Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Weights that could be compared were steady - 4.00 higher.. Demand was good, on a good selection offered..

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.68/cwt on 1,189 head.

Average price

$155.68

1,189 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$11.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.06

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	155.88	1,061	1,168
Medium and Large 1-2	642	144.58	928	21

One grade step is worth $11.30/cwt here — about $133 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 sale1,189 hd

155.68

—

NE average7 barns · 11,267 hd

158.74

−3.06

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

26 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	—	484	152.92/cwt	148.00–156.00	740	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	975	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	164.17/cwt	163.00–166.00	724	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	138.78/cwt	134.00–142.50	856	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	144.99/cwt	144.25–145.50	1,061	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	143.82/cwt	136.75–147.25	1,099	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	897	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,159	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,155	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	945	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	149.87/cwt	146.00–152.00	914	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	182.87/cwt	176.00–184.50	973	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	132.80/cwt	128.50–135.00	1,100	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	978	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	749	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	173.36/cwt	169.00–178.00	810	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	169.97/cwt	162.50–172.00	984	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	167.13/cwt	161.00–169.75	1,028	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	155.38/cwt	148.00–159.00	1,069	386
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	134.69/cwt	127.50–137.25	987	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	128.60/cwt	128.60–128.60	1,134	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	134.07/cwt	133.00–135.50	900	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	151.48/cwt	150.25–154.50	859	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	162.63/cwt	150.00–164.75	841	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	127.84/cwt	118.50–129.50	1,061	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	652	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	989	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,236	12

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 Feb 10, 2020

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

Receipts 2,290Last week 1,400Year ago 0

Weights that could be compared were steady - 4.00 higher.. Demand was good, on a good selection offered..

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	484	148.00–156.00	152.92
23	—	768	127.00	127.00
28	—	441	163.00–166.00	164.17
28	—	617	134.00–142.50	138.78
173	—	733	127.50–137.25	134.69
176	—	882	128.60	128.60
60	—	671	133.00–135.50	134.07
69	—	567	150.25–154.50	151.48
73	—	517	150.00–164.75	162.63
102	—	830	118.50–129.50	127.84
6	—	395	165.00	165.00
12	—	989	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	850	115.00	115.00
8	—	535	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	732	144.25–145.50	144.99
162	—	764	136.75–147.25	143.82
10	—	897	129.25	129.25
12	—	913	126.50	126.50
58	—	532	176.00–184.50	182.87
69	—	828	128.50–135.00	132.80
35	—	467	169.00–178.00	173.36
48	—	579	162.50–172.00	169.97
259	—	615	161.00–169.75	167.13
386	—	688	148.00–159.00	155.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	705	134.00	134.00
14	—	610	146.00–152.00	149.87

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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