Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-10-21

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 21
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
3,505 head
158 vs last sale 3,347 875 vs year ago 2,630 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers calves sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower and heifer calves 3.00 to 7.00 lower. With spots of sharply lower trends on steers and heifers that only had spring shots. With all the dryness and dirty weaning pens buyers continue to seek calves with fall vaccinations and a respiratory shot. Demand was light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $290.76/cwt on 753 head.
Average price
$290.76
753 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,601
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
21.62
vs NE average
8.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552291.251,608695
Medium and Large 1-2531284.881,51358
One grade step is worth $6.37/cwt here — about $96 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 sale753 hd
290.76
NE average11 barns · 6,979 hd
312.38
−21.62
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
−8.28
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

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500471300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,41327
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400392318.01/cwt311.00–330.001,24727
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350337351.04/cwt342.00–360.001,18337
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500471274.12/cwt271.00–281.001,291117
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600571256.62/cwt251.00–260.001,465164
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900875234.50/cwt234.50–234.502,052195
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400393321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,2626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500491301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,47815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450434324.88/cwt320.00–330.001,41054
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550531284.88/cwt281.00–286.001,51358
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750728262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,91165
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650615266.15/cwt260.00–270.501,637270
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950933232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,16522
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350328389.54/cwt377.50–402.501,27831
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400363381.62/cwt371.00–395.001,38538
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800779268.75/cwt268.75–268.752,09463
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750741276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,045120
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450428349.14/cwt337.00–352.001,494162
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650634241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,52827
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600555302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,67632
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550536314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,68361
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550532302.52/cwt293.00–308.001,609249
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500477318.67/cwt308.00–327.001,520342
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600569278.40/cwt265.00–287.001,584353
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500474258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,22328
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526268.77/cwt260.00–279.001,414377
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,35920
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450430309.97/cwt301.00–320.001,333279
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,2228
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300–350322378.01/cwt373.00–384.001,21717

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.