Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Steers under 600 lbs was 6.00 - 10.00 higher and heifers under 600 lbs was 10.00 - 25.00 higher. Not enough to show a comparison on weights over 600 lbs. Demand was good on all weights offered. Buyers like the pre-condition calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $294.28/cwt on 318 head.

Average price

$294.28

318 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.85

vs NE average

+27.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	294.28	1,690	318

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 sale318 hd

294.28

—

NE average6 barns · 524 hd

296.14

−1.85

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+27.64

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

28 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 1Fancy	300–350	311	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,104	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	418	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,371	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	470	338.24/cwt	337.50–342.00	1,590	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,095	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,069	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,962	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,129	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,196	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	326.92/cwt	317.50–333.00	1,216	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,797	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	285.08/cwt	284.00–286.25	1,765	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,710	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	374.75/cwt	362.50–385.00	1,432	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,840	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	293.08/cwt	280.00–298.50	1,694	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,890	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	252.68/cwt	250.00–254.00	2,120	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,638	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	319.26/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,568	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,633	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	258.35/cwt	256.50–261.00	1,594	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,832	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,819	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	309.93/cwt	295.00–316.00	1,438	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	283.41/cwt	274.50–290.00	1,477	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	389.74/cwt	382.50–402.50	1,235	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	307.40/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,353	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,501	26

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 16, 2024

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

Receipts 2,512Last week 2,436Year ago 2,250

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	311	355.00	355.00
39	400–450	418	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	294	372.50	372.50
12	300–350	334	320.00	320.00
73	350–400	372	317.50–333.00	326.92
120	400–450	440	306.00–310.00	307.40
164	450–500	464	295.00–316.00	309.93
193	500–550	521	274.50–290.00	283.41
76	550–600	578	282.50	282.50
65	700–750	729	234.50	234.50
60	750–800	791	230.00	230.00
55	850–900	868	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	370	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
102	600–650	617	256.50–261.00	258.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
107	450–500	470	337.50–342.00	338.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	372.50	372.50
66	800–850	829	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	317	382.50–402.50	389.74
73	350–400	382	362.50–385.00	374.75
26	400–450	435	345.00	345.00
281	450–500	491	315.00–325.00	319.26
24	500–550	530	309.00	309.00
294	550–600	578	280.00–298.50	293.08
10	650–700	656	274.00	274.00
75	750–800	783	235.00	235.00
151	800–850	839	250.00–254.00	252.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
225	600–650	619	284.00–286.25	285.08
60	650–700	666	275.00	275.00

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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