Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2025-02-24

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Feb 24

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Feb 17Feb 24Mar 3 →

Receipts

654 head

▼ 300 vs last sale 954▼ 3,052 vs year ago 3,706 · −82.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, on a thin test of the market, 7 weight steers and heifers sold 10.00 higher and 8 weight steers sold 2.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.60/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$307.60

73 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−17.29

vs NE average

+0.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	307.60	1,650	73

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 sale73 hd

307.60

—

NE average6 barns · 591 hd

324.89

−17.29

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

+0.59

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

Every lot

18 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,960	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,854	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,839	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,975	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	2,140	55
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	267.51/cwt	266.00–269.00	2,089	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	274.96/cwt	266.00–279.50	2,307	74
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,299	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,596	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	319.21/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,666	55
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	272.11/cwt	264.00–282.00	1,578	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,603	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	279.49/cwt	278.00–289.00	1,797	52
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,899	32
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,007	224.10/cwt	224.10–224.10	2,257	176
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,385	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,778	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,843	8

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 654Last week 954Year ago 3,706

Compared to last week, on a thin test of the market, 7 weight steers and heifers sold 10.00 higher and 8 weight steers sold 2.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	534	367.00	367.00
7	550–600	596	311.00	311.00
9	650–700	664	277.00	277.00
55	700–750	717	298.50	298.50
12	750–800	781	266.00–269.00	267.51
74	800–850	839	266.00–279.50	274.96
13	850–900	891	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	703	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	322	430.00	430.00
5	450–500	487	365.00	365.00
8	550–600	576	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	488	327.00	327.00
55	500–550	522	310.00–326.00	319.21
18	550–600	580	264.00–282.00	272.11
52	600–650	643	278.00–289.00	279.49
32	700–750	722	263.00	263.00
176	1000–1050	1,007	224.10	224.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	641	250.00	250.00

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.