Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-04-08

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-08

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Apr 8

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Receipts

935 head

▼ 286 vs last sale 1,221▲ 160 vs year ago 775 · +20.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was good for all offerings.

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 $314.44/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$314.44

47 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.20

vs NE average

+8.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	314.44	1,836	47

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 sale47 hd

314.44

—

NE average8 barns · 1,649 hd

322.64

−8.20

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+8.97

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

Every lot

20 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	291	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,307	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,543	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,550	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,705	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,726	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,713	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	314.44/cwt	313.00–315.00	1,836	47
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,901	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	842	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,046	64
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	246.10/cwt	246.10–246.10	2,141	195
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,048	65
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	298	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,080	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,292	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	347.27/cwt	341.00–351.00	1,445	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,424	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,542	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,670	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,540	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	894	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,837	222
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,745	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 Apr 8, 2024

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

Receipts 935Last week 1,221Year ago 775

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was good for all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	298	362.50	362.50
20	350–400	359	360.00	360.00
32	400–450	416	341.00–351.00	347.27
6	450–500	488	316.00	316.00
18	550–600	569	293.50	293.50
6	600–650	626	246.00	246.00
222	850–900	894	205.50	205.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	438	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	291	449.00	449.00
18	350–400	358	431.00	431.00
21	400–450	419	407.00	407.00
9	450–500	473	365.00	365.00
47	550–600	584	313.00–315.00	314.44
14	750–800	792	240.00	240.00
64	800–850	842	243.00	243.00
195	850–900	870	246.10	246.10
65	950–1000	957	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	402.50	402.50
6	450–500	498	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	718	243.00	243.00

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.