Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.00/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$320.00

12 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.90

vs NE average

+9.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	320.00	1,754	12thin

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 sale12 hd

320.00

—

NE average2 barns · 296 hd

333.90

−13.90

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

+9.24

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

21 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	400–450	405	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,306	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,620	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,275	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	311.94/cwt	311.00–314.00	1,454	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	298.46/cwt	291.00–305.50	1,528	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	233.64/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,657	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	259.09/cwt	258.00–262.00	1,899	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	266.43/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,636	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	231.68/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,793	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	998	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,886	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,899	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,754	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	248.97/cwt	243.00–250.50	2,213	306
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,639	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	497	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,625	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	297.54/cwt	297.00–298.00	1,886	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,493	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,727	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	338.68/cwt	336.00–352.50	1,656	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,117	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	244.28/cwt	236.00–250.00	1,962	103

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 Apr 1, 2024

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

Receipts 1,221Last week 1,463Year ago 1,570

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	384	332.00	332.00
10	400–450	405	322.50	322.50
28	450–500	466	311.00–314.00	311.94
76	500–550	512	291.00–305.50	298.46
95	600–650	614	266.00–270.00	266.43
11	650–700	675	240.00	240.00
78	700–750	709	225.00–237.00	233.64
145	750–800	774	231.00–234.00	231.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	371	402.50	402.50
26	400–450	440	392.50	392.50
41	450–500	489	336.00–352.50	338.68
12	500–550	548	320.00	320.00
17	600–650	634	297.00–298.00	297.54
11	650–700	664	286.00	286.00
39	700–750	733	258.00–262.00	259.09
103	800–850	803	236.00–250.00	244.28
306	850–900	889	243.00–250.50	248.97
61	900–950	901	235.00	235.00
6	950–1000	998	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	443	370.00	370.00
19	450–500	497	327.00	327.00

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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