Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show 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 $255.79/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$255.79

29 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$447

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

$77.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.35

vs NE average

+11.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	285.00	1,653	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	580	208.00	1,206	11thin

One grade step is worth $77.00/cwt here — about $447 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale29 hd

255.79

—

NE average3 barns · 117 hd

277.14

−21.35

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

+11.38

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,832	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,753	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	233.10/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,904	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,361	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	1,821	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	262.25/cwt	262.25–262.25	1,962	358
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,837	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	274.25/cwt	274.25–274.25	1,739	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	249.38/cwt	244.00–250.00	2,012	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,943	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,890	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	2,098	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	301	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,222	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	851	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,830	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,346	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,206	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,755	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,653	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,214	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,084	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,030	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,720	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,723	6

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 1,481Last week 357Year ago 875

Not enough to show 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	300–350	301	406.00	406.00
8	350–400	364	374.00	374.00
116	450–500	484	362.50	362.50
12	500–550	536	327.00	327.00
19	550–600	593	309.00	309.00
74	650–700	688	267.00	267.00
70	700–750	712	265.50	265.50
17	750–800	774	251.00	251.00
68	800–850	807	244.00–250.00	249.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	593	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	462	223.00	223.00
18	550–600	580	285.00	285.00
258	600–650	634	274.25	274.25
8	650–700	680	253.00	253.00
358	700–750	748	262.25	262.25
21	750–800	750	242.75	242.75
67	800–850	817	230.00–237.50	233.10
215	850–900	892	235.25	235.25
11	900–950	908	229.50	229.50
13	950–1000	986	224.50	224.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	580	208.00	208.00
15	850–900	851	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	893	193.00	193.00

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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