Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2025-04-07

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Apr 7
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Feeder Cattle receipts
696 head
971 vs last sale 1,667 239 vs year ago 935 · 25.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
211 head
211 vs last sale 0 211 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $336.58/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$336.58
24 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,894
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
58.53
vs NE average
17.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563336.581,89424
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 sale24 hd
336.58
NE average6 barns · 1,982 hd
395.11
−58.53
National average175 barns · 9,187 hd
354.30
−17.72
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,134$2,82467
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)982$2,78973
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,452$2,75350
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,487$2,97915

Every lot, as filed

16 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 1400–450437400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,74832
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800761285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,16918
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600596322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,91914
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400360444.00/cwt444.00–444.001,59811
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000975266.60/cwt266.60–266.602,599240
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900863263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,27070
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19822,788.57/head2,725.00–2,910.002,78973
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1342,823.84/head2,725.00–2,910.002,82467
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4872,978.90/head2,900.00–3,015.002,97915
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4522,752.53/head2,025.00–2,835.002,75350
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850834250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,08510
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550516357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,84210
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450439394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,73027
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650634281.68/cwt277.00–287.001,78613
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400355416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,47711
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500481304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,4625

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.