Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2025-03-10

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-10

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Mar 10

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Mar 3Mar 10Mar 17 →

Receipts

1,464 head

▼ 1,180 vs last sale 2,644▲ 554 vs year ago 910 · +60.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 600 lbs was 2.00 - 16.00 higher and heifers were 4.00 - 15.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings,

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 $364.07/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$364.07

35 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.39

vs NE average

+5.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	364.07	1,994	35

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 sale35 hd

364.07

—

NE average7 barns · 1,315 hd

369.46

−5.39

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+5.40

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,722	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	429.20/cwt	420.00–431.00	1,850	72
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	396.55/cwt	394.00–397.00	1,939	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,976	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	2,017	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	349.91/cwt	340.00–361.00	2,159	120
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,923	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	315.89/cwt	312.00–322.00	2,132	38
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	307.92/cwt	300.00–311.00	2,223	96
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,086	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,093	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,300	58
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	267.49/cwt	255.00–273.50	2,322	87
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	2,528	239
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	413.34/cwt	400.00–417.00	1,463	52
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,652	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	364.71/cwt	354.00–369.00	1,703	116
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	1,767	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,645	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	326.03/cwt	311.00–330.00	1,816	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	302.62/cwt	301.00–304.00	1,767	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,709	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	299.39/cwt	286.00–307.00	1,877	71
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	297.21/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,956	47
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,842	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,019	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,060	41
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	254.15/cwt	241.00–257.50	2,076	25
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,867	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	297.32/cwt	297.00–298.00	2,016	16

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 Mar 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,464Last week 2,644Year ago 910

Compared to last week, steers over 600 lbs was 2.00 - 16.00 higher and heifers were 4.00 - 15.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings,

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	514	320.00	320.00
13	550–600	584	301.00–304.00	302.62
7	600–650	617	277.00	277.00
13	650–700	699	263.50	263.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	350–400	354	400.00–417.00	413.34
5	400–450	444	372.00	372.00
116	450–500	467	354.00–369.00	364.71
37	500–550	510	346.50	346.50
40	550–600	557	311.00–330.00	326.03
71	600–650	627	286.00–307.00	299.39
47	650–700	658	295.00–300.00	297.21
17	700–750	737	274.00	274.00
41	750–800	760	271.00	271.00
25	800–850	817	241.00–257.50	254.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	663	290.00	290.00
12	700–750	737	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	341	505.00	505.00
72	400–450	431	420.00–431.00	429.20
32	450–500	489	394.00–397.00	396.55
20	500–550	540	366.00	366.00
15	550–600	558	361.50	361.50
120	600–650	617	340.00–361.00	349.91
38	650–700	675	312.00–322.00	315.89
96	700–750	722	300.00–311.00	307.92
14	750–800	775	270.00	270.00
58	800–850	835	275.50	275.50
87	850–900	868	255.00–273.50	267.49
239	950–1000	953	265.25	265.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	546	342.00	342.00
16	650–700	678	297.00–298.00	297.32

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.