Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2025-08-11

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-11

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Aug 11

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Jul 21Aug 11Sep 8 →

Receipts

975 head

▼ 556 vs last sale 1,531▲ 618 vs year ago 357 · +173.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was strong on all weights offered.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $354.50/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$354.50

62 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,276

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.72

vs NE average

+13.08 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	642	354.50	2,276	62

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 sale62 hd

354.50

—

NE average3 barns · 138 hd

361.22

−6.72

National average149 barns · 6,417 hd

341.42

+13.08

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

Every lot

8 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,662	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	344.14/cwt	335.75–346.50	2,942	250
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	331.87/cwt	330.00–332.75	3,053	80
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,276	62
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	344.50/cwt	343.50–352.00	2,439	68
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,580	242
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,704	240
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,784	15

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 Aug 11, 2025

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

Receipts 975Last week 1,531Year ago 357

No comparison. Demand was strong on all weights offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	776	343.00	343.00
250	850–900	855	335.75–346.50	344.14
80	900–950	920	330.00–332.75	331.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	600–650	642	354.50	354.50
68	700–750	708	343.50–352.00	344.50
242	750–800	768	336.00	336.00
240	800–850	823	328.50	328.50
15	850–900	888	313.50	313.50

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.