Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show comparison. Demand was good on all cattle offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.02/cwt on 768 head.

Average price

$129.02

768 head · 888 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$22.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.35

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	889	130.14	1,156	729
Medium and Large 1-2	872	108.05	943	39

One grade step is worth $22.09/cwt here — about $214 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 sale768 hd

129.02

—

NE average3 barns · 2,765 hd

144.37

−15.35

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

19 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 1Fleshy	—	834	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,001	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	869	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	922	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	664	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,035	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	888	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	814	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,043	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,046	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,083	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,110	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	130.67/cwt	129.50–132.10	1,194	547
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	797	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	891	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	947	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	997	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	795	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	877	6

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 22, 2020

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

Receipts 1,085Last week 1,200Year ago 1,490

Not enough to show comparison. Demand was good on all cattle offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	834	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	807	110.00	110.00
19	—	941	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	446	182.50	182.50
10	—	888	117.50	117.50
16	—	1,046	103.50	103.50
61	—	815	136.25	136.25
547	—	914	129.50–132.10	130.67
6	—	734	129.00	129.00
5	—	530	150.00	150.00
6	—	652	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	433	149.00	149.00
5	—	705	124.00	124.00
10	—	644	135.00	135.00
10	—	791	116.50	116.50
14	—	452	147.00	147.00
17	—	920	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	781	102.00	102.00
20	—	878	101.50	101.50

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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