Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-03-11

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Mar 11
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
910 head
▼ 535 vs last sale 1,445▲ 195 vs year ago 715 · +27.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison to last week. Demand was good on all the offerings offered today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $292.00/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$292.00
42 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.79
vs NE average
+15.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573292.001,67442
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 sale42 hd
292.00
—
NE average7 barns · 1,173 hd
291.21
+0.79
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
+15.83
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

15 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,1076
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527325.70/cwt325.00–327.501,71624
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,85512
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1687277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,90643
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732268.50/cwt268.50–268.501,96542
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817251.51/cwt247.00–253.002,05582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1224395.00/cwt395.00–395.008856
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1549292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,60310
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,69732
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1648254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,64632
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669254.00/cwt250.00–259.001,69987
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1748241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,80660
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774237.07/cwt232.00–241.001,835236
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830226.25/cwt226.25–226.251,87819
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1938216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,02660

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.