Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of bawling spring calves on offer along with a few yearling feeders selling in the mix. Around 1150 head of the bawling calves had not received fall vaccinations most of which sold at a sizable discount creating wide price spreads within the weighed averages. Compared to last week steer calves over 450 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifer calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $304.42/cwt on 459 head.

Average price

$304.42

459 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$26.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.47

vs NE average

+3.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	307.68	1,685	402
Medium and Large 1-2	587	281.45	1,652	57

One grade step is worth $26.23/cwt here — about $33 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 sale459 hd

304.42

—

NE average11 barns · 6,979 hd

311.90

−7.47

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+3.73

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

36 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 1Fleshy	750–800	768	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,820	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	952	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	2,033	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	587	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,514	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	280.44/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,040	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	287.03/cwt	274.00–291.00	1,467	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	275.16/cwt	261.00–282.00	1,544	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,085	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,173	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	357	401.42/cwt	397.50–405.00	1,433	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	653	272.09/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,777	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	285.34/cwt	276.00–289.00	1,758	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	605	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,640	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	281.45/cwt	279.00–286.00	1,652	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,368	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,958	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,065	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	372.90/cwt	361.00–380.00	1,443	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	339.73/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,505	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	664	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,763	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	990	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,153	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	326.52/cwt	319.00–339.00	1,580	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	305.44/cwt	299.00–318.00	1,744	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	309.55/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,634	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,525	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	321.20/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,201	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	320.48/cwt	308.00–327.00	1,356	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	603	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,453	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	261.17/cwt	251.00–264.00	1,583	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	486	350.39/cwt	344.00–353.00	1,703	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	479	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,399	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	298.11/cwt	285.00–314.00	1,410	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	245.21/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,775	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	268.86/cwt	266.00–272.00	1,288	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,096	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,075	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,115	19

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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 2,583Last week 3,505Year ago 2,080

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	587	258.00	258.00
8	750–800	768	237.00	237.00
30	950–1000	952	213.50	213.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	371	280.00–281.00	280.44
29	450–500	479	266.00–272.00	268.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	328	340.00	340.00
48	350–400	374	300.00–333.00	321.20
93	400–450	423	308.00–327.00	320.48
232	450–500	473	285.00–314.00	298.11
146	500–550	511	274.00–291.00	287.03
200	550–600	561	261.00–282.00	275.16
37	700–750	724	240.00–250.00	245.21
12	850–900	892	235.00	235.00
15	900–950	904	229.50	229.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	603	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	606	251.00–264.00	261.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	286	410.00	410.00
12	300–350	342	400.00	400.00
62	350–400	387	361.00–380.00	372.90
125	400–450	443	335.00–345.00	339.73
168	450–500	484	319.00–339.00	326.52
219	500–550	528	300.00–318.00	309.55
183	550–600	571	299.00–318.00	305.44
12	700–750	725	270.00	270.00
12	800–850	843	245.00	245.00
6	850–900	851	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	350–400	357	397.50–405.00	401.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
178	600–650	616	276.00–289.00	285.34
48	650–700	653	265.00–285.00	272.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	605	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	495	308.00	308.00
57	550–600	587	279.00–286.00	281.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	664	265.50	265.50
28	950–1000	990	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
177	450–500	486	344.00–353.00	350.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	479	292.00	292.00

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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