Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2025-07-21

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jul 21
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,531 head
▲ 851 vs last sale 680▲ 1,531 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to no sale. Demand was good today on a nice run of cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $313.00/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$313.00
6 head · 668 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−30.82
vs NE average
−15.47 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1668313.002,0916thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
313.00
—
NE average2 barns · 37 hd
343.82
−30.82
National average140 barns · 5,539 hd
328.47
−15.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

15 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,707120
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1814336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,73563
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1864338.55/cwt333.00–344.502,925513
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1348430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4966
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1384384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,47511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,6235
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,0916
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724326.74/cwt315.00–329.002,36695
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1754345.50/cwt345.50–345.502,605420
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1827306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,53160
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1890280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,49212
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1976264.11/cwt260.50–266.002,578181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2341471.00/cwt471.00–471.001,6067
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1362491.00/cwt491.00–491.001,77711
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,0276

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.