Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-06-10

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jun 10
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
845 head
▼ 143 vs last sale 988▼ 35 vs year ago 880 · −4.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.55/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$272.55
53 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$295
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−34.94
vs NE average
+7.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1583278.051,62140
Medium and Large 1-2519255.611,32713thin
One grade step is worth $22.44/cwt here — about $295 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 sale53 hd
272.55
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NE average5 barns · 856 hd
307.49
−34.94
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
+7.18
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

17 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,6145
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,85120
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666294.50/cwt294.50–294.501,96139
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1796265.25/cwt265.25–265.252,111140
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800263.50/cwt263.50–263.502,10854
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1936234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,19020
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3587
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,54427
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,4387
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519255.61/cwt250.00–259.001,32713
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1599277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,65933
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy603293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,76759
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,960103
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,80717
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1797240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,91356
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1922230.25/cwt230.25–230.252,123165
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2807200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6145

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.