Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 550 was 2.00 - 9.00 lower, over 550 was 2.00 - 8.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs was 5.00 - 12.00 higher and over 500 lbs was 4.00 - 7.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $308.82/cwt on 720 head.

Average price

$308.82

720 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$27.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.54

vs NE average

+9.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	309.31	1,695	707
Medium and Large 1-2	572	282.00	1,613	13thin

One grade step is worth $27.31/cwt here — about $82 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale720 hd

308.82

—

NE average9 barns · 5,538 hd

312.36

−3.54

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+9.49

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

35 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 1-2	400–450	436	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,461	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	557	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,749	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	464	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,624	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	517	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,696	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,501	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,191	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,624	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	272.43/cwt	261.00–283.50	1,329	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,613	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,634	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,929	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	247.20/cwt	241.00–256.00	1,520	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,383	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,645	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,360	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	252.10/cwt	252.10–252.10	2,423	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	318.47/cwt	318.00–319.00	1,525	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,137	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	280.33/cwt	269.50–288.50	1,755	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	275.88/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,451	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	372	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,525	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	299.42/cwt	289.00–310.50	1,698	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	313.84/cwt	302.50–321.00	1,682	315
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,235	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	261.46/cwt	253.00–271.00	1,501	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	384.28/cwt	375.00–397.00	1,483	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	269.57/cwt	263.00–276.00	1,787	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	358.48/cwt	354.00–367.50	1,563	100
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,544	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,038	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	340.25/cwt	327.00–347.00	1,613	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,603	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	313.13/cwt	301.00–324.00	1,340	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	333.93/cwt	327.50–344.00	1,259	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	300.12/cwt	291.00–311.00	1,426	172

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 14, 2024

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

Receipts 3,347Last week 2,615Year ago 1,640

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	381	357.00	357.00
7	400–450	436	335.00	335.00
19	450–500	479	318.00–319.00	318.47
13	550–600	572	282.00	282.00
28	600–650	612	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	450–500	464	350.00	350.00
69	500–550	517	328.00	328.00
33	550–600	557	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	250	415.00	415.00
13	300–350	308	401.00	401.00
81	350–400	386	375.00–397.00	384.28
100	400–450	436	354.00–367.50	358.48
182	450–500	474	327.00–347.00	340.25
315	500–550	536	302.50–321.00	313.84
290	550–600	567	289.00–310.50	299.42
27	700–750	742	260.00	260.00
181	950–1000	961	252.10	252.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	628	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
302	600–650	626	269.50–288.50	280.33
86	650–700	663	263.00–276.00	269.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	372	410.00	410.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	523	287.00	287.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	620	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	282	422.50	422.50
16	300–350	337	337.50	337.50
95	350–400	377	327.50–344.00	333.93
64	400–450	428	301.00–324.00	313.13
172	450–500	475	291.00–311.00	300.12
138	500–550	526	265.00–285.00	275.88
64	550–600	574	253.00–271.00	261.46
15	650–700	660	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	450–500	488	261.00–283.50	272.43
13	500–550	530	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	600–650	615	241.00–256.00	247.20
21	650–700	657	244.00	244.00

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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