Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-04-15

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-15

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Apr 15

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Apr 8Apr 15Apr 22 →

Receipts

1,225 head

▲ 290 vs last sale 935▼ 725 vs year ago 1,950 · −37.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week on comparable offerings of steers sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 9.00 higher on comparable offerings. Demand was moderate to good today.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $296.75/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$296.75

100 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.08

vs NE average

+32.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	296.75	1,567	100

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 sale100 hd

296.75

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NE average3 barns · 612 hd

293.68

+3.08

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

+32.23

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

Every lot

25 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	424.28/cwt	409.00–430.00	1,460	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,479	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	396.32/cwt	380.00–404.00	1,669	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,696	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,690	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	327.29/cwt	321.00–341.00	1,744	134
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,738	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	628	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,984	74
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	291.57/cwt	291.00–298.00	1,840	75
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,081	66
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	236.33/cwt	235.00–237.00	2,049	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,023	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,334	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	340.16/cwt	329.00–345.00	1,401	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	297.95/cwt	290.00–305.50	1,549	78
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	292.51/cwt	289.00–295.50	1,626	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	267.11/cwt	265.50–271.00	1,611	68
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	262.41/cwt	259.00–265.50	1,761	90
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	225.10/cwt	224.00–226.00	1,756	109
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,872	118
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,879	63
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,423	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,582	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,469	6

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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 1,225Last week 935Year ago 1,950

Compared to last week on comparable offerings of steers sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 9.00 higher on comparable offerings. Demand was moderate to good today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	600–650	628	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	344	409.00–430.00	424.28
6	350–400	353	419.00	419.00
38	400–450	421	380.00–404.00	396.32
12	450–500	451	376.00	376.00
134	500–550	533	321.00–341.00	327.29
14	550–600	568	306.00	306.00
75	600–650	631	291.00–298.00	291.57
66	700–750	715	291.00	291.00
52	850–900	867	235.00–237.00	236.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	497	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	342.00	342.00
11	450–500	464	341.00	341.00
6	500–550	540	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	275	372.00	372.00
12	350–400	358	372.50	372.50
45	400–450	412	329.00–345.00	340.16
11	450–500	475	325.00	325.00
78	500–550	520	290.00–305.50	297.95
22	550–600	556	289.00–295.50	292.51
68	600–650	603	265.50–271.00	267.11
90	650–700	671	259.00–265.50	262.41
109	750–800	780	224.00–226.00	225.10
118	800–850	805	232.50	232.50
63	850–900	874	215.00	215.00

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.