Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 450-550 lbs sold 2.00 higher and 700-800 lbs steers sold 3.00 lower. Heifers 400-550 lbs sold 7.00 higher and heifers 600-700 lbs sold mostly steady. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.62/cwt on 1,527 head.

Average price

$158.62

1,527 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,058

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$193

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

$0.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.83

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	551	159.28	877	102
Medium and Large 1	675	158.57	1,070	1,425

One grade step is worth $0.71/cwt here — about −$193 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 sale1,527 hd

158.62

—

NE average12 barns · 26,604 hd

165.45

−6.83

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

46 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 1-2Fleshy	—	392	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	452	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	732	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	715	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,055	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	540	158.04/cwt	157.00–160.00	853	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	440	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	700	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	658	149.92/cwt	149.50–150.00	986	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	889	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	692	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	165.15/cwt	164.50–165.50	596	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	743	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	142.31/cwt	140.50–143.50	948	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	159.01/cwt	155.50–162.50	894	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	163.25/cwt	157.50–166.75	952	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	713	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	839	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	901	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,186	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	155.43/cwt	153.50–158.00	1,054	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	194.24/cwt	192.50–196.50	911	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	153.78/cwt	152.50–155.25	1,086	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	159.81/cwt	157.00–165.50	981	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	152.72/cwt	147.75–155.00	1,246	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	846	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,274	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	174.16/cwt	171.25–180.00	937	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	743	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,136	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	142.35/cwt	140.00–145.50	746	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	165.26/cwt	163.00–167.00	780	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	165.15/cwt	162.50–167.00	870	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	142.27/cwt	138.00–145.50	871	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	588	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	150.15/cwt	147.50–152.50	1,165	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	637	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	943	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	557	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	900	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	529	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	799	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	477	174.75/cwt	173.00–176.00	834	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	505	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	859	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	567	175.94/cwt	173.00–179.50	998	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	381	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	636	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	580	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	821	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	774	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	592	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	897	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	693	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	970	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	188.45/cwt	188.00–189.00	782	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	559	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	959	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 Jan 13, 2020

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

Receipts 2,520Last week 1,965Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	392	171.00	171.00
25	—	452	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	715	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	658	149.50–150.00	149.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	583	157.50–166.75	163.25
9	—	376	189.50	189.50
12	—	427	196.50	196.50
252	—	678	153.50–158.00	155.43
57	—	469	192.50–196.50	194.24
77	—	706	152.50–155.25	153.78
141	—	614	157.00–165.50	159.81
195	—	816	147.75–155.00	152.72
25	—	900	141.50	141.50
54	—	538	171.25–180.00	174.16
185	—	776	147.50–152.50	150.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	597	151.00	151.00
7	—	853	139.00	139.00
23	—	495	171.00	171.00
5	—	432	172.00	172.00
5	—	835	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	505	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	567	173.00–179.50	175.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	592	151.50	151.50
10	—	693	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	415	188.00–189.00	188.45
24	—	559	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	540	157.00–160.00	158.04
18	—	440	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	361	164.50–165.50	165.15
22	—	436	170.50	170.50
71	—	666	140.50–143.50	142.31
124	—	562	155.50–162.50	159.01
58	—	472	163.00–167.00	165.26
64	—	527	162.50–167.00	165.15
131	—	612	138.00–145.50	142.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	524	140.00–145.50	142.35
17	—	417	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	637	148.00	148.00
53	—	557	161.50	161.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	529	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	477	173.00–176.00	174.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	381	167.00	167.00
11	—	580	141.50	141.50
29	—	475	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	626	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	496	139.50	139.50

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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