Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-08-12

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-12

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Aug 12

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Jul 29Aug 12Aug 19 →

Receipts

357 head

▼ 466 vs last sale 823▼ 518 vs year ago 875 · −59.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good on all offerings.

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 $246.00/cwt on 5 head.

Average price

$246.00

5 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,422

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−42.79

vs NE average

−5.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	246.00	1,422	5thin

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 sale5 hd

246.00

—

NE average3 barns · 34 hd

288.79

−42.79

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−5.94

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

Every lot

13 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 1-2	417	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,193	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,703	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,301	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,726	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	805	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,288	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,133	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,422	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,554	40
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,734	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,857	16
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,034	14
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	224.86/cwt	222.50–225.00	2,154	193

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 Aug 12, 2024

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

Receipts 357Last week 823Year ago 875

No comparison. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	539	316.00	316.00
6	550–600	566	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	417	286.00	286.00
14	500–550	540	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	438	294.00	294.00
5	550–600	578	246.00	246.00
40	600–650	645	241.00	241.00
12	700–750	705	246.00	246.00
16	750–800	790	235.00	235.00
14	900–950	914	222.50	222.50
193	950–1000	958	222.50–225.00	224.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	295	273.00	273.00
8	450–500	457	248.00	248.00

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.