Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week on comparable offerings of steers sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 9.00 higher on comparable offerings. Demand was moderate to good today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $296.75/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$296.75

100 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.08

vs NE average

+32.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	296.75	1,567	100

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 sale100 hd

296.75

—

NE average3 barns · 612 hd

293.68

+3.08

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

+32.23

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

25 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 1Fancy	600–650	628	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,984	74
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,469	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,423	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,582	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,023	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	297.95/cwt	290.00–305.50	1,549	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,738	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,696	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	396.32/cwt	380.00–404.00	1,669	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	292.51/cwt	289.00–295.50	1,626	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,081	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,879	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	424.28/cwt	409.00–430.00	1,460	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	225.10/cwt	224.00–226.00	1,756	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	236.33/cwt	235.00–237.00	2,049	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,334	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	327.29/cwt	321.00–341.00	1,744	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	340.16/cwt	329.00–345.00	1,401	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	291.57/cwt	291.00–298.00	1,840	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	267.11/cwt	265.50–271.00	1,611	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,690	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,872	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,479	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	262.41/cwt	259.00–265.50	1,761	90

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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 1,225Last week 935Year ago 1,950

Compared to last week on comparable offerings of steers sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 9.00 higher on comparable offerings. Demand was moderate to good today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	600–650	628	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	344	409.00–430.00	424.28
6	350–400	353	419.00	419.00
38	400–450	421	380.00–404.00	396.32
12	450–500	451	376.00	376.00
134	500–550	533	321.00–341.00	327.29
14	550–600	568	306.00	306.00
75	600–650	631	291.00–298.00	291.57
66	700–750	715	291.00	291.00
52	850–900	867	235.00–237.00	236.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	497	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	342.00	342.00
11	450–500	464	341.00	341.00
6	500–550	540	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	275	372.00	372.00
12	350–400	358	372.50	372.50
45	400–450	412	329.00–345.00	340.16
11	450–500	475	325.00	325.00
78	500–550	520	290.00–305.50	297.95
22	550–600	556	289.00–295.50	292.51
68	600–650	603	265.50–271.00	267.11
90	650–700	671	259.00–265.50	262.41
109	750–800	780	224.00–226.00	225.10
118	800–850	805	232.50	232.50
63	850–900	874	215.00	215.00

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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