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Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, May 5

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Apr 28May 5May 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

403 head

▼ 197 vs last sale 600▼ 977 vs year ago 1,380 · −70.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 45▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Short run today. market was good with a good demand.

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 $398.00/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$398.00

10 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,193

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.20

vs NE average

+19.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	398.00	2,193	10thin

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 sale10 hd

398.00

—

NE average5 barns · 413 hd

395.80

+2.20

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+19.21

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,380	$3,575	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,460	$3,275	13

Every lot

11 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,904	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,125	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,252	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,271	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,168	12
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	954	295.35/cwt	295.35–295.35	2,818	239
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,787	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,904	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	313.42/cwt	313.00–314.00	2,006	17
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,380	3,575.00/head	3,575.00–3,575.00	3,575	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,460	3,275.00/head	3,275.00–3,275.00	3,275	13

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 May 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 403Last week 600Year ago 1,380

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 45Year ago 0

Short run today. market was good with a good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	540	331.00	331.00
12	550–600	593	321.00	321.00
17	600–650	640	313.00–314.00	313.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	414	460.00	460.00
5	500–550	517	411.00	411.00
5	550–600	585	385.00	385.00
7	600–650	624	364.00	364.00
12	650–700	661	328.00	328.00
239	950–1000	954	295.35	295.35

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,380	3,575.00	3,575.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,460	3,275.00	3,275.00

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.