Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-05-06

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-06

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, May 6

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Apr 29May 6May 13 →

Receipts

1,380 head

▼ 268 vs last sale 1,648▲ 630 vs year ago 750 · +84.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Feeders over 700 lbs had a lower trend.

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 $280.50/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$280.50

38 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−18.83

vs NE average

+12.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	280.50	1,652	38

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 sale38 hd

280.50

—

NE average4 barns · 551 hd

299.33

−18.83

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

+12.91

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

Every lot

23 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	375.25/cwt	349.00–391.00	1,554	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,666	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,865	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,788	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,883	59
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	270.24/cwt	264.50–275.00	1,930	57
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	241.04/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,986	161
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	248.25/cwt	248.25–248.25	2,115	143
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	352	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,193	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	317.81/cwt	311.00–331.00	1,325	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	314.23/cwt	308.00–322.50	1,477	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,652	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,310	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	245.37/cwt	241.00–249.00	1,548	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	234.85/cwt	231.00–238.50	1,724	119
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	791	237.93/cwt	237.35–238.50	1,882	264
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	801	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,858	65
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,540	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,441	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,617	19
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,625	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,667	8

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 May 6, 2024

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

Receipts 1,380Last week 1,648Year ago 750

Not enough to show a comparison. Feeders over 700 lbs had a lower trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	352	339.00	339.00
20	400–450	417	311.00–331.00	317.81
49	450–500	470	308.00–322.50	314.23
38	550–600	589	280.50	280.50
15	600–650	631	241.00–249.00	245.37
119	700–750	734	231.00–238.50	234.85
264	750–800	791	237.35–238.50	237.93
65	800–850	801	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	618	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	414	349.00–391.00	375.25
7	500–550	524	318.00	318.00
12	550–600	550	339.00	339.00
59	650–700	675	279.00	279.00
57	700–750	714	264.50–275.00	270.24
161	800–850	824	240.00–242.50	241.04
143	850–900	852	248.25	248.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	590	303.00	303.00
5	700–750	715	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	396	389.00	389.00
5	400–450	413	349.00	349.00
19	500–550	525	308.00	308.00
10	600–650	604	269.00	269.00
8	650–700	664	251.00	251.00

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.