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Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, May 19

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← May 12May 19Jun 2 →

Receipts

1,136 head

▲ 666 vs last sale 470▲ 611 vs year ago 525 · +116.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of feeders today, still showing a higher undertone. 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 $415.08/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$415.08

38 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,228

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.74

vs NE average

+37.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	415.08	2,228	38

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 sale38 hd

415.08

—

NE average4 barns · 1,149 hd

414.34

+0.74

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+37.03

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

Every lot

12 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	419.79/cwt	419.00–420.00	2,208	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,259	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,252	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	702	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,338	50
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	305.69/cwt	303.50–307.50	2,531	396
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	303.17/cwt	300.00–304.25	2,622	259
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,667	66
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,664	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,808	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	289.25/cwt	289.25–289.25	2,207	124
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	2,355	64
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,402	44

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 1,136Last week 470Year ago 525

Nice run of feeders today, still showing a higher undertone. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	456	365.00	365.00
6	500–550	538	336.00	336.00
124	750–800	763	289.25	289.25
64	800–850	822	286.50	286.50
44	850–900	861	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	526	419.00–420.00	419.79
14	550–600	555	407.00	407.00
26	600–650	617	365.00	365.00
50	700–750	702	333.00	333.00
396	800–850	828	303.50–307.50	305.69
259	850–900	865	300.00–304.25	303.17
66	900–950	904	295.00	295.00

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.