Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2025-06-02

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jun 2
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Feeder Cattle receipts
620 head
516 vs last sale 1,136 368 vs year ago 988 · 37.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
89 head
89 vs last sale 0 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Short run today, but the demand is still there.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.85/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$325.85
31 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
41.50
vs NE average
12.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540325.851,76131
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 sale31 hd
325.85
NE average5 barns · 615 hd
367.35
−41.50
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−12.39
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
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,321$2,9009
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,489$3,8007
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,394$3,76518
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,341$3,20012

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1600–650605300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8155
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500478340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6256
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600555316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,7547
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385390.73/cwt388.00–392.001,50415
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450426385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,64017
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550536328.72/cwt327.00–334.001,76224
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650628331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,0798
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750747288.50/cwt288.50–288.502,15526
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850821301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,47142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600553359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,9855
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4893,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8007
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3212,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9009
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600561400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,24417
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700661330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,18167
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450428441.00/cwt441.00–441.001,8879
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550541400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1649
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3413,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,20012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3943,765.24/head3,625.00–3,950.003,76518
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950938258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,420176
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476408.17/cwt400.00–418.001,94342

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.