Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison in weight classes. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $411.59/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$411.59

47 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.02

vs NE average

+37.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	411.59	2,079	47

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 sale47 hd

411.59

—

NE average5 barns · 778 hd

395.57

+16.02

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+37.57

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,195	$4,567	35

Every lot, as filed

14 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	300–350	331	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	1,533	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,060	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,844	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,685	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,191	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	290.17/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,953	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	287.38/cwt	279.00–292.00	2,448	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	358.42/cwt	353.00–360.00	2,201	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	297.58/cwt	293.00–302.50	2,297	147
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	4,567.16/head	4,250.00–4,850.00	4,567	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	292.12/cwt	290.85–293.00	2,655	317
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	411.59/cwt	410.00–412.50	2,079	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,882	38

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 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 900Last week 1,000Year ago 904

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 0Year ago 0

Not enough for a comparison in weight classes. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	463.00	463.00
9	700–750	708	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	472	357.00	357.00
6	550–600	593	311.00	311.00
38	600–650	617	305.00	305.00
30	650–700	673	290.00–291.00	290.17
18	900–950	915	239.50	239.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	631	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	500–550	505	410.00–412.50	411.59
125	600–650	614	353.00–360.00	358.42
147	750–800	772	293.00–302.50	297.58
93	850–900	852	279.00–292.00	287.38
317	900–950	909	290.85–293.00	292.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,195	4,250.00–4,850.00	4,567.16

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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