Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good to moderate on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.02/cwt on 864 head.

Average price

$135.02

864 head · 858 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,159

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$317

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

$18.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.79

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	861	135.35	1,165	849
Medium and Large 1-2	727	116.53	847	15thin

One grade step is worth $18.82/cwt here — about $317 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 sale864 hd

135.02

—

NE average2 barns · 1,056 hd

137.81

−2.79

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	733	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	988	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	131.65/cwt	128.00–132.35	1,201	431
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,218	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	127.26/cwt	125.00–127.75	1,096	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,061	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,058	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	720	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	875	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	629	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	577	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	740	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	122.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,007	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	895	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,027	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	124.73/cwt	121.50–125.50	980	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	640	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	693	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	921	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	297	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	487	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	855	5

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 Jun 3, 2019

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

Receipts 1,900Last week 1,375Year ago 0

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good to moderate on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	666	110.00	110.00
7	—	797	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
431	—	912	128.00–132.35	131.65
183	—	955	127.50	127.50
73	—	861	125.00–127.75	127.26
47	—	750	141.50	141.50
39	—	833	127.00	127.00
34	—	387	186.00	186.00
32	—	493	177.50	177.50
10	—	324	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	424	136.00	136.00
8	—	592	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	822	120.00–125.00	122.46
70	—	595	150.50	150.50
55	—	951	108.00	108.00
36	—	786	121.50–125.50	124.73
30	—	394	162.50	162.50
24	—	467	148.50	148.50
18	—	886	104.00	104.00
16	—	297	164.00	164.00
5	—	633	135.00	135.00

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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