Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 900 was 3.00 lower. Not enough to show comparison on the remaining weights. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.12/cwt on 855 head.

Average price

$132.12

855 head · 844 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,115

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$225

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

$20.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.25

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	617	149.05	919	139
Medium and Large 1	888	128.84	1,144	716

One grade step is worth $20.22/cwt here — about −$225 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 sale855 hd

132.12

—

NE average2 barns · 1,350 hd

131.87

+0.25

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

15 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	—	721	141.00/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,017	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	851	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	735	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	125.48/cwt	122.35–128.00	1,169	485
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	119.83/cwt	115.00–120.50	1,153	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,089	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,081	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	157.00/cwt	150.00–165.00	917	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	786	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	871	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	609	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	117.10/cwt	117.10–117.10	1,047	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	694	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	145.16/cwt	140.00–150.00	675	15

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 24, 2019

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

Receipts 1,490Last week 1,000Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers over 900 was 3.00 lower. Not enough to show comparison on the remaining weights. Demand was moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	721	140.00–145.00	141.00
37	—	589	144.50	144.50
33	—	430	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
485	—	932	122.35–128.00	125.48
68	—	962	115.00–120.50	119.83
65	—	822	132.50	132.50
46	—	795	136.00	136.00
38	—	584	150.00–165.00	157.00
9	—	452	174.00	174.00
5	—	412	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	608	143.25	143.25
39	—	440	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
183	—	894	117.10	117.10
19	—	439	158.00	158.00
15	—	465	140.00–150.00	145.16

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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