Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were 3.00 - 7.00 lower. The boards were down and the stock market was down also. Demand was moderate considering all conditions.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.10/cwt on 853 head.

Average price

$144.10

853 head · 771 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,111

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$300

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

$18.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.99

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	502	162.00	813	6thin
Medium and Large 1	773	143.98	1,113	847

One grade step is worth $18.02/cwt here — about −$300 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 sale853 hd

144.10

—

NE average7 barns · 12,359 hd

162.10

−17.99

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

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	—	478	147.21/cwt	145.00–150.50	704	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	150.46/cwt	148.50–157.50	809	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	156.02/cwt	155.00–159.00	665	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	142.69/cwt	134.00–148.00	805	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	892	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	128.26/cwt	125.00–129.00	991	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	158.72/cwt	158.00–160.50	984	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	141.45/cwt	135.00–142.25	1,120	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	133.06/cwt	130.50–135.00	1,102	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	130.35/cwt	130.35–130.35	1,214	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	958	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	996	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	1,047	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	130.35/cwt	130.35–130.35	976	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	131.30/cwt	128.75–135.25	897	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	802	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	145.39/cwt	141.00–151.00	986	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	183.46/cwt	173.00–184.75	958	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	697	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	976	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	716	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,010	26

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 24, 2020

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

Receipts 1,679Last week 3,175Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were 3.00 - 7.00 lower. The boards were down and the stock market was down also. Demand was moderate considering all conditions.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	478	145.00–150.50	147.21
22	—	538	148.50–157.50	150.46
28	—	426	155.00–159.00	156.02
55	—	564	134.00–148.00	142.69
61	—	637	140.00	140.00
63	—	773	125.00–129.00	128.26
64	—	829	126.25	126.25
65	—	749	130.35	130.35
150	—	683	128.75–135.25	131.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	697	140.00	140.00
26	—	716	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	620	158.00–160.50	158.72
160	—	792	135.00–142.25	141.45
179	—	828	130.50–135.00	133.06
224	—	931	130.35	130.35
29	—	597	160.50	160.50
40	—	709	140.50	140.50
5	—	422	190.00	190.00
64	—	678	141.00–151.00	145.39
105	—	522	173.00–184.75	183.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	502	162.00	162.00

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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