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Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Mar 31

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Mar 24Mar 31Apr 7 →

Receipts

1,667 head

▲ 931 vs last sale 736▲ 446 vs year ago 1,221 · +36.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough last week to show a comparison. Demand was good showing a higher undertone.

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 $369.28/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$369.28

41 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.57

vs NE average

+0.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	369.28	2,041	41

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 sale41 hd

369.28

—

NE average6 barns · 1,702 hd

384.85

−15.57

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+0.27

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

Every lot

29 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,588	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,936	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	388.06/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,874	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	387.87/cwt	384.00–393.00	1,998	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	357.38/cwt	346.00–361.00	2,062	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,182	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	336.37/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,217	58
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	304.77/cwt	304.50–307.00	2,249	83
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,355	61
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	796	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,237	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	292.44/cwt	291.50–293.00	2,398	156
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	285.48/cwt	285.00–286.00	2,435	130
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	889	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,311	40
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	276.75/cwt	276.75–276.75	2,518	189
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,277	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,533	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	431.38/cwt	420.00–447.00	1,644	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	398.51/cwt	394.00–402.00	1,741	39
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,654	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	371.54/cwt	360.00–374.00	1,791	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	338.61/cwt	335.50–342.50	1,910	69
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	324.44/cwt	316.00–329.50	1,963	157
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	287.34/cwt	280.50–294.50	2,089	256
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,201	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,160	61
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,640	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,832	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	384.39/cwt	381.00–388.00	1,845	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,957	6

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 31, 2025

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

Receipts 1,667Last week 736Year ago 1,221

Not enough last week to show a comparison. Demand was good showing a higher undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	295	433.00	433.00
9	300–350	343	447.00	447.00
29	350–400	381	420.00–447.00	431.38
39	400–450	437	394.00–402.00	398.51
27	450–500	482	360.00–374.00	371.54
69	550–600	564	335.50–342.50	338.61
157	600–650	605	316.00–329.50	324.44
256	700–750	727	280.50–294.50	287.34
16	750–800	767	287.00	287.00
61	800–850	815	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	440	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	361	440.00	440.00
25	400–450	440	440.00	440.00
20	450–500	483	375.00–395.00	388.06
16	500–550	515	384.00–393.00	387.87
25	550–600	577	346.00–361.00	357.38
46	600–650	607	359.50	359.50
58	650–700	659	335.00–340.00	336.37
83	700–750	738	304.50–307.00	304.77
61	750–800	762	309.00	309.00
156	800–850	820	291.50–293.00	292.44
130	850–900	853	285.00–286.00	285.48
189	900–950	910	276.75	276.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	796	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	850–900	889	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	328	500.00	500.00
7	400–450	408	449.00	449.00
10	450–500	480	381.00–388.00	384.39
6	600–650	602	325.00	325.00

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.