Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $348.17/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$348.17

114 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,835

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$18.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.80

vs NE average

+15.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	351.60	1,872	93
Medium and Large 1-2	503	333.00	1,675	21

One grade step is worth $18.60/cwt here — about $197 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 sale114 hd

348.17

—

NE average3 barns · 630 hd

334.37

+13.80

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

+15.30

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

23 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	700–750	728	283.61/cwt	276.50–288.50	2,065	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,962	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,891	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	352.42/cwt	349.00–362.00	1,646	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	370.47/cwt	370.00–371.00	1,560	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,475	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	266.08/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,828	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,324	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	292.44/cwt	282.00–297.50	1,728	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	272.71/cwt	272.50–273.25	2,122	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	302.21/cwt	299.00–307.00	1,910	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	1,860	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	256.75/cwt	256.75–256.75	2,488	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,439	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,675	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,833	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,118	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	284.45/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,772	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	313.90/cwt	306.00–325.00	1,639	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	342.54/cwt	338.00–351.00	1,476	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	341.52/cwt	341.00–342.00	1,588	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	1,969	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	505	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,722	40

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,776Last week 3,200Year ago 2,052

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	415.00	415.00
6	350–400	384	384.00	384.00
15	400–450	421	370.00–371.00	370.47
19	450–500	467	349.00–362.00	352.42
69	500–550	516	360.50	360.50
24	550–600	580	326.00	326.00
155	600–650	632	299.00–307.00	302.21
63	650–700	679	289.00	289.00
203	700–750	728	276.50–288.50	283.61
227	750–800	778	272.50–273.25	272.71
9	800–850	821	258.00	258.00
119	950–1000	969	256.75	256.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	411	350.00	350.00
21	500–550	503	333.00	333.00
16	600–650	641	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	600–650	605	325.50	325.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	431	338.00–351.00	342.54
35	450–500	465	341.00–342.00	341.52
65	500–550	522	306.00–325.00	313.90
130	550–600	591	282.00–297.50	292.44
117	600–650	623	280.00–290.00	284.45
239	650–700	687	260.00–271.00	266.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	500–550	505	341.00	341.00

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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