Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs was 2.00 - 6.00 lower and over 600 - 700 lbs was 6.00 - 25.00 lower. Heifers was 1.00 - 5.00 higher . Demand was moderate to good on a nice run of spring calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $308.04/cwt on 565 head.

Average price

$308.04

565 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$27.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.27

vs NE average

+13.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	310.09	1,691	522
Medium and Large 1-2	543	283.06	1,538	43

One grade step is worth $27.03/cwt here — about $153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale565 hd

308.04

—

NE average8 barns · 3,230 hd

311.31

−3.27

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+13.73

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

38 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	400–450	411	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,356	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	458	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,424	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,716	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	427	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,652	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	466	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,636	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,116	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	284.21/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,529	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	620	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,655	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	701	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,619	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,947	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,590	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,391	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,155	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,525	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	255.25/cwt	255.25–255.25	2,305	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	294.37/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,699	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	264.31/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,255	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	260.81/cwt	251.00–269.00	1,390	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	686	260.82/cwt	260.00–261.50	1,789	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,476	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,437	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,702	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	674	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,978	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,046	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	360.89/cwt	355.00–371.00	1,563	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	289.81/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,394	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	323.51/cwt	311.00–332.00	1,673	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	394.65/cwt	382.00–400.00	1,523	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	310.30/cwt	308.00–312.50	1,223	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	277.98/cwt	274.00–284.50	1,748	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	308.05/cwt	302.00–311.00	1,331	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	283.41/cwt	277.00–295.00	1,457	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	265.71/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,493	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,938	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	330.23/cwt	323.00–338.00	1,621	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	760	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,984	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,597	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	336.15/cwt	330.00–343.00	1,129	29

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 Oct 7, 2024

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

Receipts 2,615Last week 1,533Year ago 2,890

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	411	330.00	330.00
22	450–500	458	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	336	330.00–343.00	336.15
31	350–400	394	308.00–312.50	310.30
108	400–450	432	302.00–311.00	308.05
86	450–500	481	283.00–300.00	289.81
152	500–550	514	277.00–295.00	283.41
75	550–600	562	260.00–267.00	265.71
26	600–650	613	260.50	260.50
56	800–850	825	236.00	236.00
10	1000–1050	1,003	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	615	240.00	240.00
7	700–750	701	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	315.00	315.00
42	400–450	420	275.00	275.00
44	450–500	475	264.00–265.00	264.31
51	500–550	533	251.00–269.00	260.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
51	650–700	674	293.50	293.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	400–450	427	387.00	387.00
25	450–500	466	351.00	351.00
43	550–600	559	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	380	366.00	366.00
8	450–500	484	315.00	315.00
37	500–550	538	281.00–290.00	284.21
6	550–600	576	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	620	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	422.50	422.50
48	350–400	386	382.00–400.00	394.65
66	400–450	433	355.00–371.00	360.89
149	450–500	491	323.00–338.00	330.23
263	500–550	517	311.00–332.00	323.51
216	550–600	577	283.00–300.00	294.37
11	600–650	635	268.00	268.00
62	700–750	715	271.00	271.00
183	900–950	903	255.25	255.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
187	600–650	629	274.00–284.50	277.98
52	650–700	686	260.00–261.50	260.82
122	750–800	760	261.00	261.00

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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