Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show comparison on last week. Demand was moderate to good on mixed offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $282.04/cwt on 93 head.

Average price

$282.04

93 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.59

vs NE average

+10.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	282.04	1,619	93

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 sale93 hd

282.04

—

NE average2 barns · 600 hd

295.63

−13.59

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

+10.13

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

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	239.96/cwt	230.00–243.00	2,023	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	254.96/cwt	251.00–271.00	1,550	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,984	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	328.51/cwt	321.00–343.00	1,735	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,717	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,698	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,865	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	345.53/cwt	331.00–353.00	1,662	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	328.22/cwt	326.00–329.00	1,917	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	388.26/cwt	380.00–402.50	1,495	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	786	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	1,980	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,681	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,659	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,266	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,927	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	277.74/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,616	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	369.86/cwt	368.00–373.00	1,613	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	333.08/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,402	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,810	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	308.53/cwt	290.00–319.00	1,462	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	230.86/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,789	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	365.70/cwt	348.00–377.50	1,276	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,623	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,331	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	631	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,975	32

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 Mar 4, 2024

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

Receipts 1,445Last week 3,706Year ago 2,080

Not enough to show comparison on last week. Demand was moderate to good on mixed offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	307	412.50	412.50
33	350–400	385	380.00–402.50	388.26
66	400–450	436	368.00–373.00	369.86
64	450–500	481	331.00–353.00	345.53
81	500–550	528	321.00–343.00	328.51
83	550–600	584	326.00–329.00	328.22
45	600–650	624	290.00	290.00
61	650–700	661	299.50	299.50
60	700–750	734	262.50	262.50
30	800–850	843	230.00–243.00	239.96
23	900–950	902	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	551	301.00	301.00
6	600–650	648	262.00	262.00
5	650–700	675	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	600–650	631	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	349	348.00–377.50	365.70
8	350–400	388	343.00	343.00
102	400–450	421	330.00–336.00	333.08
39	450–500	474	290.00–319.00	308.53
13	500–550	526	308.50	308.50
80	550–600	582	270.00–283.00	277.74
55	600–650	608	251.00–271.00	254.96
72	700–750	701	245.00	245.00
35	750–800	775	230.00–231.00	230.86
195	800–850	829	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
72	750–800	786	1,850.00	1,850.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	697	233.00	233.00

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.

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