Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2019-09-09

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Sep 9
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,152 head
▲ 1,177 vs last sale 975▲ 2,152 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable sales for an adequate market comparison. Demand was light to moderate for all offerings on the annual BBQ auction. Some of the calves had pre condition shots but many didn't. Next week special calf and feeder auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.53/cwt on 1,186 head.
Average price
$152.53
1,186 head · 685 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,045
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.41
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1684152.661,0431,130
Medium and Large 1-2710150.001,06556
One grade step is worth $2.66/cwt here — about −$22 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 sale1,186 hd
152.53
—
NE average5 barns · 6,893 hd
142.12
+10.41
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

20 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—333158.06/cwt156.00–161.5052613
HeifersMedium and Large 1—821129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,05921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—440147.50/cwt147.50–147.5064929
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377150.00/cwt150.00–150.0056630
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527143.50/cwt143.50–143.5075635
HeifersMedium and Large 1—564137.23/cwt130.00–139.0077485
HeifersMedium and Large 1—900123.10/cwt123.10–123.101,108129
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473147.82/cwt144.50–152.50699142
HeifersMedium and Large 1—875132.10/cwt132.10–132.101,156144
SteersMedium and Large 1—621157.00/cwt157.00–157.0097517
SteersMedium and Large 1—386180.38/cwt180.00–180.5069625
SteersMedium and Large 1—432176.79/cwt176.50–178.0076462
SteersMedium and Large 1—675154.25/cwt154.25–154.251,04167
SteersMedium and Large 1—589161.65/cwt160.00–163.50952117
SteersMedium and Large 1—483173.42/cwt172.00–176.00838125
SteersMedium and Large 1—513167.95/cwt166.50–171.00862138
SteersMedium and Large 1—906132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,203181
SteersMedium and Large 1—776145.90/cwt143.00–147.601,132190
SteersMedium and Large 1—811137.08/cwt136.00–138.251,112208
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—710150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,06556

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.