Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported market in nearly a month a market comparison is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted on yearlings. Some yearlings coming off of short summer grass with other out of grow yards. First test of the market on bawling springs calves. Bulk of the calves sold in packages with some load lots on the yearlings. Demand was good throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $433.66/cwt on 367 head.

Average price

$433.66

367 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,444

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$32.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.06

vs NE average

+20.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	441.05	2,464	283
Medium and Large 1-2	580	408.77	2,371	84

One grade step is worth $32.28/cwt here — about $93 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale367 hd

433.66

—

NE average4 barns · 407 hd

433.73

−0.06

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+20.14

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

38 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	Large 1	1200–1250	1,205	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,940	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	463	454.50/cwt	454.50–454.50	2,104	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	532	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,500	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	493.01/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,913	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	437.78/cwt	427.00–445.00	2,123	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,531	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,161	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,714	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,839	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,557	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,809	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	541.87/cwt	531.00–550.00	2,005	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	388.80/cwt	384.25–394.00	3,048	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	411.50/cwt	411.50–411.50	2,839	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	397.41/cwt	385.00–402.00	2,237	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	520.29/cwt	511.00–527.00	2,248	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	439.23/cwt	435.00–446.00	2,504	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	352.10/cwt	352.10–352.10	3,359	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	691	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,667	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,390	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	359.25/cwt	359.25–359.25	3,240	391
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,041	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	1,952	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,469	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,493	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	416.56/cwt	411.00–432.50	2,224	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	464.19/cwt	458.00–478.00	2,001	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,237	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	431.85/cwt	431.00–444.00	2,354	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,136	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	408.77/cwt	408.00–410.00	2,371	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,633	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	494.36/cwt	492.00–503.00	2,363	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,539	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,218	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	2,984	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,010	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,938	7

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 Sep 8, 2025

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

Receipts 2,764Last week 975Year ago 2,436

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1200–1250	1,205	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	500–550	532	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	341	572.50	572.50
20	350–400	370	531.00–550.00	541.87
48	400–450	432	511.00–527.00	520.29
138	450–500	478	492.00–503.00	494.36
76	500–550	545	431.00–444.00	431.85
172	550–600	570	435.00–446.00	439.23
62	650–700	690	411.50	411.50
21	700–750	717	396.00	396.00
288	750–800	784	384.25–394.00	388.80
391	900–950	902	359.25	359.25
239	950–1000	954	352.10	352.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
60	600–650	611	431.00	431.00
53	650–700	691	386.00	386.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	648	381.00	381.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	477	465.00	465.00
84	550–600	580	408.00–410.00	408.77
6	600–650	641	389.00	389.00
7	750–800	792	371.00	371.00
132	800–850	821	363.50	363.50
70	850–900	860	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	450–500	463	454.50	454.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	335	540.00	540.00
11	350–400	388	485.00–500.00	493.01
19	400–450	428	505.00	505.00
122	450–500	485	427.00–445.00	437.78
82	500–550	534	411.00–432.50	416.56
134	550–600	563	385.00–402.00	397.41
15	650–700	659	388.00	388.00
19	700–750	703	360.00	360.00
52	750–800	756	359.00	359.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
55	600–650	629	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	380	405.00	405.00
16	400–450	431	458.00–478.00	464.19
19	500–550	530	403.00	403.00
11	550–600	598	374.00	374.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	420	486.00	486.00

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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