Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of feeders today, still showing a higher undertone. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $415.08/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$415.08

38 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,228

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.74

vs NE average

+37.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	415.08	2,228	38

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 sale38 hd

415.08

—

NE average4 barns · 1,149 hd

414.34

+0.74

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+37.03

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

12 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	289.25/cwt	289.25–289.25	2,207	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,808	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,664	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,402	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	2,355	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,259	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	419.79/cwt	419.00–420.00	2,208	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,252	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,338	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,667	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	303.17/cwt	300.00–304.25	2,622	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	305.69/cwt	303.50–307.50	2,531	396

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 1,136Last week 470Year ago 525

Nice run of feeders today, still showing a higher undertone. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	456	365.00	365.00
6	500–550	538	336.00	336.00
124	750–800	763	289.25	289.25
64	800–850	822	286.50	286.50
44	850–900	861	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	526	419.00–420.00	419.79
14	550–600	555	407.00	407.00
26	600–650	617	365.00	365.00
50	700–750	702	333.00	333.00
396	800–850	828	303.50–307.50	305.69
259	850–900	865	300.00–304.25	303.17
66	900–950	904	295.00	295.00

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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