Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.92/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$310.92

51 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$29.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.70

vs NE average

−7.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	316.63	1,682	41
Medium and Large 1-2	545	287.50	1,567	10thin

One grade step is worth $29.13/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale51 hd

310.92

—

NE average7 barns · 1,906 hd

333.62

−22.70

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−7.37

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

24 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 1Fleshy	750–800	772	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,822	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,528	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	333.20/cwt	325.00–338.00	1,379	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	251.53/cwt	251.00–252.00	1,703	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,593	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,972	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	319.09/cwt	311.00–321.00	1,666	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	829	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,973	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,658	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,560	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,567	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	295.16/cwt	292.50–296.00	1,783	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	282.87/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,921	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	291.51/cwt	283.00–303.00	1,688	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,814	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	240.91/cwt	231.00–245.50	1,732	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	226.09/cwt	226.00–229.00	1,793	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	253.57/cwt	250.50–256.75	2,097	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	255.36/cwt	254.25–256.50	2,005	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	250.65/cwt	245.50–251.75	2,156	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,902	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,730	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,603	15

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 1,463Last week 910Year ago 1,072

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	772	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	423	379.00	379.00
10	450–500	492	337.00	337.00
31	500–550	522	311.00–321.00	319.09
10	550–600	560	309.00	309.00
21	600–650	604	292.50–296.00	295.16
87	650–700	679	270.00–285.00	282.87
140	750–800	785	254.25–256.50	255.36
116	800–850	827	250.50–256.75	253.57
239	850–900	860	245.50–251.75	250.65
6	900–950	910	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	545	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	671	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	414	325.00–338.00	333.20
6	450–500	479	319.00	319.00
55	550–600	579	283.00–303.00	291.51
23	600–650	620	257.00	257.00
19	650–700	677	251.00–252.00	251.53
156	700–750	719	231.00–245.50	240.91
196	750–800	793	226.00–229.00	226.09
41	800–850	808	224.50	224.50
50	900–950	930	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
65	800–850	829	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	684	228.00	228.00

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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