Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2025-02-17

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Feb 17
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
954 head
▼ 841 vs last sale 1,795▼ 2,927 vs year ago 3,881 · −75.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison to last week. Big cattle showed a lower trend. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $327.00/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$327.00
10 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,949
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−37.55
vs NE average
−14.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1596327.001,94910thin
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 sale10 hd
327.00
—
NE average6 barns · 817 hd
364.55
−37.55
National average106 barns · 4,665 hd
341.21
−14.21
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

13 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1596327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,94910
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1734280.41/cwt274.00–282.002,05829
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1782274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,14311
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817272.08/cwt270.50–273.752,223142
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1973253.25/cwt253.25–253.252,464283
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,4018
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,6596
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,67111
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,86726
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7525
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1757256.64/cwt245.00–259.751,94390
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820247.75/cwt247.75–247.752,03236
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855248.75/cwt248.75–248.752,127278

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.