Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.55/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$272.55

53 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$295

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$22.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.94

vs NE average

+7.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	278.05	1,621	40
Medium and Large 1-2	519	255.61	1,327	13thin

One grade step is worth $22.44/cwt here — about $295 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 sale53 hd

272.55

—

NE average5 barns · 856 hd

307.49

−34.94

National average154 barns · 8,969 hd

265.37

+7.18

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

17 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	603	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,767	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,438	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,544	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,659	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,913	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,851	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	255.61/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,327	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,807	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,358	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,190	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,108	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	2,111	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,960	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	230.25/cwt	230.25–230.25	2,123	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	1,961	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,614	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 10, 2024

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

Receipts 845Last week 988Year ago 880

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	600–650	603	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	487	317.00	317.00
7	500–550	508	283.00	283.00
33	550–600	599	277.00	277.00
103	700–750	710	276.00	276.00
56	750–800	797	240.00	240.00
165	900–950	922	230.25	230.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	485	280.00	280.00
13	500–550	519	250.00–259.00	255.61
17	700–750	717	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	556	333.00	333.00
39	650–700	666	294.50	294.50
140	750–800	796	265.25	265.25
54	800–850	800	263.50	263.50
20	900–950	936	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	506	319.00	319.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	807	200.00	200.00

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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