Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Short run today, with the cattle over 600 lbs being higher on what was offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $391.00/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$391.00

17 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,158

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.46

vs NE average

+16.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	391.00	2,158	17thin

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 sale17 hd

391.00

—

NE average8 barns · 1,729 hd

396.46

−5.46

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

+16.57

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,360	$3,150	6
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,018	$4,453	19

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,935	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,127	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,243	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	298.60/cwt	298.60–298.60	2,601	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,777	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	1,569	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,514	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,158	17
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	4,453.00/head	4,400.00–4,500.00	4,453	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,360	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,181	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,891	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,601	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,677	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,346	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,877	5

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 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 600Last week 900Year ago 1,648

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 50Year ago 0

Short run today, with the cattle over 600 lbs being higher on what was offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	463	418.00	418.00
17	550–600	552	391.00	391.00
6	600–650	613	347.00	347.00
61	800–850	845	297.50	297.50
264	850–900	871	298.60	298.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	454	345.50	345.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	390.00	390.00
5	450–500	464	345.00	345.00
5	600–650	606	312.00	312.00
13	750–800	786	277.50	277.50
56	800–850	848	264.50	264.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	705	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	467	402.00	402.00
5	850–900	872	269.00	269.00

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	19	—	1,018	4,400.00–4,500.00	4,453.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,360	3,150.00	3,150.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Tri-State