Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers less than 600 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers less than 650 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower and over 650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good from start to finish with quite a few buyers in attendance and an active internet on the yearling weight steers. Several large consignments at the auction with several load lots on hand along with some packages of longtime weaned calves. Few, light calves were fall born coming right off the cow. Special calf and feeder sale next Monday, March 4th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.95/cwt on 116 head.

Average price

$310.95

116 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

−0.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	310.95	1,717	116

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 sale116 hd

310.95

—

NE average1 barns · 116 hd

310.95

+0.00

National average175 barns · 13,855 hd

311.23

−0.28

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,471	$1,825	10

Every lot, as filed

57 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	325.68/cwt	322.00–330.00	905	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,905	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,188	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,154	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,423	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	865	240.25/cwt	240.25–240.25	2,078	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,376	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,629	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,508	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,523	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	234.65/cwt	231.00–237.00	1,603	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	244.60/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,414	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,114	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	262.58/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,933	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	253.82/cwt	253.00–254.50	1,970	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	445	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,526	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,532	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	259	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,028	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	368	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,262	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,109	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,974	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,406	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	322.08/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,694	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,606	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,501	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	227.71/cwt	224.00–230.00	2,225	270
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	219.60/cwt	219.60–219.60	1,924	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	261.33/cwt	259.00–265.25	1,740	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	266.94/cwt	261.00–269.50	1,842	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	322.36/cwt	319.00–327.00	1,480	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,913	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	702	1,785.00/head	1,785.00–1,785.00	1,785	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,146	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	333.57/cwt	325.00–337.00	1,611	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	232.66/cwt	227.50–240.50	1,798	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	257.77/cwt	253.00–261.00	1,575	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	287.24/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,812	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	294.10/cwt	282.00–306.00	1,529	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	990	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,119	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	543	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,586	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	441	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,252	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	495	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,391	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	657	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,925	85
Bred Cows	Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,471	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	249.18/cwt	240.00–250.35	2,225	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	600	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,848	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	245.54/cwt	240.50–249.00	2,016	357
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	693	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,594	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,401	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	807	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,783	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	237.02/cwt	236.00–239.00	1,737	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	601	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,635	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	306.14/cwt	303.00–311.00	1,788	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	269.83/cwt	266.00–281.00	1,541	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	354.08/cwt	351.00–362.50	1,544	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	250.35/cwt	250.35–250.35	2,276	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	654	267.41/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,749	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,314	5

How this sale compares

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 Feb 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,706Last week 3,881Year ago 2,729

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	278	322.00–330.00	325.68
12	350–400	370	321.00	321.00
5	400–450	424	310.00	310.00
6	450–500	451	305.00	305.00
21	550–600	578	243.00–248.00	244.60
6	600–650	633	242.00	242.00
13	650–700	683	231.00–237.00	234.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	368	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	342	335.00	335.00
5	400–450	449	312.00	312.00
14	450–500	459	319.00–327.00	322.36
103	500–550	520	282.00–306.00	294.10
70	550–600	571	266.00–281.00	269.83
114	600–650	611	253.00–261.00	257.77
52	650–700	666	259.00–265.25	261.33
94	700–750	733	236.00–239.00	237.02
242	750–800	773	227.50–240.50	232.66
39	800–850	828	231.00	231.00
255	850–900	876	219.60	219.60
6	1100–1150	1,109	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
63	600–650	601	272.00	272.00
83	650–700	654	265.00–268.00	267.41
43	700–750	702	1,785.00	1,785.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	441	284.00	284.00
6	450–500	495	281.00	281.00
35	650–700	693	230.00	230.00
143	800–850	807	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	259	397.00	397.00
5	300–350	345	323.00	323.00
6	400–450	430	349.00	349.00
7	700–750	747	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	543	292.00	292.00
140	850–900	865	240.25	240.25
40	950–1000	990	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	450	362.00	362.00
18	600–650	600	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	349	403.00	403.00
13	350–400	379	398.00	398.00
19	400–450	436	351.00–362.50	354.08
32	450–500	483	325.00–337.00	333.57
51	500–550	526	310.00–335.00	322.08
47	550–600	584	303.00–311.00	306.14
120	600–650	631	280.00–310.00	287.24
88	650–700	690	261.00–269.50	266.94
183	700–750	736	260.00–271.00	262.58
177	750–800	776	253.00–254.50	253.82
357	800–850	821	240.50–249.00	245.54
207	850–900	893	240.00–250.35	249.18
61	900–950	909	250.35	250.35
270	950–1000	977	224.00–230.00	227.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	445	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	650–700	657	293.00	293.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	355.00	355.00
15	400–450	415	343.00	343.00
10	500–550	501	304.00	304.00
6	650–700	661	243.00	243.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,471	1,825.00	1,825.00

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