Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, bawling steer and heifer calves with fall precondition shots sold mostly steady with some springtime vaccinated calves selling a few dollars lower than previous test. Overall, calf quality was very attractive from start to finish. Demand was very good for heifers with top quality angus genetics that will be grown and bred next spring for replacements. Yearling operators and backgrounders had order buyers busy purchasing cattle for next year grass turn out or hoping to hit the April fat market with new crop calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $467.10/cwt on 596 head.

Average price

$467.10

596 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$25

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

$39.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.37

vs NE average

+44.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	467.70	2,538	587
Medium and Large 1-2	599	428.00	2,564	9thin

One grade step is worth $39.70/cwt here — about −$25 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale596 hd

467.10

—

NE average7 barns · 1,114 hd

466.73

+0.37

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+44.45

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

47 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	400–450	437	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,185	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	518	430.43/cwt	430.00–432.00	2,230	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	470	457.88/cwt	456.00–459.00	2,152	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	554	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,559	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	601	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,771	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	412	562.00/cwt	562.00–562.00	2,315	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	527.59/cwt	526.00–529.00	2,005	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,624	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	379.93/cwt	364.00–387.00	2,215	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	560.72/cwt	557.00–565.00	2,148	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	504	511.41/cwt	508.00–514.00	2,578	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	475	514.02/cwt	512.00–523.00	2,442	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	365	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,953	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	457.46/cwt	448.00–470.00	2,438	173
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,964	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	586.75/cwt	585.00–590.00	1,977	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	1,958	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,908	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,681	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	405.83/cwt	398.00–419.00	2,167	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	296	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,880	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	734	402.50/cwt	382.00–404.50	2,954	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	380.95/cwt	377.00–385.00	2,347	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	600	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,664	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	425.50/cwt	425.50–425.50	2,625	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,907	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,525	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,792	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	646	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,642	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	758	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,827	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,564	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	434.12/cwt	422.00–436.50	2,631	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,766	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	490	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,193	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	317	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,918	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,494	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,134	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	477.75/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,987	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	359	592.46/cwt	585.00–600.00	2,127	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	661	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,776	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	446.29/cwt	436.00–457.50	2,566	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	345.25/cwt	345.25–345.25	3,366	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	523.71/cwt	518.00–537.50	2,252	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	579	450.50/cwt	450.50–450.50	2,608	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	419.98/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,054	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	491.26/cwt	479.00–493.00	2,324	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,620	21

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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 3,772Last week 2,039Year ago 1,533

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	365	535.00	535.00
36	400–450	437	500.00	500.00
262	450–500	470	456.00–459.00	457.88
125	500–550	518	430.00–432.00	430.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	345	567.50	567.50
36	350–400	380	526.00–529.00	527.59
189	400–450	416	470.00–490.00	477.75
42	450–500	489	415.00–430.00	419.98
176	500–550	534	398.00–419.00	405.83
77	550–600	583	364.00–387.00	379.93
27	600–650	616	377.00–385.00	380.95
8	700–750	749	333.00	333.00
170	800–850	810	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
80	550–600	579	450.50	450.50
39	600–650	600	444.00	444.00
44	650–700	661	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	617	425.50	425.50
7	650–700	667	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	343	522.50	522.50
9	350–400	372	410.00	410.00
11	450–500	465	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	490	447.50	447.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	400–450	412	562.00	562.00
226	450–500	475	512.00–523.00	514.02
159	500–550	504	508.00–514.00	511.41
18	550–600	554	462.00	462.00
138	600–650	601	461.00	461.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	296	635.00	635.00
26	300–350	337	585.00–590.00	586.75
34	350–400	383	557.00–565.00	560.72
132	400–450	430	518.00–537.50	523.71
113	450–500	473	479.00–493.00	491.26
173	500–550	533	448.00–470.00	457.46
237	550–600	575	436.00–457.50	446.29
21	600–650	618	424.00	424.00
19	650–700	665	416.00	416.00
31	700–750	723	363.00	363.00
33	750–800	786	370.00	370.00
240	950–1000	975	345.25	345.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
181	600–650	606	422.00–436.50	434.12
134	700–750	734	382.00–404.50	402.50
10	750–800	758	373.00	373.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	646	409.00	409.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	599	428.00	428.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	317	605.00	605.00
14	350–400	359	585.00–600.00	592.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	491	400.00	400.00

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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