Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 2.00 - 7.00 higher and heifers not enough to compare. Demand was good to moderate on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.92/cwt on 242 head.

Average price

$324.92

242 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,823

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$27.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.71

vs NE average

−0.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	328.90	1,831	207
Medium and Large 1-2	585	301.37	1,763	35

One grade step is worth $27.53/cwt here — about $68 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 sale242 hd

324.92

—

NE average4 barns · 2,076 hd

345.63

−20.71

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−0.45

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

29 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	450–500	458	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,562	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,700	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,596	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,101	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,257	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	352.77/cwt	351.00–354.00	1,210	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	302.96/cwt	291.00–309.50	1,569	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,949	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	301.37/cwt	289.00–306.00	1,763	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,307	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	424.91/cwt	409.00–429.00	1,619	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	326.18/cwt	322.00–331.00	1,876	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	398.09/cwt	396.00–401.00	1,732	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	300.39/cwt	297.00–308.00	1,874	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	260.75/cwt	260.75–260.75	2,493	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,639	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,338	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	387.62/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,799	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,378	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	514	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,804	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,444	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	325.24/cwt	324.00–328.00	1,753	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	334.16/cwt	329.00–339.00	1,256	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	267.12/cwt	266.00–268.00	1,937	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	309.72/cwt	299.00–320.00	1,487	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	362.59/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,345	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	349.75/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,504	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	272.08/cwt	269.00–277.00	1,613	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	288.17/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,614	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	280.91/cwt	278.00–283.00	1,469	14

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 Dec 2, 2024

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

Receipts 1,440Last week 1,275Year ago 1,307

Compared to last week, steers were 2.00 - 7.00 higher and heifers not enough to compare. Demand was good to moderate on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	458	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	300–350	343	351.00–354.00	352.77
42	350–400	371	360.00–365.00	362.59
121	400–450	430	340.00–358.00	349.75
67	450–500	480	299.00–320.00	309.72
115	500–550	518	291.00–309.50	302.96
62	550–600	560	285.00–293.00	288.17
14	600–650	614	260.00	260.00
8	650–700	654	260.00	260.00
19	1100–1150	1,101	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	376	329.00–339.00	334.16
19	400–450	443	311.00	311.00
14	450–500	476	281.00	281.00
14	500–550	523	278.00–283.00	280.91
13	550–600	593	269.00–277.00	272.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	291	449.00	449.00
68	350–400	381	409.00–429.00	424.91
37	400–450	435	396.00–401.00	398.09
179	450–500	464	375.00–390.00	387.62
62	500–550	539	324.00–328.00	325.24
120	550–600	575	322.00–331.00	326.18
25	600–650	624	297.00–308.00	300.39
14	650–700	679	287.00	287.00
18	700–750	725	266.00–268.00	267.12
123	950–1000	956	260.75	260.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	360	401.00	401.00
11	450–500	459	357.00	357.00
35	550–600	585	289.00–306.00	301.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	514	351.00	351.00

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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