Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Fly weight steers sold sharply higher with all other weights trading 7.00 - 15.00 higher. Heifers less than 500 lbs sold 6.00 - 13.00 higher, 500 to 750 lbs unevenly steady and over 750 lbs 3.00 -9.00 higher. Demand was good with buyers seeking to purchase calves with precondition vaccinations.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $279.81/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$279.81

138 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$16.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.59

vs NE average

+39.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	280.53	1,602	132
Medium and Large 1-2	593	264.00	1,566	6thin

One grade step is worth $16.53/cwt here — about $37 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 sale138 hd

279.81

—

NE average5 barns · 246 hd

270.22

+9.59

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

+39.72

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

26 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 1Fancy	550–600	570	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,790	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,174	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	413	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,392	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,140	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	278.41/cwt	269.00–290.00	1,439	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	325.55/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,257	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	320.72/cwt	315.00–326.00	1,360	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,910	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	289.32/cwt	279.00–297.00	1,661	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,557	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,830	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	396.91/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,445	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,160	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	358.36/cwt	354.00–372.50	1,577	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	316.46/cwt	311.00–320.00	1,510	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	994	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,197	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	333.65/cwt	323.00–341.00	1,605	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	317.87/cwt	307.00–325.00	1,701	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,566	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	401	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,534	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,967	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,213	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	522	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,749	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	652	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,786	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	1,896	329
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	280.76/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,620	119

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 2,001Last week 2,512Year ago 2,070

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	401	382.50	382.50
28	450–500	450	346.00	346.00
37	500–550	522	335.00	335.00
43	550–600	570	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	364	390.00–402.50	396.91
68	400–450	440	354.00–372.50	358.36
124	450–500	481	323.00–341.00	333.65
254	500–550	535	307.00–325.00	317.87
31	550–600	574	279.00–297.00	289.32
23	700–750	746	256.00	256.00
123	850–900	871	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
60	600–650	606	302.00	302.00
9	650–700	652	274.00	274.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	413	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	300	380.00	380.00
17	350–400	386	315.00–340.00	325.55
79	400–450	424	315.00–326.00	320.72
244	450–500	477	311.00–320.00	316.46
13	500–550	517	269.00–290.00	278.41
119	550–600	577	270.00–285.00	280.76
329	750–800	791	239.75	239.75
118	850–900	859	229.00	229.00
102	950–1000	994	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	401	302.50	302.50
6	550–600	593	264.00	264.00

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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