Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-11-18

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 18
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,151 head
▲ 1,781 vs last sale 370▲ 1,901 vs year ago 250 · +760.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison from last week. Demand was good today on a cool rainy day. Market was showing a higher undertone for all offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $321.38/cwt on 367 head.
Average price
$321.38
367 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,783
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.11
vs NE average
+12.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555321.381,783367
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale367 hd
321.38
—
NE average10 barns · 4,284 hd
321.48
−0.11
National average182 barns · 24,645 hd
309.26
+12.12
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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1258437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,12911
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339418.01/cwt417.00–419.001,41714
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373410.60/cwt410.00–411.001,53242
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,5026
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431373.54/cwt361.00–378.001,61045
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480343.94/cwt335.00–355.001,651237
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532319.70/cwt317.00–321.001,70167
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy542341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,848125
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy560336.50/cwt336.50–336.501,88453
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578295.62/cwt291.00–306.001,709122
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,89429
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned633295.01/cwt287.50–308.001,867178
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669292.67/cwt282.00–297.501,958108
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned677285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,92912
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned760254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,93020
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,05150
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873254.50/cwt254.50–254.502,22250
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334364.70/cwt361.00–367.001,21828
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1397338.22/cwt336.00–340.001,34336
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440332.54/cwt320.00–335.001,46386
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475311.50/cwt305.00–317.001,480141
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy487339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,6517
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy524304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,59326
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529287.26/cwt280.00–294.001,520130
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570278.26/cwt264.00–286.001,58649
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned671250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,67811
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1832240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9978
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1899241.50/cwt241.50–241.502,171179
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,026214.78/cwt214.50–215.002,20414
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1447340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,52013
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned651279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,81622
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1772210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6215

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.