Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs was steady - 6.00 lower and heifers under 700 lbs was steady - 3.00 lower. No comparison on 700 and above. Demand was good to moderate on the offerings today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.99/cwt on 1,913 head.

Average price

$161.99

1,913 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$9.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.33

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	162.51	908	1,803
Medium and Large 1-2	521	153.46	799	110

One grade step is worth $9.05/cwt here — about $109 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 sale1,913 hd

161.99

—

NE average10 barns · 17,261 hd

158.66

+3.33

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

37 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	—	871	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,167	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	984	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	254	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	457	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	864	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	168.54/cwt	158.00–174.00	563	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	142.98/cwt	137.50–145.60	1,120	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	160.67/cwt	157.00–168.00	606	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	154.50/cwt	149.00–159.00	652	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	140.14/cwt	134.00–145.00	803	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	134.86/cwt	131.50–138.25	1,110	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	150.90/cwt	147.00–154.50	712	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	144.99/cwt	140.00–154.50	763	363
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	920	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	143.08/cwt	142.00–147.00	886	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	870	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	554	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,079	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	140.62/cwt	140.00–141.00	599	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	753	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	135.72/cwt	130.50–140.00	704	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	956	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	588	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,187	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,305	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,150	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	177.99/cwt	171.00–185.00	772	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	192.51/cwt	183.50–200.25	716	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	163.32/cwt	157.00–170.50	861	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	170.69/cwt	167.00–178.50	826	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	155.53/cwt	151.00–160.50	891	614
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	707	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	990	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	676	145.81/cwt	145.00–148.50	986	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	149.92/cwt	147.75–157.00	946	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	726	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	145.56/cwt	143.50–146.50	863	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	158.53/cwt	154.00–164.00	745	49

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 Oct 14, 2019

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	871	134.00	134.00
16	—	673	146.25	146.25
19	—	254	180.00	180.00
21	—	605	142.75	142.75
53	—	334	158.00–174.00	168.54
99	—	783	137.50–145.60	142.98
107	—	377	157.00–168.00	160.67
107	—	422	149.00–159.00	154.50
132	—	573	134.00–145.00	140.14
264	—	823	131.50–138.25	134.86
280	—	472	147.00–154.50	150.90
363	—	526	140.00–154.50	144.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	664	138.50	138.50
142	—	619	142.00–147.00	143.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	624	139.50	139.50
16	—	369	150.00	150.00
25	—	848	127.25	127.25
26	—	426	140.00–141.00	140.62
29	—	568	132.50	132.50
90	—	519	130.50–140.00	135.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	330	195.00	195.00
12	—	627	152.50	152.50
13	—	280	210.00	210.00
57	—	791	150.00	150.00
63	—	880	148.25	148.25
69	—	719	160.00	160.00
133	—	434	171.00–185.00	177.99
137	—	372	183.50–200.25	192.51
208	—	527	157.00–170.50	163.32
266	—	484	167.00–178.50	170.69
614	—	573	151.00–160.50	155.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	707	140.00	140.00
62	—	676	145.00–148.50	145.81
153	—	631	147.75–157.00	149.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	444	163.50	163.50
48	—	593	143.50–146.50	145.56
49	—	470	154.00–164.00	158.53

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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