Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 2.00 higher. Demand was good on all weights.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.06/cwt on 553 head.

Average price

$151.06

553 head · 741 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.93

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	741	151.06	1,119	553

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale553 hd

151.06

—

NE average4 barns · 1,974 hd

163.98

−12.93

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

16 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	—	556	144.01/cwt	135.00–153.00	801	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	159.72/cwt	155.00–168.00	672	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	133.01/cwt	130.00–135.25	875	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	648	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	124.27/cwt	120.00–126.00	972	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,046	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,027	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	721	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	923	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	756	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	140.54/cwt	139.00–142.00	866	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	567	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,034	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	197.05/cwt	192.50–198.00	713	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	178.96/cwt	173.00–180.00	947	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	189.25/cwt	182.50–190.00	810	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,199	300

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 20, 2019

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

Receipts 1,375Last week 1,220Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 2.00 higher. Demand was good on all weights.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	556	135.00–153.00	144.01
37	—	421	155.00–168.00	159.72
37	—	658	130.00–135.25	133.01
59	—	370	175.00	175.00
129	—	782	120.00–126.00	124.27
11	—	488	155.00	155.00
16	—	616	139.00–142.00	140.54
19	—	310	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	662	158.00	158.00
16	—	790	130.00	130.00
29	—	646	160.00	160.00
38	—	362	192.50–198.00	197.05
61	—	529	173.00–180.00	178.96
94	—	428	182.50–190.00	189.25
300	—	940	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	721	128.00	128.00

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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