Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.11/cwt on 451 head.

Average price

$144.11

451 head · 795 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,146

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$7.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.90

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	803	144.42	1,159	433
Medium and Large 1-2	609	136.82	834	18thin

One grade step is worth $7.60/cwt here — about $325 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 sale451 hd

144.11

—

NE average4 barns · 2,706 hd

155.02

−10.90

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

19 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 1-2	—	673	131.73/cwt	131.00–132.50	887	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	709	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,200	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	183.76/cwt	180.00–189.00	967	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,101	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	196.22/cwt	192.00–204.00	859	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,014	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	877	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	890	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	123.18/cwt	117.00–124.10	1,099	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	156.76/cwt	153.50–158.50	851	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	165.11/cwt	156.00–167.00	778	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	975	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	144.21/cwt	144.00–144.24	950	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	171.57/cwt	169.50–175.00	729	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	950	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	640	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	879	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	910	8

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 May 13, 2019

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

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No comparison to last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	673	131.00–132.50	131.73
6	—	482	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
240	—	954	125.75	125.75
67	—	526	180.00–189.00	183.76
62	—	804	137.00	137.00
28	—	438	192.00–204.00	196.22
26	—	642	158.00	158.00
10	—	451	194.50	194.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	645	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	892	117.00–124.10	123.18
61	—	543	153.50–158.50	156.76
55	—	471	156.00–167.00	165.11
48	—	739	132.00	132.00
36	—	659	144.00–144.24	144.21
21	—	425	169.50–175.00	171.57
10	—	766	124.00	124.00
6	—	370	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	505	174.00	174.00
8	—	562	162.00	162.00

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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