Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough last week to show a comparison. Demand was good showing a higher undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.28/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$369.28

41 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.57

vs NE average

+0.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	369.28	2,041	41

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 sale41 hd

369.28

—

NE average6 barns · 1,702 hd

384.85

−15.57

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+0.27

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

29 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	482	371.54/cwt	360.00–374.00	1,791	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	287.34/cwt	280.50–294.50	2,089	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,182	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	292.44/cwt	291.50–293.00	2,398	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	324.44/cwt	316.00–329.50	1,963	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	387.87/cwt	384.00–393.00	1,998	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,160	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	304.77/cwt	304.50–307.00	2,249	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	398.51/cwt	394.00–402.00	1,741	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	388.06/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,874	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	431.38/cwt	420.00–447.00	1,644	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,355	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	276.75/cwt	276.75–276.75	2,518	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	336.37/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,217	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	285.48/cwt	285.00–286.00	2,435	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,201	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	338.61/cwt	335.50–342.50	1,910	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	357.38/cwt	346.00–361.00	2,062	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,533	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,654	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,237	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,588	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,936	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,277	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	384.39/cwt	381.00–388.00	1,845	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,832	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,640	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,957	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	889	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,311	40

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 31, 2025

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

Receipts 1,667Last week 736Year ago 1,221

Not enough last week to show a comparison. Demand was good showing a higher undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	295	433.00	433.00
9	300–350	343	447.00	447.00
29	350–400	381	420.00–447.00	431.38
39	400–450	437	394.00–402.00	398.51
27	450–500	482	360.00–374.00	371.54
69	550–600	564	335.50–342.50	338.61
157	600–650	605	316.00–329.50	324.44
256	700–750	727	280.50–294.50	287.34
16	750–800	767	287.00	287.00
61	800–850	815	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	440	376.00	376.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	361	440.00	440.00
25	400–450	440	440.00	440.00
20	450–500	483	375.00–395.00	388.06
16	500–550	515	384.00–393.00	387.87
25	550–600	577	346.00–361.00	357.38
46	600–650	607	359.50	359.50
58	650–700	659	335.00–340.00	336.37
83	700–750	738	304.50–307.00	304.77
61	750–800	762	309.00	309.00
156	800–850	820	291.50–293.00	292.44
130	850–900	853	285.00–286.00	285.48
189	900–950	910	276.75	276.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	796	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	850–900	889	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	328	500.00	500.00
7	400–450	408	449.00	449.00
10	450–500	480	381.00–388.00	384.39
6	600–650	602	325.00	325.00

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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