Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.00/cwt on 5 head.

Average price

$246.00

5 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,422

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−42.79

vs NE average

−5.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	246.00	1,422	5thin

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 sale5 hd

246.00

—

NE average3 barns · 34 hd

288.79

−42.79

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−5.94

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

13 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	500–550	539	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,726	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	224.86/cwt	222.50–225.00	2,154	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	805	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,133	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,301	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,193	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,554	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,857	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,034	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,734	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,288	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,422	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 Aug 12, 2024

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

Receipts 357Last week 823Year 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
7	500–550	539	316.00	316.00
6	550–600	566	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	417	286.00	286.00
14	500–550	540	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	438	294.00	294.00
5	550–600	578	246.00	246.00
40	600–650	645	241.00	241.00
12	700–750	705	246.00	246.00
16	750–800	790	235.00	235.00
14	900–950	914	222.50	222.50
193	950–1000	958	222.50–225.00	224.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	295	273.00	273.00
8	450–500	457	248.00	248.00

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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