Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 800 lbs and above were 3.00 - 5.00 higher. Not enough to show any other comparisons. Demand was good..

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.87/cwt on 792 head.

Average price

$144.87

792 head · 807 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,169

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$500

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

$24.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.23

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	430	166.43	716	91
Medium and Large 1	856	142.07	1,216	701

One grade step is worth $24.37/cwt here — about −$500 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 sale792 hd

144.87

—

NE average3 barns · 2,068 hd

140.63

+4.23

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

24 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	—	406	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	140.95/cwt	140.00–143.00	522	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	161.73/cwt	157.00–165.00	760	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	144.11/cwt	138.00–152.75	807	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	145.69/cwt	145.50–146.50	782	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	948	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,176	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	174.85/cwt	174.00–175.50	843	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,073	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	160.18/cwt	153.00–165.00	907	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	725	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	675	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	853	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	577	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	947	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,264	302
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	140.10/cwt	140.10–140.10	1,248	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,181	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	164.21/cwt	163.00–165.00	617	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	299	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	478	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,065	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	940	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,022	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	971	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	608	9

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 Jul 20, 2020

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

Receipts 1,320Last week 1,230Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers 800 lbs and above were 3.00 - 5.00 higher. Not enough to show any other comparisons. Demand was good..

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	406	183.00	183.00
61	—	811	145.00	145.00
32	—	482	174.00–175.50	174.85
20	—	730	147.00	147.00
13	—	566	153.00–165.00	160.18
10	—	359	202.00	202.00
5	—	638	154.00	154.00
302	—	947	133.50	133.50
183	—	891	140.10	140.10
70	—	790	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	408	165.50	165.50
32	—	540	158.00	158.00
26	—	324	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	370	140.00–143.00	140.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	470	157.00–165.00	161.73
42	—	560	138.00–152.75	144.11
26	—	537	145.50–146.50	145.69
21	—	676	140.25	140.25
20	—	376	163.00–165.00	164.21
19	—	299	160.00	160.00
13	—	951	112.00	112.00
11	—	723	130.00	130.00
10	—	1,022	95.00	95.00
9	—	338	180.00	180.00

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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