Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was good for the offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $340.03/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$340.03

58 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+29.68

vs NE average

+71.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	340.03	1,724	58

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 sale58 hd

340.03

—

NE average5 barns · 277 hd

310.35

+29.68

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+71.48

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	284	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	997	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,650	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	319.27/cwt	309.00–330.00	1,188	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	293.91/cwt	275.00–298.00	1,464	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,235	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,123	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,145	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,815	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,410	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,632	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,493	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	340.03/cwt	320.00–343.00	1,724	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,769	43

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 26, 2024

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

Receipts 326Last week 1,481Year ago 805

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was good for the offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	284	351.00	351.00
36	350–400	372	309.00–330.00	319.27
61	450–500	498	275.00–298.00	293.91
32	550–600	586	281.50	281.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	308	401.00	401.00
8	350–400	376	375.00	375.00
17	400–450	409	365.00	365.00
11	450–500	480	340.00	340.00
58	500–550	507	320.00–343.00	340.03
7	650–700	685	265.00	265.00
6	1100–1150	1,123	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	600–650	612	289.00	289.00

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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