Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 12.00 higher, Heifers were 4.00 - 7.00 higher under 650 lbs. Demand was good on good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.29/cwt on 1,326 head.

Average price

$167.29

1,326 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$12.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.27

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	167.36	875	1,318
Medium and Large 1-2	541	155.00	839	8thin

One grade step is worth $12.36/cwt here — about $36 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 sale1,326 hd

167.29

—

NE average5 barns · 6,351 hd

148.01

+19.27

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

22 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	—	810	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,071	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	153.23/cwt	151.00–154.00	444	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	890	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	156.28/cwt	145.00–163.00	511	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	141.06/cwt	140.00–141.25	1,040	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	147.40/cwt	144.50–150.50	758	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	154.01/cwt	149.50–157.00	644	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	154.36/cwt	151.00–156.50	604	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	145.09/cwt	142.75–147.25	847	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	150.10/cwt	143.00–158.50	723	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,189	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,057	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	183.14/cwt	181.00–187.00	701	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	141.01/cwt	134.00–144.50	1,168	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	149.35/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,057	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	189.24/cwt	187.00–190.00	617	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	159.67/cwt	150.00–161.00	963	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	151.92/cwt	150.00–157.00	860	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	170.34/cwt	161.50–176.75	809	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	181.46/cwt	176.50–188.50	782	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	166.79/cwt	161.00–174.00	874	445
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	839	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 Sep 23, 2019

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

Receipts 2,533Last week 2,365Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 12.00 higher, Heifers were 4.00 - 7.00 higher under 650 lbs. Demand was good on good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	810	132.25	132.25
26	—	290	151.00–154.00	153.23
34	—	613	145.25	145.25
36	—	327	145.00–163.00	156.28
45	—	737	140.00–141.25	141.06
65	—	514	144.50–150.50	147.40
108	—	418	149.50–157.00	154.01
135	—	391	151.00–156.50	154.36
141	—	584	142.75–147.25	145.09
243	—	482	143.00–158.50	150.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,025	116.00	116.00
37	—	698	151.50	151.50
46	—	383	181.00–187.00	183.14
46	—	828	134.00–144.50	141.01
64	—	708	140.00–152.00	149.35
67	—	326	187.00–190.00	189.24
93	—	603	150.00–161.00	159.67
123	—	566	150.00–157.00	151.92
136	—	475	161.50–176.75	170.34
254	—	431	176.50–188.50	181.46
445	—	524	161.00–174.00	166.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	541	155.00	155.00

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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