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Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Apr 7

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Mar 31Apr 7Apr 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

696 head

▼ 971 vs last sale 1,667▼ 239 vs year ago 935 · −25.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

211 head

▲ 211 vs last sale 0▲ 211 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was moderate.

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 $336.58/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$336.58

24 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−58.53

vs NE average

−17.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	336.58	1,894	24

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 sale24 hd

336.58

—

NE average6 barns · 1,982 hd

395.11

−58.53

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−17.72

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

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,134	$2,824	67
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	982	$2,789	73
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,452	$2,753	50
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,487	$2,979	15

Every lot

16 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,598	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,748	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,842	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,919	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,169	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,085	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,270	70
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	266.60/cwt	266.60–266.60	2,599	240
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,477	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,730	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,462	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	281.68/cwt	277.00–287.00	1,786	13
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	982	2,788.57/head	2,725.00–2,910.00	2,789	73
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,134	2,823.84/head	2,725.00–2,910.00	2,824	67
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,452	2,752.53/head	2,025.00–2,835.00	2,753	50
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,487	2,978.90/head	2,900.00–3,015.00	2,979	15

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 Apr 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 696Last week 1,667Year ago 935

Replacement CattleReceipts 211Last week 0Year ago 0

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	360	444.00	444.00
32	400–450	437	400.00	400.00
10	500–550	516	357.00	357.00
14	550–600	596	322.00	322.00
18	750–800	761	285.00	285.00
10	800–850	834	250.00	250.00
70	850–900	863	263.00	263.00
240	950–1000	975	266.60	266.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	355	416.00	416.00
27	400–450	439	394.00	394.00
5	450–500	481	304.00	304.00
13	600–650	634	277.00–287.00	281.68

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	73	—	982	2,725.00–2,910.00	2,788.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	67	—	1,134	2,725.00–2,910.00	2,823.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	50	—	1,452	2,025.00–2,835.00	2,752.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,487	2,900.00–3,015.00	2,978.90

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.