Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-05-20

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, May 20

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← May 13May 20Jun 3 →

Receipts

525 head

▲ 100 vs last sale 425▲ 125 vs year ago 400 · +31.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from last week for a market comparison. Last test on a back-grounded 8 weight steer was two weeks ago and on Monday they sold 10.00 to 13.00 higher. Demand was good for the light supply on hand.

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 $320.00/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$320.00

6 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.06

vs NE average

+5.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	320.00	1,699	6thin

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 sale6 hd

320.00

—

NE average4 barns · 123 hd

316.94

+3.06

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+5.90

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

Every lot

7 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,551	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,699	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,119	59
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	262.07/cwt	257.00–263.25	2,246	321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,360	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,653	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	226.04/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,772	15

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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 525Last week 425Year ago 400

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	426	364.00	364.00
6	500–550	531	320.00	320.00
59	800–850	823	257.50	257.50
321	850–900	857	257.00–263.25	262.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	525	259.00	259.00
6	650–700	664	249.00	249.00
15	750–800	784	222.00–228.00	226.04

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.