Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

N0t enough to show a comparison, due to no sale last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.60/cwt on 385 head.

Average price

$140.60

385 head · 875 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,230

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$585

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

$45.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.86

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	354	185.00	655	10thin
Medium and Large 1	889	139.42	1,239	375

One grade step is worth $45.58/cwt here — about −$585 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 sale385 hd

140.60

—

NE average4 barns · 5,801 hd

155.46

−14.86

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

5 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	—	354	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	655	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	139.42/cwt	137.50–139.85	1,239	375
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	577	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	824	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,256	243

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 Jul 29, 2019

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

Receipts 860Last week 1,355Year ago 0

N0t enough to show a comparison, due to no sale 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
10	—	354	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
375	—	889	137.50–139.85	139.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	328	176.00	176.00
8	—	568	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
243	—	981	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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