Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs sold 13.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher except 800 lb steers 2.00 lower. Heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower on comparable offerings. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.30/cwt on 852 head.

Average price

$162.30

852 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$20.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.99

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	689	162.54	1,120	842
Medium and Large 1-2	710	142.26	1,010	10thin

One grade step is worth $20.28/cwt here — about $110 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 sale852 hd

162.30

—

NE average9 barns · 17,895 hd

168.29

−5.99

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

22 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	928	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	176.19/cwt	174.00–179.50	631	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	168.33/cwt	168.00–170.00	759	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	174.88/cwt	174.00–175.50	754	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	141.85/cwt	135.00–145.00	940	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,106	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,108	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	148.47/cwt	147.00–150.50	1,090	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	160.89/cwt	156.00–162.00	1,017	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	188.91/cwt	188.00–190.00	988	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	899	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	191.33/cwt	185.50–199.50	830	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	143.29/cwt	142.50–144.00	1,307	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	176.10/cwt	169.00–183.50	1,014	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	157.71/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,063	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	149.63/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,252	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,116	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	154.06/cwt	153.00–155.00	861	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	158.86/cwt	154.00–164.50	831	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	142.49/cwt	138.00–151.00	898	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	606	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	142.26/cwt	141.50–143.00	1,010	10

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 20, 2020

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

Receipts 2,085Last week 2,520Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	656	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	358	174.00–179.50	176.19
30	—	451	168.00–170.00	168.33
53	—	431	174.00–175.50	174.88
59	—	663	135.00–145.00	141.85
65	—	816	135.50	135.50
130	—	767	145.50	145.50
66	—	559	153.00–155.00	154.06
123	—	523	154.00–164.50	158.86
183	—	630	138.00–151.00	142.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	379	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	775	143.00	143.00
35	—	734	147.00–150.50	148.47
98	—	632	156.00–162.00	160.89
103	—	523	188.00–190.00	188.91
12	—	487	184.50	184.50
34	—	434	185.50–199.50	191.33
118	—	912	142.50–144.00	143.29
134	—	576	169.00–183.50	176.10
146	—	674	150.00–160.00	157.71
154	—	837	148.00–150.00	149.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	710	141.50–143.00	142.26

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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