Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs was 1.00 - 5.00 lower, over 700 lbs was 5.00 - 8.00 higher.. Heifers under under 650 lbs steady - 8.00 higher, over 650 lbs were 2.00 - 4.00 lower. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.22/cwt on 1,479 head.

Average price

$156.22

1,479 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,104

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$259

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

$22.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.35

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	475	178.25	847	16thin
Medium and Large 1	709	155.98	1,106	1,463

One grade step is worth $22.27/cwt here — about −$259 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 sale1,479 hd

156.22

—

NE average9 barns · 14,542 hd

158.57

−2.35

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

27 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	—	338	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	581	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	169.67/cwt	168.00–175.00	636	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	161.54/cwt	159.00–168.00	687	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	170.76/cwt	163.00–172.25	794	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	130.35/cwt	129.50–131.00	944	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,008	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	146.60/cwt	146.60–146.60	1,201	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	133.85/cwt	133.85–133.85	1,222	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	170.77/cwt	162.00–176.00	982	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	137.77/cwt	135.00–139.50	1,222	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	215.05/cwt	214.00–216.00	785	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	196.97/cwt	191.00–205.00	841	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	152.57/cwt	149.25–156.50	1,108	560
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	743	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	898	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	150.49/cwt	150.00–152.00	734	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	154.58/cwt	151.50–156.00	1,017	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	181.11/cwt	177.00–190.00	873	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,114	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	177.16/cwt	173.00–184.00	950	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	165.88/cwt	158.00–170.50	1,015	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	152.73/cwt	146.00–156.50	881	300
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	782	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	788	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	145.84/cwt	142.75–149.00	909	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	161.64/cwt	154.50–167.00	857	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	138.87/cwt	130.00–144.50	958	188

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 17, 2020

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

Receipts 3,175Last week 2,290Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	338	172.00	172.00
24	—	375	168.00–175.00	169.67
62	—	425	159.00–168.00	161.54
77	—	465	163.00–172.25	170.76
78	—	724	129.50–131.00	130.35
110	—	806	125.00	125.00
300	—	577	146.00–156.50	152.73
125	—	623	142.75–149.00	145.84
172	—	530	154.50–167.00	161.64
188	—	690	130.00–144.50	138.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	488	150.00–152.00	150.49
11	—	547	143.00	143.00
19	—	563	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	819	146.60	146.60
67	—	913	133.85	133.85
96	—	575	162.00–176.00	170.77
237	—	887	135.00–139.50	137.77
15	—	365	214.00–216.00	215.05
35	—	427	191.00–205.00	196.97
560	—	726	149.25–156.50	152.57
45	—	658	151.50–156.00	154.58
49	—	482	177.00–190.00	181.11
51	—	750	148.50	148.50
116	—	536	173.00–184.00	177.16
131	—	612	158.00–170.50	165.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	387	192.00	192.00
10	—	528	170.00	170.00

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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