Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 6.00 higher and heifers were steady - 14.00 lower. Demand was good on steers and moderate on heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.59/cwt on 1,456 head.

Average price

$163.59

1,456 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$969

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.38

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	163.59	969	1,456

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,456 hd

163.59

—

NE average10 barns · 13,435 hd

167.97

−4.38

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	—	346	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	644	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	824	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	603	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	802	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	343	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	540	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	290	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	522	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	418	157.21/cwt	148.00–162.00	657	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	142.79/cwt	138.00–149.00	681	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	140.32/cwt	134.00–144.50	728	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	137.02/cwt	131.00–143.50	785	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	714	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	176.54/cwt	174.00–179.50	740	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	887	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,303	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	335	207.24/cwt	196.00–216.00	694	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	680	142.65/cwt	140.75–143.00	970	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	163.57/cwt	155.00–173.50	851	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	416	185.03/cwt	178.50–192.00	770	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	638	153.63/cwt	146.50–157.00	980	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	172.26/cwt	166.00–180.00	825	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	155.50/cwt	150.50–165.00	893	439

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 18, 2019

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

Receipts 2,640Last week 2,110Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 6.00 higher and heifers were steady - 14.00 lower. Demand was good on steers and moderate on heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	346	154.00	154.00
10	—	452	142.50	142.50
12	—	580	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	603	133.00	133.00
8	—	343	157.50	157.50
9	—	290	180.00	180.00
93	—	418	148.00–162.00	157.21
133	—	477	138.00–149.00	142.79
134	—	519	134.00–144.50	140.32
164	—	573	131.00–143.50	137.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	388	184.00	184.00
13	—	419	174.00–179.50	176.54
14	—	567	156.50	156.50
300	—	791	164.75	164.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	335	196.00–216.00	207.24
46	—	680	140.75–143.00	142.65
98	—	520	155.00–173.50	163.57
120	—	416	178.50–192.00	185.03
183	—	638	146.50–157.00	153.63
203	—	479	166.00–180.00	172.26
439	—	574	150.50–165.00	155.50

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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