Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs was 10.00 - 20.00 higher and over 600 lbs was 9.00 - 12.00 lower. Heifers under 700 lbs was steady - 11.00 higher and over 700 lbs was 2.00 - 9.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate with a nice selection offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $400.35/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$400.35

157 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.65

vs NE average

+40.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	400.35	2,218	157

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 sale157 hd

400.35

—

NE average5 barns · 292 hd

409.00

−8.65

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

+40.69

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

27 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 1Fancy	500–550	512	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,189	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	512	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,580	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	511.22/cwt	500.00–522.50	2,178	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,967	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	555.60/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,817	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	523.25/cwt	512.50–535.00	1,878	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	348.36/cwt	342.00–350.00	2,700	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,238	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	472.29/cwt	470.00–477.50	1,969	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,802	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	357.49/cwt	353.00–358.00	2,631	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	349	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,434	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,535	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,390	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,924	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,454	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,409	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	481.93/cwt	470.00–493.00	2,530	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	454.71/cwt	453.00–457.50	2,555	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	652	410.02/cwt	407.00–413.00	2,673	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	386.21/cwt	378.00–389.00	2,862	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	450.49/cwt	444.00–465.00	2,153	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,359	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,364	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	561.49/cwt	555.00–577.50	2,122	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,126	81

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 15, 2025

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

Receipts 1,663Last week 2,764Year ago 2,512

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	512	427.50	427.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	327	550.00–560.00	555.60
25	350–400	359	512.50–535.00	523.25
32	400–450	417	470.00–477.50	472.29
206	450–500	478	444.00–465.00	450.49
81	500–550	545	390.00	390.00
57	550–600	581	406.00	406.00
69	700–750	736	353.00–358.00	357.49
203	750–800	775	342.00–350.00	348.36
67	850–900	853	328.50	328.50
9	900–950	906	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	497.50	497.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	600–650	624	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	500–550	512	504.00	504.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	378	555.00–577.50	561.49
21	400–450	444	532.50	532.50
49	450–500	451	530.00	530.00
150	500–550	525	470.00–493.00	481.93
80	550–600	562	453.00–457.50	454.71
82	700–750	741	378.00–389.00	386.21
20	900–950	933	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
89	600–650	608	417.00	417.00
103	650–700	652	407.00–413.00	410.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	477	505.00	505.00
20	500–550	537	457.00	457.00
9	850–900	860	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	426	500.00–522.50	511.22

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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