Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2025-05-05

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, May 5
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
197 vs last sale 600 977 vs year ago 1,380 · 70.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
15 vs last sale 45 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Short run today. market was good with a good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $398.00/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$398.00
10 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,193
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.20
vs NE average
+19.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551398.002,19310thin
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 sale10 hd
398.00
NE average5 barns · 413 hd
395.80
+2.20
National average168 barns · 13,508 hd
378.79
+19.21
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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,380$3,5755
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,460$3,27513

Every lot, as filed

11 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550540331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,7877
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600593321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,90412
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640313.42/cwt313.00–314.002,00617
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450414460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9045
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550517411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,1255
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2525
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650624364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,2717
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700661328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,16812
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000954295.35/cwt295.35–295.352,818239
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3803,575.00/head3,575.00–3,575.003,5755
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4603,275.00/head3,275.00–3,275.003,27513

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.