Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good on active market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.39/cwt on 317 head.

Average price

$125.39

317 head · 750 lb average

Value per head Derived

$941

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.64

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	750	125.39	941	317

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 sale317 hd

125.39

—

NE average5 barns · 3,232 hd

135.03

−9.64

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

14 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	—	453	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	822	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,066	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,173	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	142.47/cwt	136.50–145.00	960	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	119.98/cwt	119.75–120.25	1,049	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	126.06/cwt	123.50–126.75	1,001	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	122.03/cwt	118.25–124.50	958	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	897	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	936	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	129.84/cwt	126.50–130.25	914	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	111.85/cwt	111.85–111.85	1,004	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	853	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	781	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	632	5

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 18, 2020

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

Receipts 1,115Last week 2,325Year ago 1,375

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good on active market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	453	181.50	181.50
119	—	1,066	110.00	110.00
43	—	674	136.50–145.00	142.47
41	—	874	119.75–120.25	119.98
23	—	794	123.50–126.75	126.06
22	—	590	152.00	152.00
8	—	600	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	785	118.25–124.50	122.03
86	—	704	126.50–130.25	129.84
67	—	898	111.85	111.85
20	—	609	140.00	140.00
15	—	531	147.00	147.00
7	—	459	144.00	144.00
5	—	396	159.50	159.50

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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