Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.95/cwt on 782 head.

Average price

$138.95

782 head · 722 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,003

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.39

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	722	138.95	1,003	782

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale782 hd

138.95

—

NE average6 barns · 4,480 hd

145.34

−6.39

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

23 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 1Fancy	—	573	152.85/cwt	152.85–152.85	876	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	803	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	777	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	155.09/cwt	151.50–159.50	592	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	148.49/cwt	145.50–159.00	650	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	141.82/cwt	140.50–146.50	747	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	142.40/cwt	139.50–145.00	671	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	148.77/cwt	139.50–150.00	1,028	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	124.41/cwt	114.00–125.75	989	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	152.84/cwt	144.50–153.25	964	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	117.06/cwt	113.00–117.85	1,059	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	959	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	919	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	969	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	165.29/cwt	157.50–170.00	853	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	178.30/cwt	172.00–183.00	745	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	167.47/cwt	164.50–170.00	812	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	113.10/cwt	113.10–113.10	864	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	896	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	121.81/cwt	113.35–126.85	879	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	125.26/cwt	124.00–126.00	820	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	798	8

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 20, 2020

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

Receipts 1,700Last week 1,890Year ago 2,240

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	573	152.85	152.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	618	130.00	130.00
11	—	593	131.00	131.00
17	—	382	151.50–159.50	155.09
21	—	438	145.50–159.00	148.49
22	—	527	140.50–146.50	141.82
40	—	471	139.50–145.00	142.40
60	—	764	113.10	113.10
60	—	878	102.00	102.00
223	—	722	113.35–126.85	121.81
27	—	655	124.00–126.00	125.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	688	108.00	108.00
8	—	775	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	691	139.50–150.00	148.77
155	—	795	114.00–125.75	124.41
163	—	631	144.50–153.25	152.84
210	—	905	113.00–117.85	117.06
14	—	816	117.50	117.50
17	—	595	154.50	154.50
22	—	702	138.00	138.00
33	—	516	157.50–170.00	165.29
34	—	418	172.00–183.00	178.30
60	—	485	164.50–170.00	167.47

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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