Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Short run today. Demand was good with a higher undertone was noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $391.73/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$391.73

26 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,170

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$65.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.24

vs NE average

+7.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	406.95	2,213	20
Medium and Large 1-2	588	341.00	2,005	6thin

One grade step is worth $65.95/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale26 hd

391.73

—

NE average7 barns · 887 hd

388.50

+3.24

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+7.13

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
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,288	$2,700	12
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,313	$2,435	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,370	$2,600	5

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,370	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,203	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	351.83/cwt	351.00–352.00	1,875	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,698	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,982	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,876	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,182	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,313	2,434.64/head	2,375.00–2,500.00	2,435	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,269	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,315	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,218	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,675	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	920	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,288	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	293.75/cwt	293.75–293.75	2,782	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,331	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,005	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	10

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 May 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 470Last week 403Year ago 425

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 30Year ago 0

Short run today. Demand was good with a higher undertone was noted.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,370	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,313	2,375.00–2,500.00	2,434.64
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,288	2,700.00	2,700.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	527	418.00	418.00
13	550–600	553	401.00	401.00
8	700–750	707	321.00	321.00
11	750–800	777	298.00	298.00
64	850–900	880	304.00	304.00
181	900–950	947	293.75	293.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	588	341.00	341.00
5	850–900	883	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	498	341.00	341.00
28	500–550	533	351.00–352.00	351.83
6	600–650	611	307.00	307.00
10	650–700	681	291.00	291.00
5	700–750	725	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
27	900–950	920	2,550.00	2,550.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
5	250–300	286	1,500.00	1,500.00

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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