Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all weights of cattle offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.76/cwt on 628 head.

Average price

$131.76

628 head · 884 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$250

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

$10.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.95

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	646	142.31	920	13thin
Medium and Large 1	889	131.53	1,170	615

One grade step is worth $10.77/cwt here — about −$250 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 sale628 hd

131.76

—

NE average6 barns · 3,462 hd

153.71

−21.95

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	—	284	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	703	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,049	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	715	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	593	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	1,055	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	129.19/cwt	123.00–133.50	920	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	122.77/cwt	118.00–123.50	958	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	926	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	589	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	761	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	853	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	973	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	842	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	690	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,091	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,096	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,197	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	128.42/cwt	125.00–129.60	1,197	359
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	729	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	978	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 Jun 17, 2019

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

Receipts 1,000Last week 1,900Year ago 0

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all weights of cattle offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	284	185.00	185.00
7	—	502	140.00	140.00
13	—	908	115.50	115.50
14	—	480	149.00	149.00
19	—	350	169.50	169.50
20	—	881	119.75	119.75
42	—	712	123.00–133.50	129.19
46	—	780	118.00–123.50	122.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	834	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	290	203.00	203.00
5	—	425	179.00	179.00
5	—	502	170.00	170.00
5	—	721	135.00	135.00
10	—	495	170.00	170.00
12	—	375	184.00	184.00
32	—	833	131.00	131.00
62	—	794	138.00	138.00
120	—	977	122.50	122.50
359	—	932	125.00–129.60	128.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	429	170.00	170.00
8	—	782	125.00	125.00

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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