821	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	417.70/cwt	408.00–420.00	1,750	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	278.10/cwt	278.10–278.10	2,650	182
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	950–1000	984	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,658	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	750–800	787	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,271	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	369.46/cwt	368.00–371.00	2,121	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	358.81/cwt	354.00–360.00	1,844	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	362.49/cwt	359.00–369.00	1,765	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,991	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,115	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,442	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	278.10/cwt	278.10–278.10	2,622	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	397.03/cwt	396.00–403.00	1,941	26

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 24, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
116	950–1000	981	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	341	430.00	430.00
21	450–500	487	359.00–369.00	362.49
20	500–550	514	354.00–360.00	358.81
26	550–600	590	329.00	329.00
15	600–650	628	316.00	316.00
21	650–700	695	286.50	286.50
14	700–750	702	287.00	287.00
11	750–800	796	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	400–450	419	408.00–420.00	417.70
26	450–500	489	396.00–403.00	397.03
14	550–600	574	368.00–371.00	369.46
17	700–750	715	314.00	314.00
60	900–950	943	278.10	278.10
182	950–1000	953	278.10	278.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	589	359.00	359.00
69	900–950	925	264.00	264.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	411.00	411.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	787	161.50	161.50
5	950–1000	984	168.50	168.50

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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