Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show comparisons.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.81/cwt on 1,035 head.

Average price

$141.81

1,035 head · 752 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$246

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

$15.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.26

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	525	157.28	826	32
Medium and Large 1	759	141.32	1,072	1,003

One grade step is worth $15.97/cwt here — about −$246 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 sale1,035 hd

141.81

—

NE average5 barns · 5,668 hd

146.07

−4.26

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	—	746	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	850	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	158.29/cwt	158.00–158.50	537	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	687	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	145.07/cwt	139.00–146.50	712	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	811	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	141.12/cwt	133.50–142.00	855	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	167.28/cwt	155.00–171.75	942	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	125.37/cwt	122.50–126.50	1,093	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	126.19/cwt	120.00–127.75	1,209	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	120.92/cwt	119.50–122.00	992	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	974	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	812	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	753	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	155.54/cwt	152.50–156.00	789	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	907	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	125.77/cwt	125.00–127.00	786	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	143.49/cwt	139.00–145.50	882	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	186.19/cwt	177.00–192.00	808	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	957	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	154.13/cwt	146.00–157.25	1,010	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	505	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	871	10

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 30, 2020

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

Receipts 1,650Last week 690Year ago 0

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	746	114.00	114.00
12	—	339	158.00–158.50	158.29
15	—	503	136.50	136.50
45	—	491	139.00–146.50	145.07
50	—	572	141.75	141.75
60	—	606	133.50–142.00	141.12
69	—	789	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	625	125.00–127.00	125.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	563	155.00–171.75	167.28
178	—	872	122.50–126.50	125.37
300	—	958	120.00–127.75	126.19
14	—	820	119.50–122.00	120.92
90	—	507	152.50–156.00	155.54
16	—	615	139.00–145.50	143.49
31	—	434	177.00–192.00	186.19
63	—	736	130.00	130.00
187	—	655	146.00–157.25	154.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	696	140.00	140.00
9	—	576	141.00	141.00
17	—	438	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	505	172.50	172.50

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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