Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $266.77/cwt on 327 head.

Average price

$266.77

327 head · 793 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,115

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.35

vs NE average

+4.40 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	793	266.77	2,115	327

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

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale327 hd

266.77

—

NE average4 barns · 634 hd

278.12

−11.35

National average115 barns · 5,158 hd

262.37

+4.40

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

5 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	700–750	720	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,930	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,285	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	266.75/cwt	266.75–266.75	2,118	322
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,057	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,968	307

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 Jul 29, 2024

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

Receipts 823Last week 655Year ago 875

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
5	700–750	720	268.00	268.00
322	750–800	794	266.75	266.75
69	950–1000	962	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
307	700–750	725	271.50	271.50
49	800–850	838	245.50	245.50

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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