Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, weights under 650 were 2.00 - 3.00 lower. Steers 650 and 0ver were 3.00 - 6.00 higher, heifers 900 lbs were 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.03/cwt on 1,189 head.

Average price

$163.03

1,189 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$14

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

$23.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.42

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	163.26	910	1,177
Medium and Large 1-2	660	140.00	924	12thin

One grade step is worth $23.26/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale1,189 hd

163.03

—

NE average7 barns · 8,969 hd

143.61

+19.42

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 1Fancy	—	502	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	813	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	593	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	898	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	784	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	147.19/cwt	140.00–150.00	531	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	135.19/cwt	134.00–137.00	764	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	153.75/cwt	150.00–160.00	497	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	796	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,189	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,093	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	141.46/cwt	135.00–147.00	685	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	150.27/cwt	146.50–151.50	640	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	188.87/cwt	187.50–193.00	653	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	184.61/cwt	182.50–187.00	689	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,204	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	148.15/cwt	145.00–150.00	916	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	174.55/cwt	170.00–177.00	772	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	170.49/cwt	162.50–176.00	810	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	163.92/cwt	156.00–166.50	846	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	158.02/cwt	156.00–162.00	1,067	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	159.56/cwt	150.00–162.50	913	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	924	12

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 Sep 16, 2019

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

Receipts 2,365Last week 2,152Year ago 0

Compared to last week, weights under 650 were 2.00 - 3.00 lower. Steers 650 and 0ver were 3.00 - 6.00 higher, heifers 900 lbs were 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	502	162.00	162.00
112	—	593	151.50	151.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	617	127.00	127.00
25	—	361	140.00–150.00	147.19
25	—	565	134.00–137.00	135.19
33	—	323	150.00–160.00	153.75
44	—	544	146.25	146.25
51	—	936	127.00	127.00
67	—	874	125.00	125.00
69	—	484	135.00–147.00	141.46
134	—	426	146.50–151.50	150.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	346	187.50–193.00	188.87
56	—	373	182.50–187.00	184.61
70	—	842	143.00	143.00
101	—	618	145.00–150.00	148.15
112	—	442	170.00–177.00	174.55
166	—	475	162.50–176.00	170.49
190	—	516	156.00–166.50	163.92
205	—	675	156.00–162.00	158.02
234	—	572	150.00–162.50	159.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	660	140.00	140.00

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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