Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-09-30

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-30

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Sep 30

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Sep 23Sep 30Oct 7 →

Receipts

1,533 head

▼ 468 vs last sale 2,001▼ 1,692 vs year ago 3,225 · −52.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 8.00 higher and heifers were 13.00 - 20.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

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 $316.98/cwt on 336 head.

Average price

$316.98

336 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$15.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.87

vs NE average

+30.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	318.39	1,726	305
Medium and Large 1-2	537	303.08	1,628	31

One grade step is worth $15.31/cwt here — about $99 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale336 hd

316.98

—

NE average4 barns · 656 hd

313.11

+3.87

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

+30.16

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

Every lot

25 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,282	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	346.62/cwt	343.00–351.00	1,314	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	367.06/cwt	366.00–369.00	1,527	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	334.57/cwt	325.00–352.00	1,603	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	325.20/cwt	310.00–330.50	1,720	226
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	303.08/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,628	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	298.90/cwt	296.00–303.00	1,734	79
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	306.44/cwt	299.00–310.00	1,912	145
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	631	273.52/cwt	268.00–278.00	1,726	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,745	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,909	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	683	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,817	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,857	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,109	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	307.53/cwt	306.00–311.00	1,295	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	292.58/cwt	281.00–303.00	1,399	44
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,237	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	507	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,572	80
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	280.47/cwt	269.00–288.00	1,481	89
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	261.47/cwt	255.50–266.00	1,501	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	605	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,745	140
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	261.11/cwt	258.50–263.00	1,611	55
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,656	14
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,945	173

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 Sep 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,533Last week 2,001Year ago 3,225

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 8.00 higher and heifers were 13.00 - 20.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	338.00	338.00
42	400–450	421	306.00–311.00	307.53
44	450–500	478	281.00–303.00	292.58
89	500–550	528	269.00–288.00	280.47
38	550–600	574	255.50–266.00	261.47
14	600–650	637	260.00	260.00
173	850–900	884	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	491	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
55	600–650	617	258.50–263.00	261.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	500–550	507	310.00	310.00
140	600–650	605	288.50	288.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
47	600–650	631	268.00–278.00	273.52
14	650–700	683	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	445	330.00	330.00
31	500–550	537	300.00–305.00	303.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	312	411.00	411.00
18	350–400	379	343.00–351.00	346.62
31	400–450	416	366.00–369.00	367.06
42	450–500	479	325.00–352.00	334.57
226	500–550	529	310.00–330.50	325.20
79	550–600	580	296.00–303.00	298.90
14	600–650	644	271.00	271.00
15	700–750	740	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
145	600–650	624	299.00–310.00	306.44
25	650–700	656	291.00	291.00

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.