Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.50/cwt on 132 head.

Average price

$254.50

132 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,398

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.94

vs NE average

+15.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	254.50	1,398	132

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 sale132 hd

254.50

—

NE average4 barns · 186 hd

257.44

−2.94

National average182 barns · 14,937 hd

238.61

+15.89

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

25 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	350–400	362	385.58/cwt	372.50–392.50	1,396	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	254.05/cwt	250.00–259.75	1,865	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	253.56/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,400	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	233.60/cwt	226.50–240.50	1,796	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,894	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,303	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	284.20/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,617	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	810	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,122	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,013	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,595	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	327.38/cwt	314.00–342.00	1,558	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	246.46/cwt	237.50–246.75	1,816	417
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,401	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,375	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	286.18/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,193	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,097	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	252.88/cwt	251.00–254.00	1,563	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	302.23/cwt	299.00–311.00	1,139	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	299.31/cwt	294.00–302.00	1,389	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,277	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	299.24/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,580	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,403	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,706	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	338.70/cwt	335.00–354.00	1,460	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	270.63/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,294	80

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 Sep 9, 2024

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

Receipts 2,436Last week 326Year ago 950

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	343	380.00	380.00
41	350–400	362	372.50–392.50	385.58
103	400–450	431	335.00–354.00	338.70
120	450–500	476	314.00–342.00	327.38
124	500–550	528	290.00–311.00	299.24
175	550–600	569	277.00–290.00	284.20
16	600–650	616	277.00	277.00
132	700–750	734	250.00–259.75	254.05
60	750–800	759	249.50	249.50
72	800–850	837	240.50	240.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
180	800–850	810	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	390	327.50	327.50
8	400–450	435	322.50	322.50
7	450–500	471	297.50	297.50
20	550–600	593	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	335	327.50	327.50
81	350–400	377	299.00–311.00	302.23
19	400–450	417	280.00–297.00	286.18
116	450–500	464	294.00–302.00	299.31
10	500–550	517	266.00	266.00
122	550–600	552	248.00–260.00	253.56
29	600–650	618	251.00–254.00	252.88
417	700–750	737	237.50–246.75	246.46
273	750–800	769	226.50–240.50	233.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	450–500	478	265.00–275.00	270.63

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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