Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were 1.00 - 4.00 lower. Except 450 lb steers were 5.00 higher and 526 heifers were 2.00 higher, Heifers weighing 750 were 5.00 higher. Not enough to show comparison on rest of the weights. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.73/cwt on 1,230 head.

Average price

$162.73

1,230 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$38

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

$11.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.75

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	163.32	895	1,169
Medium and Large 1-2	616	151.44	933	61

One grade step is worth $11.88/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale1,230 hd

162.73

—

NE average12 barns · 19,561 hd

158.98

+3.75

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

28 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	—	608	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	869	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	532	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	936	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,084	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	157.77/cwt	150.00–161.50	587	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	138.75/cwt	130.00–145.00	785	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	144.40/cwt	139.00–153.50	674	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,135	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	145.97/cwt	139.00–150.00	752	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,081	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	149.69/cwt	143.50–154.00	641	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	677	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	427	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	820	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,004	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,252	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	191.31/cwt	183.00–196.00	599	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	191.11/cwt	190.50–192.00	677	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	152.72/cwt	147.50–154.00	1,150	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	145.98/cwt	140.00–148.75	1,196	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	175.83/cwt	170.50–183.00	756	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	175.27/cwt	168.00–180.00	813	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	152.16/cwt	146.00–157.00	876	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	161.91/cwt	156.00–170.50	857	307
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	965	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	145.12/cwt	143.00–147.00	892	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	810	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	159.38/cwt	154.50–162.50	786	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,122	24

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 21, 2019

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

Receipts 2,719Last week 4,262Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	608	143.00	143.00
14	—	343	155.00	155.00
20	—	657	142.50	142.50
24	—	809	134.00	134.00
59	—	372	150.00–161.50	157.77
84	—	566	130.00–145.00	138.75
109	—	467	139.00–153.50	144.40
132	—	767	148.00	148.00
135	—	515	139.00–150.00	145.97
186	—	702	154.00	154.00
189	—	428	143.50–154.00	149.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	521	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	427	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	669	150.00	150.00
13	—	1,043	120.00	120.00
29	—	313	183.00–196.00	191.31
29	—	354	190.50–192.00	191.11
72	—	753	147.50–154.00	152.72
85	—	819	140.00–148.75	145.98
156	—	430	170.50–183.00	175.83
172	—	464	168.00–180.00	175.27
182	—	576	146.00–157.00	152.16
307	—	529	156.00–170.50	161.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	659	146.50	146.50
67	—	615	143.00–147.00	145.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	533	152.00	152.00
23	—	493	154.50–162.50	159.38
24	—	782	143.50	143.50

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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