Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Not enough to compare in weights in the heifers. Demand was good on everything offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.26/cwt on 1,077 head.

Average price

$144.26

1,077 head · 841 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,213

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$377

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

$36.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.30

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	467	180.00	841	21
Medium and Large 1	848	143.55	1,217	1,056

One grade step is worth $36.45/cwt here — about −$377 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 sale1,077 hd

144.26

—

NE average7 barns · 10,037 hd

171.55

−27.30

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

Every lot, as filed

21 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	622	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	921	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	179.51/cwt	179.00–180.00	671	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	774	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,011	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	165.59/cwt	158.00–170.00	775	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,023	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	135.13/cwt	135.00–135.25	1,096	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,093	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	949	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,002	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	859	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	206.03/cwt	203.00–208.00	740	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	925	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,116	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	179.79/cwt	177.00–183.00	942	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	1,252	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	142.34/cwt	139.75–144.60	1,228	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,164	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	136.02/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,254	491
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	841	21

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 29, 2019

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

Receipts 2,168Last week 2,240Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Not enough to compare in weights in the heifers. Demand was good on everything offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	338	184.00	184.00
7	—	629	146.50	146.50
12	—	374	179.00–180.00	179.51
22	—	442	175.00	175.00
37	—	706	143.25	143.25
41	—	468	158.00–170.00	165.59
124	—	755	135.50	135.50
133	—	811	135.00–135.25	135.13
316	—	871	125.50	125.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	678	140.00	140.00
6	—	626	160.00	160.00
12	—	425	202.00	202.00
13	—	359	203.00–208.00	206.03
31	—	458	202.00	202.00
49	—	749	149.00	149.00
54	—	524	177.00–183.00	179.79
128	—	961	130.25	130.25
132	—	863	139.75–144.60	142.34
135	—	814	143.00	143.00
491	—	922	130.00–140.00	136.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	467	180.00	180.00

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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