Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Due to no feeder sale. Demand was good today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.31/cwt on 749 head.

Average price

$131.31

749 head · 908 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,192

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$2.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.43

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	911	131.37	1,197	732
Medium and Large 1-2	763	128.97	984	17thin

One grade step is worth $2.40/cwt here — about $213 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 sale749 hd

131.31

—

NE average2 barns · 1,097 hd

135.74

−4.43

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

16 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 1	—	458	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	660	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	739	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,095	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	178.30/cwt	170.00–189.00	674	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	910	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	859	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	616	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	115.25/cwt	115.25–115.25	1,134	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,068	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	879	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	127.85/cwt	127.85–127.85	1,222	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	131.58/cwt	131.50–131.60	1,212	309
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	980	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	121.10/cwt	121.10–121.10	1,018	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	789	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	829	7

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 Jun 1, 2020

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

Receipts 1,640Last week 1,115Year ago 1,900

No comparison to last week. Due to no feeder sale. Demand was good today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	458	144.00	144.00
6	—	526	140.50	140.50
180	—	984	115.25	115.25
59	—	790	124.00	124.00
20	—	841	121.10	121.10
8	—	570	138.50	138.50
7	—	638	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	463	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	808	135.50	135.50
11	—	378	170.00–189.00	178.30
8	—	648	140.50	140.50
7	—	524	164.00	164.00
330	—	956	127.85	127.85
309	—	921	131.50–131.60	131.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	858	124.50	124.50
8	—	656	134.00	134.00

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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