Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago light weight steers suited for summer turn out sold 10.00 higher. Yearling feeders sold steady to 1.00 higher. Heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher on comparable offerings. Demand was good with some internet activity.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.94/cwt on 1,081 head.

Average price

$160.94

1,081 head · 732 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,178

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$177

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

$7.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.11

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	610	167.43	1,021	122
Medium and Large 1	748	160.12	1,197	959

One grade step is worth $7.31/cwt here — about −$177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,081 hd

160.94

—

NE average6 barns · 9,865 hd

167.05

−6.11

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

Every lot, as filed

26 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	590	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,024	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	145.32/cwt	144.50–146.00	1,158	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,027	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	189.02/cwt	181.00–194.00	732	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	171.84/cwt	170.00–174.00	967	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,286	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	158.56/cwt	153.25–163.50	1,229	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	173.24/cwt	169.00–174.50	1,150	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	190.04/cwt	187.50–197.50	886	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,241	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	205.50/cwt	202.50–215.00	752	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	171.04/cwt	170.00–176.50	1,048	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	189.44/cwt	187.00–190.00	1,087	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	810	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	143.44/cwt	140.25–148.75	1,047	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	169.76/cwt	157.00–173.00	715	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	153.81/cwt	140.00–158.00	957	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	157.54/cwt	149.50–159.50	1,052	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	165.09/cwt	160.00–168.50	769	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	158.12/cwt	152.00–167.00	911	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	159.59/cwt	159.00–163.00	835	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	175.26/cwt	166.00–184.00	655	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	607	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	754	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	531	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	889	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	327	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	644	14

How this sale compares

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 Apr 22, 2019

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

Receipts 2,240Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	590	173.50	173.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	797	144.50–146.00	145.32
18	—	667	154.00	154.00
16	—	387	181.00–194.00	189.02
11	—	563	170.00–174.00	171.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
372	—	920	139.75	139.75
132	—	775	153.25–163.50	158.56
130	—	664	169.00–174.50	173.24
125	—	466	187.50–197.50	190.04
67	—	899	138.00	138.00
46	—	366	202.50–215.00	205.50
44	—	613	170.00–176.50	171.04
38	—	574	187.00–190.00	189.44
5	—	432	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	730	140.25–148.75	143.44
143	—	421	157.00–173.00	169.76
122	—	622	140.00–158.00	153.81
66	—	668	149.50–159.50	157.54
61	—	466	160.00–168.50	165.09
57	—	576	152.00–167.00	158.12
42	—	523	159.00–163.00	159.59
36	—	374	166.00–184.00	175.26
31	—	345	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	421	179.00	179.00
14	—	531	167.50	167.50
14	—	327	197.00	197.00

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.

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