Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 850 - 900 were 8.00 higher. Not enough to show comparison on the rest of the weights. Demand was good, with support in the crowd and on the internet..

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.01/cwt on 1,145 head.

Average price

$128.01

1,145 head · 833 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.31

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	833	128.01	1,066	1,145

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 sale1,145 hd

128.01

—

NE average4 barns · 4,081 hd

132.32

−4.31

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

20 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 1Fancy	—	552	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	927	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	113.75/cwt	113.75–113.75	816	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	143.57/cwt	137.00–146.00	767	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	145.87/cwt	145.00–146.50	710	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	133.91/cwt	131.50–138.50	838	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	138.60/cwt	135.00–141.85	798	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	113.35/cwt	113.35–113.35	1,027	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	142.62/cwt	140.50–143.00	987	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	872	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	126.66/cwt	121.35–131.00	1,049	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	115.48/cwt	113.25–116.00	1,129	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,014	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	112.73/cwt	112.00–113.50	1,017	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	150.92/cwt	150.50–151.50	952	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	116.30/cwt	116.00–116.50	912	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	983	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	161.82/cwt	160.00–162.50	761	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	156.84/cwt	153.50–164.00	907	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,065	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,092	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 May 11, 2020

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

Receipts 2,325Last week 1,200Year ago 1,220

Compared to last week, steers 850 - 900 were 8.00 higher. Not enough to show comparison on the rest of the weights. Demand was good, with support in the crowd and on the internet..

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	552	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	692	140.50–143.00	142.62
11	—	524	166.50	166.50
345	—	828	121.35–131.00	126.66
346	—	978	113.25–116.00	115.48
19	—	795	127.50	127.50
37	—	902	112.00–113.50	112.73
45	—	631	150.50–151.50	150.92
16	—	716	137.25	137.25
18	—	470	160.00–162.50	161.82
86	—	578	153.50–164.00	156.84
124	—	873	122.00	122.00
8	—	1,021	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	717	113.75	113.75
25	—	534	137.00–146.00	143.57
42	—	487	145.00–146.50	145.87
74	—	626	131.50–138.50	133.91
75	—	576	135.00–141.85	138.60
294	—	906	113.35	113.35
316	—	784	116.00–116.50	116.30

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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