Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2025-09-15

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-15

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Sep 15

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22 →

Receipts

1,663 head

▼ 1,101 vs last sale 2,764▼ 849 vs year ago 2,512 · −33.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs was 10.00 - 20.00 higher and over 600 lbs was 9.00 - 12.00 lower. Heifers under 700 lbs was steady - 11.00 higher and over 700 lbs was 2.00 - 9.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate with a nice selection offered.

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 $400.35/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$400.35

157 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.65

vs NE average

+40.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	400.35	2,218	157

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 sale157 hd

400.35

—

NE average5 barns · 292 hd

409.00

−8.65

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

+40.69

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

Every lot

27 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	561.49/cwt	555.00–577.50	2,122	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,364	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,390	49
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,409	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	512	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,580	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	481.93/cwt	470.00–493.00	2,530	150
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,454	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	454.71/cwt	453.00–457.50	2,555	80
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,535	89
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	652	410.02/cwt	407.00–413.00	2,673	103
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	386.21/cwt	378.00–389.00	2,862	82
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	860	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,924	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,238	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	555.60/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,817	19
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	349	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,736	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	523.25/cwt	512.50–535.00	1,878	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	472.29/cwt	470.00–477.50	1,969	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	450.49/cwt	444.00–465.00	2,153	206
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	512	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,189	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,126	81
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,359	57
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,434	38
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	357.49/cwt	353.00–358.00	2,631	69
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	348.36/cwt	342.00–350.00	2,700	203
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,802	67
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,967	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	511.22/cwt	500.00–522.50	2,178	12

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 Sep 15, 2025

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

Receipts 1,663Last week 2,764Year ago 2,512

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	512	427.50	427.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	327	550.00–560.00	555.60
25	350–400	359	512.50–535.00	523.25
32	400–450	417	470.00–477.50	472.29
206	450–500	478	444.00–465.00	450.49
81	500–550	545	390.00	390.00
57	550–600	581	406.00	406.00
69	700–750	736	353.00–358.00	357.49
203	750–800	775	342.00–350.00	348.36
67	850–900	853	328.50	328.50
9	900–950	906	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	497.50	497.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	600–650	624	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	500–550	512	504.00	504.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	378	555.00–577.50	561.49
21	400–450	444	532.50	532.50
49	450–500	451	530.00	530.00
150	500–550	525	470.00–493.00	481.93
80	550–600	562	453.00–457.50	454.71
82	700–750	741	378.00–389.00	386.21
20	900–950	933	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
89	600–650	608	417.00	417.00
103	650–700	652	407.00–413.00	410.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	477	505.00	505.00
20	500–550	537	457.00	457.00
9	850–900	860	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	426	500.00–522.50	511.22

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.