Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.64/cwt on 528 head.

Average price

$136.64

528 head · 791 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$541

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

$24.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.39

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	339	160.50	544	5thin
Medium and Large 1	796	136.41	1,086	523

One grade step is worth $24.09/cwt here — about −$541 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 sale528 hd

136.64

—

NE average7 barns · 4,347 hd

140.03

−3.39

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

17 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 1-2	—	339	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	544	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	137.08/cwt	132.75–138.50	1,113	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	719	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	842	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	937	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	657	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,019	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	623	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	795	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	997	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,142	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,139	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	994	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	207.60/cwt	207.00–211.00	695	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,179	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,214	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,233	15

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 Aug 10, 2020

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

Receipts 1,080Last week 1,540Year ago 0

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	339	160.50	160.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
214	—	812	132.75–138.50	137.08
6	—	389	169.00	169.00
9	—	752	135.50	135.50
18	—	344	181.00	181.00
24	—	513	155.00	155.00
72	—	691	144.25	144.25
180	—	917	124.50	124.50
15	—	274	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	367	196.00	196.00
10	—	455	185.00	185.00
14	—	566	165.50	165.50
16	—	783	145.50	145.50
19	—	653	152.25	152.25
34	—	335	207.00–211.00	207.60
75	—	898	131.25	131.25
96	—	901	134.75	134.75

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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