Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-04-29

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-29

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Apr 29

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Apr 22Apr 29May 6 →

Receipts

1,648 head

▲ 744 vs last sale 904▲ 979 vs year ago 669 · +146.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 850 weight steers sold 10.00 higher and same weight of heifer sold 8.00 higher. No other comparable weights for a market comparison. Demand was good on all offerings today.

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 $330.05/cwt on 102 head.

Average price

$330.05

102 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,817

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$131

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

$1.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.57

vs NE average

+21.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	512	331.00	1,695	7thin
Medium and Large 1	553	329.98	1,826	95

One grade step is worth $1.02/cwt here — about −$131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale102 hd

330.05

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NE average6 barns · 1,390 hd

340.62

−10.57

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

+21.44

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,381	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,579	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,521	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,639	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,766	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,695	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,848	62
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,896	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,999	67
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,179	320
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	313.46/cwt	309.00–321.00	1,501	52
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,423	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,509	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,644	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	262.49/cwt	262.00–263.00	1,630	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	254.94/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,751	66
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,726	30
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,916	68
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	225.25/cwt	225.25–225.25	1,993	181

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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 1,648Last week 904Year ago 669

Compared to last week 850 weight steers sold 10.00 higher and same weight of heifer sold 8.00 higher. No other comparable weights for a market comparison. Demand was good on all offerings today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
52	450–500	479	309.00–321.00	313.46
11	500–550	539	280.00	280.00
11	550–600	566	290.50	290.50
34	600–650	621	262.00–263.00	262.49
66	650–700	687	251.00–260.00	254.94
30	700–750	719	240.00	240.00
68	800–850	805	238.00	238.00
181	850–900	885	225.25	225.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	484	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	341	405.00	405.00
5	400–450	424	372.50	372.50
13	450–500	482	340.00	340.00
33	500–550	501	352.50	352.50
62	550–600	581	318.00	318.00
32	600–650	645	294.00	294.00
67	700–750	700	285.50	285.50
320	850–900	858	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	432	352.00	352.00
7	500–550	512	331.00	331.00

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.