Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Short run due to the weather conditions and C.M.E reports. Lower undertone was noticed on what was offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.65/cwt on 572 head.

Average price

$132.65

572 head · 787 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$157

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

$7.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.45

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	632	140.50	888	7thin
Medium and Large 1	789	132.55	1,045	565

One grade step is worth $7.95/cwt here — about −$157 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 sale572 hd

132.65

—

NE average7 barns · 9,289 hd

160.10

−27.45

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	—	386	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	618	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	781	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	143.23/cwt	139.50–145.00	768	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	840	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	112.25/cwt	112.25–112.25	986	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	1,052	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	151.28/cwt	150.00–154.00	955	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	127.28/cwt	126.50–128.00	1,062	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	119.10/cwt	119.10–119.10	1,093	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	888	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	170.45/cwt	170.00–171.50	878	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	972	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	128.71/cwt	123.00–134.00	923	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	131.95/cwt	127.75–136.00	809	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	845	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	771	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,023	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	138.49/cwt	133.50–140.00	981	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	669	138.51/cwt	138.00–138.75	927	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	725	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,069	75

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 9, 2020

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

Receipts 1,360Last week 990Year ago 0

Not enough to show a comparison. Short run due to the weather conditions and C.M.E reports. Lower undertone was noticed on what was offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	386	160.00	160.00
8	—	474	154.00	154.00
14	—	550	142.00	142.00
19	—	536	139.50–145.00	143.23
30	—	672	125.00	125.00
44	—	878	112.25	112.25
115	—	717	123.00–134.00	128.71
121	—	613	127.75–136.00	131.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	669	138.00–138.75	138.51
75	—	725	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	857	122.75	122.75
61	—	631	150.00–154.00	151.28
137	—	834	126.50–128.00	127.28
156	—	918	119.10	119.10
20	—	515	170.00–171.50	170.45
36	—	694	140.00	140.00
7	—	494	171.00	171.00
9	—	443	174.00	174.00
44	—	758	135.00	135.00
53	—	708	133.50–140.00	138.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	632	140.50	140.50

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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