Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-03-18

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-18

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Mar 18

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Mar 11Mar 18Apr 1 →

Receipts

1,463 head

▲ 553 vs last sale 910▲ 391 vs year ago 1,072 · +36.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.92/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$310.92

51 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$29.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.70

vs NE average

−7.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	316.63	1,682	41
Medium and Large 1-2	545	287.50	1,567	10thin

One grade step is worth $29.13/cwt here — about $115 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 sale51 hd

310.92

—

NE average7 barns · 1,906 hd

333.62

−22.70

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−7.37

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,603	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,658	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	319.09/cwt	311.00–321.00	1,666	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,567	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,730	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	295.16/cwt	292.50–296.00	1,783	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	282.87/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,921	87
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	772	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,822	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	255.36/cwt	254.25–256.50	2,005	140
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	253.57/cwt	250.50–256.75	2,097	116
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	250.65/cwt	245.50–251.75	2,156	239
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,902	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	333.20/cwt	325.00–338.00	1,379	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,528	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	291.51/cwt	283.00–303.00	1,688	55
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,593	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	251.53/cwt	251.00–252.00	1,703	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,560	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	240.91/cwt	231.00–245.50	1,732	156
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	226.09/cwt	226.00–229.00	1,793	196
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,814	41
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	829	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,973	65
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,972	50
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,678	5

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Mon Mar 18, 2024

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

Receipts 1,463Last week 910Year ago 1,072

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	772	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	423	379.00	379.00
10	450–500	492	337.00	337.00
31	500–550	522	311.00–321.00	319.09
10	550–600	560	309.00	309.00
21	600–650	604	292.50–296.00	295.16
87	650–700	679	270.00–285.00	282.87
140	750–800	785	254.25–256.50	255.36
116	800–850	827	250.50–256.75	253.57
239	850–900	860	245.50–251.75	250.65
6	900–950	910	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	545	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	671	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	414	325.00–338.00	333.20
6	450–500	479	319.00	319.00
55	550–600	579	283.00–303.00	291.51
23	600–650	620	257.00	257.00
19	650–700	677	251.00–252.00	251.53
156	700–750	719	231.00–245.50	240.91
196	750–800	793	226.00–229.00	226.09
41	800–850	808	224.50	224.50
50	900–950	930	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
65	800–850	829	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	684	228.00	228.00

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.