Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2024-12-30

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-30

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Dec 30

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Dec 16Dec 30Jan 13 →

Receipts

1,776 head

▼ 1,424 vs last sale 3,200▼ 276 vs year ago 2,052 · −13.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

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 $348.17/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$348.17

114 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,835

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$18.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.80

vs NE average

+15.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	351.60	1,872	93
Medium and Large 1-2	503	333.00	1,675	21

One grade step is worth $18.60/cwt here — about $197 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 sale114 hd

348.17

—

NE average3 barns · 630 hd

334.37

+13.80

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

+15.30

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

Every lot

23 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,324	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,475	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	411	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,439	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	370.47/cwt	370.00–371.00	1,560	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	352.42/cwt	349.00–362.00	1,646	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,675	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	1,860	69
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,891	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	605	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	1,969	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	302.21/cwt	299.00–307.00	1,910	155
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,833	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,962	63
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	283.61/cwt	276.50–288.50	2,065	203
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	272.71/cwt	272.50–273.25	2,122	227
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,118	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	256.75/cwt	256.75–256.75	2,488	119
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	342.54/cwt	338.00–351.00	1,476	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	341.52/cwt	341.00–342.00	1,588	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	505	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,722	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	313.90/cwt	306.00–325.00	1,639	65
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	292.44/cwt	282.00–297.50	1,728	130
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	284.45/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,772	117
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	266.08/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,828	239

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,776Last week 3,200Year ago 2,052

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	415.00	415.00
6	350–400	384	384.00	384.00
15	400–450	421	370.00–371.00	370.47
19	450–500	467	349.00–362.00	352.42
69	500–550	516	360.50	360.50
24	550–600	580	326.00	326.00
155	600–650	632	299.00–307.00	302.21
63	650–700	679	289.00	289.00
203	700–750	728	276.50–288.50	283.61
227	750–800	778	272.50–273.25	272.71
9	800–850	821	258.00	258.00
119	950–1000	969	256.75	256.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	411	350.00	350.00
21	500–550	503	333.00	333.00
16	600–650	641	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	600–650	605	325.50	325.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	431	338.00–351.00	342.54
35	450–500	465	341.00–342.00	341.52
65	500–550	522	306.00–325.00	313.90
130	550–600	591	282.00–297.50	292.44
117	600–650	623	280.00–290.00	284.45
239	650–700	687	260.00–271.00	266.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	500–550	505	341.00	341.00

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.