Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $286.00/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$286.00

6 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−65.26

vs NE average

−23.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	286.00	1,639	6thin

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 sale6 hd

286.00

—

NE average5 barns · 339 hd

351.26

−65.26

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

−23.16

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	265.40/cwt	257.50–267.75	2,184	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	255.67/cwt	253.00–258.00	2,189	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,097	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,238	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	245.47/cwt	243.50–246.50	1,932	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	234.19/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,930	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,018	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,701	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,299	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	289	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	962	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,683	5

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 Jun 3, 2024

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

Receipts 988Last week 525Year ago 850

No comparison. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	573	286.00	286.00
130	750–800	771	272.00	272.00
230	800–850	823	257.50–267.75	265.40
142	850–900	856	253.00–258.00	255.67
46	1000–1050	1,006	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	289	333.00	333.00
5	400–450	439	296.00	296.00
15	700–750	730	233.00	233.00
212	750–800	787	243.50–246.50	245.47
49	800–850	824	234.00–235.00	234.19
48	900–950	905	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	526	320.00	320.00

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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