Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.11/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$346.11

30 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−31.92

vs NE average

−18.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	346.11	2,004	30

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 sale30 hd

346.11

—

NE average5 barns · 779 hd

378.03

−31.92

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−18.65

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

24 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	614	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,131	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,798	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	410.13/cwt	408.00–416.00	1,616	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	389.61/cwt	378.00–400.00	1,640	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,873	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	293.52/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,940	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,913	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,185	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,544	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,535	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,551	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	1,740	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	346.11/cwt	341.00–351.00	2,004	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,322	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	263.60/cwt	259.00–267.00	2,167	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	270.00/cwt	255.00–274.00	2,117	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,611	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	1,769	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,298	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	263.25/cwt	263.25–263.25	2,514	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	312.06/cwt	299.00–319.00	2,072	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	319.97/cwt	317.00–323.00	2,003	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	393.35/cwt	391.00–395.00	1,927	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	319.17/cwt	255.00–358.00	1,704	46

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 Apr 14, 2025

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

Receipts 1,000Last week 696Year ago 1,225

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	614	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	505.00	505.00
6	350–400	367	482.00	482.00
10	400–450	426	449.00	449.00
25	450–500	490	391.00–395.00	393.35
30	550–600	579	341.00–351.00	346.11
23	600–650	626	317.00–323.00	319.97
15	650–700	664	299.00–319.00	312.06
10	750–800	764	286.00	286.00
119	800–850	809	284.00	284.00
58	850–900	860	270.00	270.00
167	950–1000	955	263.25	263.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	380	458.00	458.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	394	408.00–416.00	410.13
31	400–450	421	378.00–400.00	389.61
46	500–550	534	255.00–358.00	319.17
11	550–600	582	309.00	309.00
37	600–650	648	289.00	289.00
41	650–700	661	280.00–300.00	293.52
131	750–800	784	255.00–274.00	270.00
66	800–850	822	259.00–267.00	263.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	388.00	388.00
5	400–450	445	345.00	345.00
7	450–500	470	330.00	330.00

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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