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

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 11
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
370 head
▼ 1,328 vs last sale 1,698▼ 1,540 vs year ago 1,910 · −80.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for comparison. Several consignments could not make it because of the moisture.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $299.70/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$299.70
98 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.57
vs NE average
−5.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562301.571,69492
Medium and Large 1-2508271.001,3776thin
One grade step is worth $30.57/cwt here — about $318 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 sale98 hd
299.70
—
NE average9 barns · 3,237 hd
311.26
−11.57
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
−5.74
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

14 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 1336388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,3045
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,5016
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462324.48/cwt317.00–330.001,49912
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,4689
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3776
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,66624
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577294.71/cwt284.00–303.001,70068
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1649284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,84360
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned658278.62/cwt261.00–281.001,83344
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned683257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7556
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523270.74/cwt261.00–280.001,41655
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned612255.37/cwt241.00–258.001,56333
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,2676
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4576

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.