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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for comparison. Several consignments could not make it because of the moisture.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.70/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$299.70

98 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$30.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.57

vs NE average

−5.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	301.57	1,694	92
Medium and Large 1-2	508	271.00	1,377	6thin

One grade step is worth $30.57/cwt here — about $318 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 sale98 hd

299.70

—

NE average9 barns · 3,237 hd

311.26

−11.57

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−5.74

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

14 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,267	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,457	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	270.74/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,416	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,304	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,501	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,843	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	324.48/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,499	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,666	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	255.37/cwt	241.00–258.00	1,563	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	683	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,755	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,377	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,468	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	278.62/cwt	261.00–281.00	1,833	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	294.71/cwt	284.00–303.00	1,700	68

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 11, 2024

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

Receipts 370Last week 1,698Year ago 1,910

Not enough for comparison. Several consignments could not make it because of the moisture.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	421	301.00	301.00
6	550–600	567	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	500–550	523	261.00–280.00	270.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	612	241.00–258.00	255.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	388.00	388.00
6	400–450	424	354.00	354.00
12	450–500	462	317.00–330.00	324.48
24	500–550	519	321.00	321.00
68	550–600	577	284.00–303.00	294.71
60	600–650	649	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	683	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	486	302.00	302.00
6	500–550	508	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	650–700	658	261.00–281.00	278.62

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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