Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-04-29

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Apr 29
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,648 head
744 vs last sale 904 979 vs year ago 669 · +146.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 850 weight steers sold 10.00 higher and same weight of heifer sold 8.00 higher. No other comparable weights for a market comparison. Demand was good on all offerings today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $330.05/cwt on 102 head.
Average price
$330.05
102 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,817
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$131
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.57
vs NE average
+21.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2512331.001,6957thin
Medium and Large 1553329.981,82695
One grade step is worth $1.02/cwt here — about −$131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale102 hd
330.05
NE average6 barns · 1,390 hd
340.62
−10.57
National average166 barns · 9,614 hd
308.61
+21.44
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

20 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550539280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,50911
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600566290.50/cwt290.50–290.501,64411
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,15521
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750719240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,72630
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650621262.49/cwt262.00–263.001,63034
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479313.46/cwt309.00–321.001,50152
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850805238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,91668
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550501352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,76633
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750700285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,99967
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900858254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,179320
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650645294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,89632
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900885225.25/cwt225.25–225.251,993181
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700687254.94/cwt251.00–260.001,75166
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550512331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,6957
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450424372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,5795
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350341405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,38113
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600581318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,84862
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500482340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,63913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450432352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,52120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500484294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,42318

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.