Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last steers were steady - 10.00 higher and heifers were 3.00 - 6.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.56/cwt on 165 head.

Average price

$320.56

165 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,794

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$37.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.40

vs NE average

−3.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	322.61	1,801	156
Medium and Large 1-2	581	285.00	1,656	9thin

One grade step is worth $37.61/cwt here — about $145 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 sale165 hd

320.56

—

NE average10 barns · 4,471 hd

348.95

−28.40

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−3.79

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

22 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 1	450–500	476	358.12/cwt	352.00–373.00	1,705	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,656	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	260.02/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,721	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	306.63/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,895	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	316.38/cwt	310.00–328.00	1,810	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,099	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	335.43/cwt	328.00–345.00	1,778	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	287.44/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,911	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	305.98/cwt	296.00–313.00	1,582	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	657	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,010	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,523	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	246.89/cwt	240.00–251.50	1,805	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	344.96/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,414	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	316.16/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,521	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	265.07/cwt	250.00–268.50	1,657	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,263	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	281.41/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,511	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	275.75/cwt	264.00–285.00	1,969	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	280.00/cwt	273.50–285.00	1,602	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	434	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,440	21

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 9, 2024

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

Receipts 1,308Last week 1,440Year ago 1,890

Compared to last steers were steady - 10.00 higher and heifers were 3.00 - 6.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	374	394.00	394.00
21	400–450	421	342.00	342.00
33	450–500	476	352.00–373.00	358.12
51	500–550	530	328.00–345.00	335.43
105	550–600	572	310.00–328.00	316.38
85	600–650	618	300.00–318.00	306.63
167	650–700	665	281.00–300.00	287.44
106	700–750	714	264.00–285.00	275.75
67	750–800	786	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	581	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	650–700	657	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	392.00	392.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	410	340.00–347.00	344.96
53	450–500	481	305.00–320.00	316.16
92	500–550	517	296.00–313.00	305.98
85	550–600	572	273.50–285.00	280.00
68	600–650	625	250.00–268.50	265.07
75	650–700	662	254.00–264.00	260.02
28	700–750	731	240.00–251.50	246.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	401	315.00	315.00
21	500–550	537	275.00–290.00	281.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	366	416.00	416.00

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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