Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-22

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $279.50/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$279.50

12 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,752

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−30.08

vs NE average

−6.87 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	627	279.50	1,752	12thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

279.50

—

NE average6 barns · 1,099 hd

309.58

−30.08

National average164 barns · 9,907 hd

286.37

−6.87

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

12 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,773	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,093	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,752	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	216.63/cwt	216.00–217.50	1,872	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,759	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,538	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,229	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,537	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,622	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	249.25/cwt	249.25–249.25	2,340	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	2,249	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,168	114

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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 904Last week 1,225Year ago 1,425

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	569	285.00	285.00
6	750–800	788	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	627	279.50	279.50
106	850–900	865	242.00	242.00
244	900–950	939	249.25	249.25
114	950–1000	968	224.00	224.00
114	1000–1050	1,039	216.50	216.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	377	326.00	326.00
26	450–500	493	312.00	312.00
6	550–600	563	273.00	273.00
52	750–800	763	230.50	230.50
168	850–900	864	216.00–217.50	216.63

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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