Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2025-04-14

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-14

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Apr 14

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Apr 7Apr 14Apr 21 →

Receipts

1,000 head

▲ 304 vs last sale 696▼ 225 vs year ago 1,225 · −18.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good to 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 $346.11/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$346.11

30 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−31.92

vs NE average

−18.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	346.11	2,004	30

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 sale30 hd

346.11

—

NE average5 barns · 779 hd

378.03

−31.92

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−18.65

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

Every lot

24 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,611	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	1,769	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	1,740	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,913	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	393.35/cwt	391.00–395.00	1,927	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	346.11/cwt	341.00–351.00	2,004	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	614	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,131	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	319.97/cwt	317.00–323.00	2,003	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	312.06/cwt	299.00–319.00	2,072	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,185	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,298	119
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,322	58
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	263.25/cwt	263.25–263.25	2,514	167
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	410.13/cwt	408.00–416.00	1,616	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,544	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	389.61/cwt	378.00–400.00	1,640	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,535	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,551	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	319.17/cwt	255.00–358.00	1,704	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,798	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,873	37
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	293.52/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,940	41
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	270.00/cwt	255.00–274.00	2,117	131
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	263.60/cwt	259.00–267.00	2,167	66

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 14, 2025

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

Receipts 1,000Last week 696Year ago 1,225

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	614	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	505.00	505.00
6	350–400	367	482.00	482.00
10	400–450	426	449.00	449.00
25	450–500	490	391.00–395.00	393.35
30	550–600	579	341.00–351.00	346.11
23	600–650	626	317.00–323.00	319.97
15	650–700	664	299.00–319.00	312.06
10	750–800	764	286.00	286.00
119	800–850	809	284.00	284.00
58	850–900	860	270.00	270.00
167	950–1000	955	263.25	263.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	380	458.00	458.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	394	408.00–416.00	410.13
31	400–450	421	378.00–400.00	389.61
46	500–550	534	255.00–358.00	319.17
11	550–600	582	309.00	309.00
37	600–650	648	289.00	289.00
41	650–700	661	280.00–300.00	293.52
131	750–800	784	255.00–274.00	270.00
66	800–850	822	259.00–267.00	263.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	388.00	388.00
5	400–450	445	345.00	345.00
7	450–500	470	330.00	330.00

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.