Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 3.00 higher, heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good on all weights.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.09/cwt on 1,432 head.

Average price

$164.09

1,432 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$154

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

$1.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.47

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	438	165.25	724	23
Medium and Large 1	535	164.07	878	1,409

One grade step is worth $1.18/cwt here — about −$154 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 sale1,432 hd

164.09

—

NE average7 barns · 9,128 hd

151.62

+12.47

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,214	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,042	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	186.77/cwt	183.00–190.00	607	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	186.76/cwt	180.00–190.50	672	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,255	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	169.66/cwt	162.00–174.50	813	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	179.38/cwt	170.00–184.00	762	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	156.52/cwt	150.50–161.00	898	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	162.14/cwt	154.00–172.50	850	509
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	662	147.10/cwt	145.00–148.00	974	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	156.72/cwt	148.50–162.00	970	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	724	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	546	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	160.61/cwt	156.00–166.50	594	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	153.49/cwt	146.50–158.00	652	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	149.08/cwt	143.50–154.50	702	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	146.39/cwt	142.50–149.00	752	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	147.25/cwt	141.50–152.00	845	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	740	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	136.75/cwt	136.50–137.00	734	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	138.10/cwt	137.00–138.50	684	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	984	6

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 30, 2019

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

Receipts 2,610Last week 2,533Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 3.00 higher, heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good on all weights.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	913	133.00	133.00
22	—	681	153.00	153.00
25	—	325	183.00–190.00	186.77
38	—	360	180.00–190.50	186.76
61	—	812	154.50	154.50
156	—	479	162.00–174.50	169.66
191	—	425	170.00–184.00	179.38
229	—	574	150.50–161.00	156.52
509	—	524	154.00–172.50	162.14
6	—	643	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	662	145.00–148.00	147.10
145	—	619	148.50–162.00	156.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	438	165.25	165.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	340	160.50	160.50
75	—	370	156.00–166.50	160.61
139	—	425	146.50–158.00	153.49
176	—	471	143.50–154.50	149.08
180	—	514	142.50–149.00	146.39
214	—	574	141.50–152.00	147.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	569	130.00	130.00
24	—	537	136.50–137.00	136.75
37	—	495	137.00–138.50	138.10

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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