Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-10-21

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-21

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 21

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Receipts

3,505 head

▲ 158 vs last sale 3,347▲ 875 vs year ago 2,630 · +33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers calves sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower and heifer calves 3.00 to 7.00 lower. With spots of sharply lower trends on steers and heifers that only had spring shots. With all the dryness and dirty weaning pens buyers continue to seek calves with fall vaccinations and a respiratory shot. Demand was light 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 $290.76/cwt on 753 head.

Average price

$290.76

753 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$6.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.62

vs NE average

−8.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	291.25	1,608	695
Medium and Large 1-2	531	284.88	1,513	58

One grade step is worth $6.37/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale753 hd

290.76

—

NE average11 barns · 6,979 hd

312.38

−21.62

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−8.28

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

Every lot

30 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	389.54/cwt	377.50–402.50	1,278	31
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	381.62/cwt	371.00–395.00	1,385	38
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,262	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	349.14/cwt	337.00–352.00	1,494	162
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	324.88/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,410	54
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	318.67/cwt	308.00–327.00	1,520	342
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,478	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	284.88/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,513	58
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	302.52/cwt	293.00–308.00	1,609	249
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	536	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,683	61
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,676	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	278.40/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,584	353
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	266.15/cwt	260.00–270.50	1,637	270
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,911	65
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,045	120
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	268.75/cwt	268.75–268.75	2,094	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,165	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	322	378.01/cwt	373.00–384.00	1,217	17
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	351.04/cwt	342.00–360.00	1,183	37
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	318.01/cwt	311.00–330.00	1,247	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	309.97/cwt	301.00–320.00	1,333	279
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,222	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	471	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,413	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	274.12/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,291	117
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,223	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	268.77/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,414	377
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,359	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	256.62/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,465	164
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	634	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,528	27
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,052	195

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 3,505Last week 3,347Year ago 2,630

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	471	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	337	342.00–360.00	351.04
27	350–400	392	311.00–330.00	318.01
279	400–450	430	301.00–320.00	309.97
117	450–500	471	271.00–281.00	274.12
377	500–550	526	260.00–279.00	268.77
164	550–600	571	251.00–260.00	256.62
195	850–900	875	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	600–650	634	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	435	281.00	281.00
28	450–500	474	258.00	258.00
20	500–550	535	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	322	373.00–384.00	378.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	321.00	321.00
54	400–450	434	320.00–330.00	324.88
15	450–500	491	301.00	301.00
58	500–550	531	281.00–286.00	284.88
65	700–750	728	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
270	600–650	615	260.00–270.50	266.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	328	377.50–402.50	389.54
38	350–400	363	371.00–395.00	381.62
162	400–450	428	337.00–352.00	349.14
342	450–500	477	308.00–327.00	318.67
249	500–550	532	293.00–308.00	302.52
353	550–600	569	265.00–287.00	278.40
120	700–750	741	276.00	276.00
63	750–800	779	268.75	268.75
22	900–950	933	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	500–550	536	314.00	314.00
32	550–600	555	302.00	302.00

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.