Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 8.00 higher and heifers were 13.00 - 20.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $316.98/cwt on 336 head.

Average price

$316.98

336 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$15.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.87

vs NE average

+30.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	318.39	1,726	305
Medium and Large 1-2	537	303.08	1,628	31

One grade step is worth $15.31/cwt here — about $99 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale336 hd

316.98

—

NE average4 barns · 656 hd

313.11

+3.87

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

+30.16

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,945	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	631	273.52/cwt	268.00–278.00	1,726	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	303.08/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,628	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,745	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	683	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,817	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,909	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	280.47/cwt	269.00–288.00	1,481	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	367.06/cwt	366.00–369.00	1,527	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	346.62/cwt	343.00–351.00	1,314	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,282	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	334.57/cwt	325.00–352.00	1,603	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	325.20/cwt	310.00–330.50	1,720	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,857	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	306.44/cwt	299.00–310.00	1,912	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	292.58/cwt	281.00–303.00	1,399	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	298.90/cwt	296.00–303.00	1,734	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,237	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	261.11/cwt	258.50–263.00	1,611	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	507	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,572	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,745	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,109	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,656	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	261.47/cwt	255.50–266.00	1,501	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	307.53/cwt	306.00–311.00	1,295	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	8

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,533Last week 2,001Year ago 3,225

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 8.00 higher and heifers were 13.00 - 20.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	338.00	338.00
42	400–450	421	306.00–311.00	307.53
44	450–500	478	281.00–303.00	292.58
89	500–550	528	269.00–288.00	280.47
38	550–600	574	255.50–266.00	261.47
14	600–650	637	260.00	260.00
173	850–900	884	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	491	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
55	600–650	617	258.50–263.00	261.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	500–550	507	310.00	310.00
140	600–650	605	288.50	288.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
47	600–650	631	268.00–278.00	273.52
14	650–700	683	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	445	330.00	330.00
31	500–550	537	300.00–305.00	303.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	312	411.00	411.00
18	350–400	379	343.00–351.00	346.62
31	400–450	416	366.00–369.00	367.06
42	450–500	479	325.00–352.00	334.57
226	500–550	529	310.00–330.50	325.20
79	550–600	580	296.00–303.00	298.90
14	600–650	644	271.00	271.00
15	700–750	740	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
145	600–650	624	299.00–310.00	306.44
25	650–700	656	291.00	291.00

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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