Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-10-07

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-07

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 7

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Receipts

2,615 head

▲ 1,082 vs last sale 1,533▼ 275 vs year ago 2,890 · −9.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs was 2.00 - 6.00 lower and over 600 - 700 lbs was 6.00 - 25.00 lower. Heifers was 1.00 - 5.00 higher . Demand was moderate to good on a nice run of spring calves.

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 $308.04/cwt on 565 head.

Average price

$308.04

565 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$27.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.27

vs NE average

+13.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	310.09	1,691	522
Medium and Large 1-2	543	283.06	1,538	43

One grade step is worth $27.03/cwt here — about $153 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 sale565 hd

308.04

—

NE average8 barns · 3,230 hd

311.31

−3.27

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+13.73

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

Every lot

38 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,437	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,391	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	394.65/cwt	382.00–400.00	1,523	48
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	427	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,652	64
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	360.89/cwt	355.00–371.00	1,563	66
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	466	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,636	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,525	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	330.23/cwt	323.00–338.00	1,621	149
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	323.51/cwt	311.00–332.00	1,673	263
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	284.21/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,529	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	559	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,716	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,590	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	294.37/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,699	216
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	620	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,655	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	629	277.98/cwt	274.00–284.50	1,748	187
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,702	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	686	260.82/cwt	260.00–261.50	1,789	52
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,938	62
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	760	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,984	122
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	255.25/cwt	255.25–255.25	2,305	183
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,046	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	336.15/cwt	330.00–343.00	1,129	29
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	310.30/cwt	308.00–312.50	1,223	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	411	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,356	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,155	42
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	308.05/cwt	302.00–311.00	1,331	108
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	458	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,424	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	264.31/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,255	44
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	289.81/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,394	86
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	283.41/cwt	277.00–295.00	1,457	152
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	260.81/cwt	251.00–269.00	1,390	51
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	265.71/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,493	75
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,597	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,476	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	674	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,978	51
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	701	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,619	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,947	56
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,003	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,116	10

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 Oct 7, 2024

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

Receipts 2,615Last week 1,533Year ago 2,890

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	411	330.00	330.00
22	450–500	458	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	336	330.00–343.00	336.15
31	350–400	394	308.00–312.50	310.30
108	400–450	432	302.00–311.00	308.05
86	450–500	481	283.00–300.00	289.81
152	500–550	514	277.00–295.00	283.41
75	550–600	562	260.00–267.00	265.71
26	600–650	613	260.50	260.50
56	800–850	825	236.00	236.00
10	1000–1050	1,003	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	615	240.00	240.00
7	700–750	701	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	315.00	315.00
42	400–450	420	275.00	275.00
44	450–500	475	264.00–265.00	264.31
51	500–550	533	251.00–269.00	260.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
51	650–700	674	293.50	293.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	400–450	427	387.00	387.00
25	450–500	466	351.00	351.00
43	550–600	559	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	380	366.00	366.00
8	450–500	484	315.00	315.00
37	500–550	538	281.00–290.00	284.21
6	550–600	576	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	620	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	422.50	422.50
48	350–400	386	382.00–400.00	394.65
66	400–450	433	355.00–371.00	360.89
149	450–500	491	323.00–338.00	330.23
263	500–550	517	311.00–332.00	323.51
216	550–600	577	283.00–300.00	294.37
11	600–650	635	268.00	268.00
62	700–750	715	271.00	271.00
183	900–950	903	255.25	255.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
187	600–650	629	274.00–284.50	277.98
52	650–700	686	260.00–261.50	260.82
122	750–800	760	261.00	261.00

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.