Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week , feeders were steady - higher on comparable weights. Demand was good with buyers in the seats and the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.35/cwt on 867 head.

Average price

$128.35

867 head · 748 lb average

Value per head Derived

$961

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$145

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

$7.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.37

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	605	135.42	819	25
Medium and Large 1	753	128.14	964	842

One grade step is worth $7.28/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale867 hd

128.35

—

NE average4 barns · 4,815 hd

131.73

−3.37

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

22 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	—	627	151.00/cwt	140.00–155.50	947	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	115.19/cwt	112.00–117.00	994	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	117.15/cwt	115.50–119.35	969	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	891	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	808	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	509	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	514	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	141.27/cwt	133.50–145.75	672	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	112.13/cwt	111.00–113.10	865	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	688	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	156.05/cwt	151.00–157.50	801	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	781	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	781	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	844	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	718	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	769	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	575	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	125.18/cwt	123.50–132.50	775	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	139.27/cwt	137.50–140.50	794	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	734	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	147.15/cwt	141.00–150.00	842	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	142.30/cwt	134.00–144.25	942	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	126.65/cwt	118.00–128.00	926	119

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 27, 2020

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

Receipts 1,535Last week 1,700Year ago 2,168

Compared to last week , feeders were steady - higher on comparable weights. Demand was good with buyers in the seats and the internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	627	140.00–155.50	151.00
212	—	863	112.00–117.00	115.19
262	—	827	115.50–119.35	117.15
13	—	412	167.00	167.00
59	—	513	151.00–157.50	156.05
16	—	572	141.00–150.00	147.15
38	—	662	134.00–144.25	142.30
119	—	731	118.00–128.00	126.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	887	100.50	100.50
6	—	673	120.00	120.00
14	—	475	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	414	123.00	123.00
10	—	370	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	476	133.50–145.75	141.27
66	—	771	111.00–113.10	112.13
6	—	938	90.00	90.00
10	—	540	133.00	133.00
10	—	666	115.50	115.50
20	—	375	153.25	153.25
26	—	619	123.50–132.50	125.18
95	—	570	137.50–140.50	139.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	781	100.00	100.00

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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