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Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-02

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jun 2

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← May 19Jun 2Jun 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

620 head

▼ 516 vs last sale 1,136▼ 368 vs year ago 988 · −37.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

89 head

▲ 89 vs last sale 0▲ 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Short run today, but the demand is still there.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.85/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$325.85

31 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−41.50

vs NE average

−12.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	325.85	1,761	31

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 sale31 hd

325.85

—

NE average5 barns · 615 hd

367.35

−41.50

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−12.39

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)	1,321	$2,900	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,489	$3,800	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,394	$3,765	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,341	$3,200	12

Every lot

20 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,887	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	408.17/cwt	400.00–418.00	1,943	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,164	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,985	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,244	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,079	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,181	67
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,471	42
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	390.73/cwt	388.00–392.00	1,504	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,640	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,625	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	328.72/cwt	327.00–334.00	1,762	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,754	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	2,155	26
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	938	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,420	176
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,341	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,394	3,765.24/head	3,625.00–3,950.00	3,765	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,489	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,321	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	9

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 Jun 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 620Last week 1,136Year ago 988

Replacement CattleReceipts 89Last week 0Year ago 0

Short run today, but the demand is still there.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	385	388.00–392.00	390.73
17	400–450	426	385.00	385.00
6	450–500	478	340.00	340.00
24	500–550	536	327.00–334.00	328.72
7	550–600	555	316.00	316.00
5	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
26	700–750	747	288.50	288.50
176	900–950	938	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	428	441.00	441.00
42	450–500	476	400.00–418.00	408.17
9	500–550	541	400.00	400.00
17	550–600	561	400.00	400.00
8	600–650	628	331.00	331.00
67	650–700	661	330.00	330.00
42	800–850	821	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	553	359.00	359.00

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,489	3,800.00	3,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,341	3,200.00	3,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,394	3,625.00–3,950.00	3,765.24

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,321	2,900.00	2,900.00

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.