Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-12-16

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-16

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Dec 16

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Dec 9Dec 16Dec 30 →

Receipts

3,200 head

▲ 1,892 vs last sale 1,308▲ 1,148 vs year ago 2,052 · +55.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 10.00 - 15.00 higher , except for 700 - 750 were 7.00 lower. Heifers were 5.00 - 10.00 higher. Demand was good on a nice selection offered.

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 $334.68/cwt on 173 head.

Average price

$334.68

173 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$26.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.29

vs NE average

+8.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	336.68	1,820	160
Medium and Large 1-2	544	310.00	1,686	13thin

One grade step is worth $26.68/cwt here — about $134 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 sale173 hd

334.68

—

NE average7 barns · 3,452 hd

345.96

−11.29

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+8.05

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

Every lot

27 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,623	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	405.16/cwt	390.00–413.00	1,706	48
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1NHTC	456	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,705	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	375.86/cwt	372.00–380.00	1,767	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	349.03/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,791	101
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,686	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	315.54/cwt	312.00–317.00	1,855	59
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1NHTC	606	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,970	148
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	318.50/cwt	307.00–325.00	1,949	190
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	289.01/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,864	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	297.37/cwt	295.00–299.00	1,986	221
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1NHTC	687	289.94/cwt	288.50–290.50	1,992	220
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	268.04/cwt	268.00–269.00	1,983	287
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	276.68/cwt	271.00–283.00	2,150	387
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	341.10/cwt	329.00–350.00	1,262	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	349.71/cwt	344.00–361.00	1,497	84
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	305.40/cwt	295.00–321.00	1,356	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	326.81/cwt	322.00–329.50	1,611	63
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	321.89/cwt	312.00–332.00	1,671	156
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1NHTC	531	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,694	90
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	299.28/cwt	292.00–308.00	1,604	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	295.72/cwt	289.00–311.00	1,703	137
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1NHTC	629	279.11/cwt	277.50–279.50	1,756	300
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	279.70/cwt	268.00–283.00	1,868	94
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	257.20/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,770	49
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1NHTC	748	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,919	58
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,895	6

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 Dec 16, 2024

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

Receipts 3,200Last week 1,308Year ago 2,052

Compared to last week, steers were 10.00 - 15.00 higher , except for 700 - 750 were 7.00 lower. Heifers were 5.00 - 10.00 higher. Demand was good on a nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	370	329.00–350.00	341.10
84	400–450	428	344.00–361.00	349.71
63	450–500	493	322.00–329.50	326.81
156	500–550	519	312.00–332.00	321.89
137	550–600	576	289.00–311.00	295.72
94	650–700	668	268.00–283.00	279.70
6	750–800	783	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
90	500–550	531	319.00	319.00
300	600–650	629	277.50–279.50	279.11
58	700–750	748	256.50	256.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	444	295.00–321.00	305.40
26	500–550	536	292.00–308.00	299.28
49	650–700	688	256.00–260.00	257.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	393	413.00	413.00
48	400–450	421	390.00–413.00	405.16
26	450–500	470	372.00–380.00	375.86
101	500–550	513	347.00–350.00	349.03
59	550–600	588	312.00–317.00	315.54
190	600–650	612	307.00–325.00	318.50
221	650–700	668	295.00–299.00	297.37
287	700–750	740	268.00–269.00	268.04
387	750–800	777	271.00–283.00	276.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	544	310.00	310.00
15	600–650	645	285.00–291.00	289.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	456	374.00	374.00
148	600–650	606	325.00	325.00
220	650–700	687	288.50–290.50	289.94

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.