Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-05-06

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, May 6
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,380 head
268 vs last sale 1,648 630 vs year ago 750 · +84.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Feeders over 700 lbs had a lower trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.50/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$280.50
38 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
18.83
vs NE average
+12.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1589280.501,65238
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 sale38 hd
280.50
NE average4 barns · 551 hd
299.33
−18.83
National average178 barns · 10,823 hd
267.59
+12.91
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

23 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 1400–450417317.81/cwt311.00–331.001,32520
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600550339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,86512
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800791237.93/cwt237.35–238.501,882264
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550524318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,6667
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850824241.04/cwt240.00–242.501,986161
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650631245.37/cwt241.00–249.001,54815
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750734234.85/cwt231.00–238.501,724119
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700675279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,88359
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750715250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7885
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3108
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600590303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,7887
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600589280.50/cwt280.50–280.501,65238
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400352339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,1938
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550525308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,61719
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400396389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,54013
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650604269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,62510
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700664251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6678
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450413349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,4415
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900852248.25/cwt248.25–248.252,115143
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850801232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,85865
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750714270.24/cwt264.50–275.001,93057
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470314.23/cwt308.00–322.501,47749
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450414375.25/cwt349.00–391.001,55416

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.