Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-08-19

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Aug 19
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,481 head
▲ 1,124 vs last sale 357▲ 606 vs year ago 875 · +69.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show comparison. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.79/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$255.79
29 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,484
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$447
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$77.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.35
vs NE average
+11.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580285.001,65318thin
Medium and Large 1-2580208.001,20611thin
One grade step is worth $77.00/cwt here — about $447 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale29 hd
255.79
—
NE average3 barns · 117 hd
277.14
−21.35
National average171 barns · 9,778 hd
244.41
+11.38
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1301406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,2225
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,3618
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,755116
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,75312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1593309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,83219
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,34613
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,83774
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,89070
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,94317
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1807249.38/cwt244.00–250.002,01268
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,0309
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,65318
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,20611
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634274.25/cwt274.25–274.251,739258
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,7208
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1748262.25/cwt262.25–262.251,962358
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750242.75/cwt242.75–242.751,82121
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1817233.10/cwt230.00–237.501,90467
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2851215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,83015
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1892235.25/cwt235.25–235.252,098215
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908229.50/cwt229.50–229.502,08411
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1986224.50/cwt224.50–224.502,21413
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1893193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,7236

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.