Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers had a lower undertone. Except steers 400 -450 were 7.00 higher. Demand was moderate for the offerings we had.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.54/cwt on 263 head.

Average price

$298.54

263 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$16.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.97

vs NE average

−3.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	299.22	1,614	252
Medium and Large 1-2	540	283.00	1,528	11thin

One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about $86 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale263 hd

298.54

—

NE average11 barns · 7,834 hd

311.51

−12.97

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−3.31

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

32 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	550–600	569	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,511	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,584	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,179	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	319.93/cwt	317.00–324.00	1,078	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	248.53/cwt	242.00–257.00	1,414	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	309.58/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,291	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,298	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,916	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	281.62/cwt	271.00–290.00	1,622	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	284.84/cwt	274.00–293.00	1,339	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	254.78/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,228	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	346.94/cwt	340.00–357.00	1,433	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,467	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	269.82/cwt	266.50–278.00	1,403	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,023	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,190	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	366.13/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,366	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,729	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	406	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,384	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,102	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	2,448	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	308.50/cwt	296.00–316.00	1,604	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	654	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,753	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,528	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	690	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,525	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	717	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,649	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	759	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,753	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	404.34/cwt	398.00–411.00	1,302	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	404	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,483	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	278.55/cwt	271.00–287.00	1,733	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	318.73/cwt	316.00–328.00	1,524	145

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 Nov 4, 2024

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

Receipts 1,698Last week 2,583Year ago 2,671

Compared to last week, steers and heifers had a lower undertone. Except steers 400 -450 were 7.00 higher. Demand was moderate for the offerings we had.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	569	265.50	265.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	337	317.00–324.00	319.93
110	400–450	417	300.00–316.00	309.58
77	450–500	470	274.00–293.00	284.84
116	500–550	520	266.50–278.00	269.82
45	550–600	569	242.00–257.00	248.53
7	650–700	660	240.00	240.00
17	950–1000	960	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	365	302.00	302.00
50	400–450	439	271.00	271.00
30	450–500	482	248.00–260.00	254.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	627	234.00	234.00
26	650–700	690	221.00	221.00
18	700–750	717	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	300	341.00	341.00
21	400–450	406	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	339	383.00	383.00
11	500–550	540	283.00	283.00
39	850–900	883	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	322	398.00–411.00	404.34
18	350–400	373	350.00–380.00	366.13
119	400–450	413	340.00–357.00	346.94
145	450–500	478	316.00–328.00	318.73
165	500–550	520	296.00–316.00	308.50
87	550–600	576	271.00–290.00	281.62
6	650–700	655	264.00	264.00
184	900–950	947	258.50	258.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
110	600–650	622	271.00–287.00	278.55
29	650–700	654	268.00	268.00
16	750–800	759	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	404	367.00	367.00

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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