Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, market was sharply lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $119.39/cwt on 868 head.

Average price

$119.39

868 head · 770 lb average

Value per head Derived

$919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$117

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

$17.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.48

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	592	135.99	805	25
Medium and Large 1	775	118.89	922	843

One grade step is worth $17.10/cwt here — about −$117 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 sale868 hd

119.39

—

NE average9 barns · 9,462 hd

131.86

−12.48

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

24 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 1Fleshy	—	810	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	717	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	740	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	847	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	593	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	712	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	534	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	694	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	816	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	720	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	705	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	102.99/cwt	100.00–105.00	833	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	115.68/cwt	115.00–117.00	954	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	135.99/cwt	135.00–140.00	805	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	144.63/cwt	140.00–150.00	725	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	154.88/cwt	150.00–160.00	740	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	817	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	147.65/cwt	142.50–158.00	855	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	866	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	128.38/cwt	121.00–129.75	873	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	125.98/cwt	121.25–131.00	910	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	108.55/cwt	100.00–111.25	838	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	115.75/cwt	109.50–123.50	771	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	130.55/cwt	126.50–132.50	646	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	821	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	918	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	107.95/cwt	100.00–111.25	938	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	634	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	900	56

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 Apr 6, 2020

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

Receipts 1,890Last week 1,650Year ago 0

Compared to last week, market was sharply lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	810	88.50	88.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	877	93.00	93.00
15	—	565	127.50	127.50
26	—	540	130.50	130.50
70	—	809	100.00–105.00	102.99
144	—	772	100.00–111.25	108.55
199	—	666	109.50–123.50	115.75
40	—	495	126.50–132.50	130.55
45	—	723	113.50	113.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	634	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	740	114.50	114.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
251	—	825	115.00–117.00	115.68
13	—	501	140.00–150.00	144.63
14	—	478	150.00–160.00	154.88
25	—	626	130.50	130.50
33	—	579	142.50–158.00	147.65
37	—	962	90.00	90.00
125	—	680	121.00–129.75	128.38
152	—	722	121.25–131.00	125.98
58	—	923	99.50	99.50
114	—	869	100.00–111.25	107.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	592	135.00–140.00	135.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	593	120.00	120.00
9	—	534	130.00	130.00

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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