Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-01-29

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 29
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
4,100 head
▲ 920 vs last sale 3,180▲ 2,840 vs year ago 1,260 · +225.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 3.00 - 15.00 higher and heifers were steady - 9.00 higher , except for 500 - 600 was 1.00 - 2.00 lower. Demand was good today on a good selection offered all day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $261.67/cwt on 2,324 head.
Average price
$261.67
2,324 head · 738 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,931
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$671
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$48.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.15
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2410309.091,26732
Medium and Large 1743261.011,9382,292
One grade step is worth $48.09/cwt here — about −$671 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2,324 hd
261.67
—
NE average12 barns · 27,005 hd
272.81
−11.15
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1302405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2236
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,06811
Steers—Medium and Large 1381376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,4338
Steers—Medium and Large 1435361.34/cwt360.00–367.001,57265
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2458295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,35121
Steers—Medium and Large 1466336.78/cwt333.00–338.001,56972
Steers—Medium and Large 1521322.76/cwt311.00–328.001,68257
Steers—Medium and Large 1570305.52/cwt294.00–312.001,741198
Steers—Medium and Large 1624286.79/cwt279.00–292.001,790212
Steers—Medium and Large 1680272.95/cwt270.00–274.001,856151
Steers—Medium and Large 1735255.61/cwt252.00–262.501,879428
Steers—Medium and Large 1767251.75/cwt245.00–254.001,931185
Steers—Medium and Large 1829238.66/cwt231.00–240.501,978485
Steers—Medium and Large 1863230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,98551
Steers—Medium and Large 1910228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,075145
Steers—Medium and Large 1966208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,009188
Steers—Medium and Large 11,012208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,10541
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2302319.00/cwt319.00–319.0096317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368321.71/cwt320.00–322.501,18431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,36060
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,19619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2450270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,21519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473302.15/cwt291.00–311.001,429126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520293.42/cwt283.00–300.501,526189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed552282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,55936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579267.82/cwt263.50–272.001,551156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2606241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,46015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625260.81/cwt252.00–266.001,630134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668248.60/cwt245.50–255.001,66181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725236.63/cwt235.00–240.001,71648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy741222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,64557
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772220.47/cwt220.00–223.001,702157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886203.96/cwt197.00–210.001,807406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1960195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,87238

This sale against other markets

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.