Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers weighing 500 lbs 4.00 higher and 900 lbs steers were 5.00 lower. Not enough to show comparison on heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.36/cwt on 637 head.

Average price

$154.36

637 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,080

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$492

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

$6.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.87

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	370	161.00	596	11thin
Medium and Large 1	705	154.24	1,088	626

One grade step is worth $6.76/cwt here — about −$492 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 sale637 hd

154.36

—

NE average8 barns · 8,130 hd

159.23

−4.87

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

18 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	—	690	145.74/cwt	144.00–150.00	1,006	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,024	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	190.02/cwt	186.00–194.00	847	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	177.18/cwt	176.00–178.50	842	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	806	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	596	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	125.55/cwt	122.00–125.75	1,164	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	187.93/cwt	180.00–189.50	1,000	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	165.63/cwt	162.50–166.00	1,039	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,162	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	164.73/cwt	155.50–167.50	927	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	156.89/cwt	153.00–159.00	750	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	120.23/cwt	120.00–121.50	1,014	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	133.56/cwt	132.50–134.00	813	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	838	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	552	5

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 Mar 2, 2020

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

Receipts 990Last week 1,679Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers weighing 500 lbs 4.00 higher and 900 lbs steers were 5.00 lower. Not enough to show comparison on heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	690	144.00–150.00	145.74
42	—	733	139.75	139.75
22	—	446	186.00–194.00	190.02
21	—	475	176.00–178.50	177.18
9	—	394	204.50	204.50
165	—	927	122.00–125.75	125.55
112	—	532	180.00–189.50	187.93
85	—	627	162.50–166.00	165.63
65	—	861	135.00	135.00
54	—	563	155.50–167.50	164.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	370	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	382	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	478	153.00–159.00	156.89
32	—	843	120.00–121.50	120.23
31	—	609	132.50–134.00	133.56
13	—	566	148.00	148.00
7	—	680	126.00	126.00
5	—	347	159.00	159.00

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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