Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual BBQ Sale Compared to last week, steers 400 - 500 were 2.00 - 10.00 lower and 500 - 600 lbs was 2.00 - 10.00 higher. Heifers were 10.00 - 20.00 higher except 550 - 650 was 4.00 - 8.00 lower.. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $472.79/cwt on 363 head.

Average price

$472.79

363 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$39.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.88

vs NE average

+55.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	478.46	2,665	311
Medium and Large 1-2	553	438.85	2,427	52

One grade step is worth $39.62/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale363 hd

472.79

—

NE average3 barns · 408 hd

468.91

+3.88

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+55.70

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

40 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 1Unweaned	600–650	638	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,405	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	465	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,453	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,672	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	533	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,697	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	501	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,310	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	553	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,417	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	517.86/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,180	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	419.92/cwt	407.00–426.00	2,171	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	324.62/cwt	317.00–328.00	3,003	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	508.31/cwt	503.00–512.00	2,399	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,038	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	3,161	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,299	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,761	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	479.29/cwt	474.00–483.00	2,593	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	397.91/cwt	382.50–406.00	2,288	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	435.81/cwt	432.00–442.00	2,109	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	598.29/cwt	580.00–607.50	2,226	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	500.03/cwt	492.50–506.00	2,050	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	444.48/cwt	431.00–455.00	2,729	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	344.75/cwt	344.75–344.75	3,189	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,742	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	468.60/cwt	460.00–473.00	2,680	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	334.75/cwt	334.75–334.75	2,698	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,532	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,087	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,697	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	349.95/cwt	337.50–354.50	2,656	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	379	533.00/cwt	533.00–533.00	2,020	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,424	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	435.78/cwt	412.50–449.00	2,493	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	1,803	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	471.32/cwt	460.00–484.00	2,281	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	626	415.00/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,598	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	513.18/cwt	507.50–515.00	1,986	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,242	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	391.61/cwt	375.00–401.00	2,103	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,100	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	443.75/cwt	431.00–455.00	2,321	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,009	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	463	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,125	9

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 22, 2025

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

Receipts 2,039Last week 1,663Year ago 2,001

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	638	377.00	377.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	450–500	465	527.50	527.50
45	500–550	533	506.00	506.00
42	550–600	551	485.00	485.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	372	580.00–607.50	598.29
11	400–450	421	510.00–525.00	517.86
77	450–500	472	503.00–512.00	508.31
65	500–550	541	474.00–483.00	479.29
159	550–600	572	460.00–473.00	468.60
87	600–650	645	428.00	428.00
127	900–950	925	344.75	344.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
164	600–650	614	431.00–455.00	444.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	315	572.50	572.50
6	400–450	402	522.50	522.50
13	450–500	484	460.00–484.00	471.32
20	500–550	523	431.00–455.00	443.75
32	550–600	572	412.50–449.00	435.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	600–650	626	410.00–420.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	501	461.00	461.00
44	550–600	553	437.00	437.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	288	605.00	605.00
37	350–400	387	507.50–515.00	513.18
25	400–450	410	492.50–506.00	500.03
97	450–500	484	432.00–442.00	435.81
128	500–550	517	407.00–426.00	419.92
79	550–600	575	382.50–406.00	397.91
110	750–800	759	337.50–354.50	349.95
159	800–850	806	334.75	334.75
36	900–950	925	317.00–328.00	324.62
45	1000–1050	1,038	304.50	304.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	326	470.00	470.00
7	350–400	377	450.00	450.00
7	400–450	432	465.00	465.00
7	450–500	490	426.00	426.00
28	500–550	537	375.00–401.00	391.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	379	533.00	533.00
9	450–500	463	459.00	459.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	628	386.00	386.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	443	506.00	506.00
10	450–500	484	475.00	475.00

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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