Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2025-02-03

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-03

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Feb 3

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Jan 27Feb 3Feb 10 →

Receipts

3,960 head

▲ 1,306 vs last sale 2,654▲ 3,960 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 5.00 - 15.00 lower , except 550 lb steers were 14.00 higher. Heifers were 2.00 - 8.00 lower, except 550 lb heifers were 3.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate for what the board did today.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.65/cwt on 384 head.

Average price

$353.65

384 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$22.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.94

vs NE average

+11.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	356.14	1,990	342
Medium and Large 1-2	560	333.34	1,868	42

One grade step is worth $22.81/cwt here — about $122 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 sale384 hd

353.65

—

NE average9 barns · 4,625 hd

373.59

−19.94

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+11.27

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	426.28/cwt	425.00–427.00	1,671	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	406	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,701	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,699	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,950	58
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	341.47/cwt	336.00–358.00	1,782	68
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,792	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	365.73/cwt	353.00–368.00	2,063	234
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	338.24/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,982	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	591	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,921	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	330.47/cwt	323.00–334.00	2,065	213
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,057	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	316.06/cwt	306.50–322.00	2,114	355
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	292.39/cwt	283.75–297.50	2,114	504
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,052	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,171	112
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	271.03/cwt	270.00–271.50	2,271	213
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	266.18/cwt	264.00–270.50	2,356	376
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,332	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	369.54/cwt	364.00–375.00	1,622	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	333.47/cwt	331.00–340.00	1,574	45
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	505	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,742	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	320.70/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,674	117
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	310.83/cwt	306.00–317.00	1,806	213
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,691	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	296.98/cwt	285.00–303.00	1,904	206
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,646	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	654	297.94/cwt	295.50–298.50	1,949	96
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	277.64/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,910	239
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	272.32/cwt	271.00–273.50	1,953	134
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	258.84/cwt	257.00–263.50	1,983	157

This sale against other markets

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 Feb 3, 2025

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

Receipts 3,960Last week 2,654Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
96	650–700	654	295.50–298.50	297.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	372	358.00	358.00
22	400–450	439	364.00–375.00	369.54
45	450–500	472	331.00–340.00	333.47
117	500–550	522	315.00–335.00	320.70
213	550–600	581	306.00–317.00	310.83
206	600–650	641	285.00–303.00	296.98
239	650–700	688	270.00–284.00	277.64
134	700–750	717	271.00–273.50	272.32
157	750–800	766	257.00–263.50	258.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	581	291.00	291.00
11	600–650	648	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	505	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	591	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	476	357.00	357.00
25	500–550	543	330.00	330.00
17	550–600	586	337.00–340.00	338.24
17	600–650	649	317.00	317.00
11	700–750	733	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	392	425.00–427.00	426.28
7	400–450	406	419.00	419.00
58	450–500	490	398.00	398.00
68	500–550	522	336.00–358.00	341.47
234	550–600	564	353.00–368.00	365.73
213	600–650	625	323.00–334.00	330.47
355	650–700	669	306.50–322.00	316.06
504	700–750	723	283.75–297.50	292.39
112	750–800	781	278.00	278.00
213	800–850	838	270.00–271.50	271.03
376	850–900	885	264.00–270.50	266.18

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.