Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison from last week. Demand was good today on a cool rainy day. Market was showing a higher undertone for all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $321.38/cwt on 367 head.

Average price

$321.38

367 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.11

vs NE average

+12.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	321.38	1,783	367

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale367 hd

321.38

—

NE average10 barns · 4,284 hd

321.48

−0.11

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+12.12

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,929	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	760	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,930	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,222	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	214.78/cwt	214.50–215.00	2,204	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	278.26/cwt	264.00–286.00	1,586	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	295.62/cwt	291.00–306.00	1,709	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	899	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,171	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	332.54/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,463	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,997	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	287.26/cwt	280.00–294.00	1,520	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	343.94/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,651	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,678	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,894	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,051	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	410.60/cwt	410.00–411.00	1,532	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,129	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	364.70/cwt	361.00–367.00	1,218	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	311.50/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,480	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	373.54/cwt	361.00–378.00	1,610	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	319.70/cwt	317.00–321.00	1,701	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	487	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,651	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	524	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,593	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	542	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,848	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	560	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	1,884	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,621	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,520	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	295.01/cwt	287.50–308.00	1,867	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	418.01/cwt	417.00–419.00	1,417	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	338.22/cwt	336.00–340.00	1,343	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	292.67/cwt	282.00–297.50	1,958	108
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	651	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,816	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,502	6

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 2,151Last week 370Year ago 250

Not enough to show a comparison from last week. Demand was good today on a cool rainy day. Market was showing a higher undertone for all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
178	600–650	633	287.50–308.00	295.01
12	650–700	677	285.00	285.00
20	750–800	760	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	258	437.50	437.50
14	300–350	339	417.00–419.00	418.01
42	350–400	373	410.00–411.00	410.60
45	400–450	431	361.00–378.00	373.54
237	450–500	480	335.00–355.00	343.94
67	500–550	532	317.00–321.00	319.70
122	550–600	578	291.00–306.00	295.62
29	600–650	615	308.00	308.00
108	650–700	669	282.00–297.50	292.67
50	750–800	771	266.00	266.00
50	850–900	873	254.50	254.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
125	500–550	542	341.00	341.00
53	550–600	560	336.50	336.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	387	388.00	388.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	334	361.00–367.00	364.70
36	350–400	397	336.00–340.00	338.22
86	400–450	440	320.00–335.00	332.54
141	450–500	475	305.00–317.00	311.50
130	500–550	529	280.00–294.00	287.26
49	550–600	570	264.00–286.00	278.26
8	800–850	832	240.00	240.00
179	850–900	899	241.50	241.50
14	1000–1050	1,026	214.50–215.00	214.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	671	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	487	339.00	339.00
26	500–550	524	304.00	304.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	447	340.00	340.00
5	750–800	772	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	651	279.00	279.00

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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