Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 4.00 higher and heifers were 3.00 - 4.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate, buyers wanting pre-condition shots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.21/cwt on 1,047 head.

Average price

$161.21

1,047 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$884

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$1.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.91

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	161.31	892	972
Medium and Large 1-2	484	159.95	774	75

One grade step is worth $1.36/cwt here — about $118 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 sale1,047 hd

161.21

—

NE average12 barns · 20,534 hd

160.30

+0.91

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 1	—	688	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	956	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	548	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,202	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	154.38/cwt	152.50–160.00	638	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	154.98/cwt	150.00–160.00	535	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	136.19/cwt	130.00–147.00	716	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	139.73/cwt	133.00–148.50	657	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	136.33/cwt	130.00–140.50	785	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	666	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	836	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	132.43/cwt	130.00–134.50	824	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	622	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,001	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	186.14/cwt	185.00–187.00	644	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	181.10/cwt	176.00–185.00	764	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	181.54/cwt	172.00–189.00	679	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	167.61/cwt	162.00–173.50	887	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	169.28/cwt	165.50–173.00	813	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	156.74/cwt	152.50–162.00	908	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	655	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	940	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	150.29/cwt	146.00–155.00	939	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	735	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	154.72/cwt	143.00–160.50	803	41

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 Nov 4, 2019

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

Receipts 2,060Last week 2,740Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 4.00 higher and heifers were 3.00 - 4.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate, buyers wanting pre-condition shots.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	688	139.00	139.00
9	—	365	150.00	150.00
14	—	932	129.00	129.00
27	—	413	152.50–160.00	154.38
28	—	345	150.00–160.00	154.98
102	—	526	130.00–147.00	136.19
140	—	470	133.00–148.50	139.73
155	—	576	130.00–140.50	136.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	666	125.50	125.50
71	—	622	130.00–134.50	132.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	622	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	346	185.00–187.00	186.14
26	—	422	176.00–185.00	181.10
37	—	374	172.00–189.00	181.54
163	—	529	162.00–173.50	167.61
166	—	480	165.50–173.00	169.28
255	—	579	152.50–162.00	156.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	655	143.50	143.50
231	—	625	146.00–155.00	150.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	442	166.25	166.25
41	—	519	143.00–160.50	154.72

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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