Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.42/cwt on 810 head.

Average price

$165.42

810 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$139

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

$4.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.11

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	504	169.79	855	41
Medium and Large 1	602	165.18	995	769

One grade step is worth $4.60/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale810 hd

165.42

—

NE average5 barns · 7,280 hd

146.31

+19.11

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 1	—	489	182.28/cwt	171.50–185.50	891	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	162.45/cwt	159.00–166.00	934	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	199.07/cwt	190.50–202.50	848	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	173.45/cwt	165.50–179.50	912	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	153.54/cwt	151.00–155.50	792	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	154.98/cwt	147.50–160.25	732	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,103	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	957	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,033	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	149.96/cwt	147.00–152.50	937	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,239	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	171.27/cwt	170.00–171.50	570	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	142.64/cwt	137.00–143.75	1,028	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	166.01/cwt	158.00–167.50	709	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	144.74/cwt	135.00–146.00	808	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	138.88/cwt	138.75–140.00	1,099	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	676	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	179.57/cwt	175.50–180.50	801	32

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 31, 2020

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

Receipts 1,575Last week 1,000Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	489	171.50–185.50	182.28
95	—	575	159.00–166.00	162.45
107	—	426	190.50–202.50	199.07
185	—	526	165.50–179.50	173.45
36	—	744	148.25	148.25
5	—	684	151.00	151.00
18	—	625	147.00–152.50	149.96
232	—	791	138.75–140.00	138.88
24	—	326	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	709	135.00	135.00
32	—	446	175.50–180.50	179.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	516	151.00–155.50	153.54
98	—	472	147.50–160.25	154.98
6	—	364	162.00	162.00
13	—	926	133.75	133.75
32	—	333	170.00–171.50	171.27
50	—	721	137.00–143.75	142.64
75	—	427	158.00–167.50	166.01
84	—	558	135.00–146.00	144.74

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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