Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-11-04

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 4
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,698 head
▼ 885 vs last sale 2,583▼ 973 vs year ago 2,671 · −36.4%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers had a lower undertone. Except steers 400 -450 were 7.00 higher. Demand was moderate for the offerings we had.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $298.54/cwt on 263 head.
Average price
$298.54
263 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.97
vs NE average
−3.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539299.221,614252
Medium and Large 1-2540283.001,52811thin
One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about $86 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 sale263 hd
298.54
—
NE average11 barns · 7,834 hd
311.51
−12.97
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
−3.31
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322404.34/cwt398.00–411.001,30229
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2339383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,29818
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373366.13/cwt350.00–380.001,36618
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed404367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,4836
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413346.94/cwt340.00–357.001,433119
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy460340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,56414
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478318.73/cwt316.00–328.001,524145
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520308.50/cwt296.00–316.001,604165
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,52811
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576281.62/cwt271.00–290.001,62287
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned622278.55/cwt271.00–287.001,733110
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned654268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,75329
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,7296
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned759231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,75316
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2883217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,91639
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1947258.50/cwt258.50–258.502,448184
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,02315
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337319.93/cwt317.00–324.001,07821
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,10214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed406341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,38421
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417309.58/cwt300.00–316.001,291110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,19050
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470284.84/cwt274.00–293.001,33977
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482254.78/cwt248.00–260.001,22830
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520269.82/cwt266.50–278.001,403116
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy569265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,51123
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569248.53/cwt242.00–257.001,41445
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned627234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4676
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5847
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned690221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,52526
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned717230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,64918
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,17917

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.