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Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-21

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Apr 21

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

900 head

▼ 100 vs last sale 1,000▼ 4 vs year ago 904 · −0.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 0▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison in weight classes. Demand was good.

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 $411.59/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$411.59

47 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.02

vs NE average

+37.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	411.59	2,079	47

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 sale47 hd

411.59

—

NE average5 barns · 778 hd

395.57

+16.02

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+37.57

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
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,195	$4,567	35

Every lot

14 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	411.59/cwt	410.00–412.50	2,079	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	358.42/cwt	353.00–360.00	2,201	125
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	297.58/cwt	293.00–302.50	2,297	147
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	287.38/cwt	279.00–292.00	2,448	93
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	292.12/cwt	290.85–293.00	2,655	317
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,685	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,844	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,882	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,647	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	290.17/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,953	30
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,191	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	1,533	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,060	9
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,195	4,567.16/head	4,250.00–4,850.00	4,567	35

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 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 900Last week 1,000Year ago 904

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 0Year ago 0

Not enough for a comparison in weight classes. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	463.00	463.00
9	700–750	708	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	472	357.00	357.00
6	550–600	593	311.00	311.00
38	600–650	617	305.00	305.00
30	650–700	673	290.00–291.00	290.17
18	900–950	915	239.50	239.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	631	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	500–550	505	410.00–412.50	411.59
125	600–650	614	353.00–360.00	358.42
147	750–800	772	293.00–302.50	297.58
93	850–900	852	279.00–292.00	287.38
317	900–950	909	290.85–293.00	292.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,195	4,250.00–4,850.00	4,567.16

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.