Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2020-05-04

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, May 4
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,200 head
335 vs last sale 1,535 1,200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 850 lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher, over 850 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower. Heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher on light test of comparable offerings. Demand was mostly good. Light rain in parts of the trade area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.92/cwt on 529 head.
Average price
$128.92
529 head · 771 lb average
Value per head Derived
$994
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$191
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.08
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2609133.3381226
Medium and Large 1779128.691,003503
One grade step is worth $4.63/cwt here — about −$191 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 sale529 hd
128.92
NE average6 barns · 7,064 hd
143.00
−14.08
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

17 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1344153.50/cwt153.50–153.5052821
HeifersMedium and Large 1444151.50/cwt151.50–151.5067328
HeifersMedium and Large 1470148.00/cwt148.00–148.0069637
HeifersMedium and Large 1721118.05/cwt115.50–118.8585139
HeifersMedium and Large 1584137.66/cwt137.00–139.0080443
HeifersMedium and Large 1795114.60/cwt114.60–114.6091189
SteersMedium and Large 1892113.72/cwt112.60–118.001,014222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2702125.50/cwt125.50–125.508815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423155.00/cwt155.00–155.006568
SteersMedium and Large 1-2688123.00/cwt123.00–123.0084613
SteersMedium and Large 1384164.00/cwt164.00–164.0063016
SteersMedium and Large 1629146.37/cwt137.00–150.0092122
SteersMedium and Large 1509165.96/cwt160.00–168.0084524
SteersMedium and Large 1763135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,03625
SteersMedium and Large 1715136.75/cwt136.75–136.7597847
SteersMedium and Large 1999107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,07460
SteersMedium and Large 1566153.89/cwt147.00–154.5087187

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.