Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 650 lbs was steady - 2.00 lower. Not enough to compared over 650 lbs. Demand was good on a good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.20/cwt on 1,901 head.

Average price

$168.20

1,901 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$0

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

$25.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.01

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	168.47	924	1,881
Medium and Large 1-2	645	143.27	924	20

One grade step is worth $25.20/cwt here — about −$0 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 sale1,901 hd

168.20

—

NE average7 barns · 10,024 hd

152.19

+16.01

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

27 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	—	423	165.09/cwt	153.00–168.25	698	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	451	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	742	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	855	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,129	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	819	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,095	73
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	598	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	443	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	751	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	937	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,202	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	158.45/cwt	150.00–161.75	976	306
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	139.73/cwt	139.00–140.50	1,006	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	133.10/cwt	127.00–137.00	953	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	168.24/cwt	163.50–171.50	895	416
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	188.47/cwt	180.00–200.00	720	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	176.53/cwt	170.00–181.00	861	331
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	138.34/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,140	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	147.53/cwt	143.50–154.50	717	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	170.87/cwt	161.00–177.00	636	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	142.84/cwt	135.00–149.10	828	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	160.90/cwt	153.00–165.50	924	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	143.27/cwt	140.00–145.00	924	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	631	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	190.94/cwt	188.00–194.00	621	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	172.09/cwt	167.00–177.00	564	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	151.04/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,012	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	150.59/cwt	143.50–155.25	783	358
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	1,215	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	190.90/cwt	187.50–192.50	827	225

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 Sep 28, 2020

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

Receipts 3,675Last week 2,425Year ago 2,610

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 650 lbs was steady - 2.00 lower. Not enough to compared over 650 lbs. Demand was good on a good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
230	—	423	153.00–168.25	165.09
7	—	660	142.00	142.00
191	—	860	139.75	139.75
13	—	716	127.00–137.00	133.10
97	—	824	137.00–140.00	138.34
121	—	486	143.50–154.50	147.53
52	—	372	161.00–177.00	170.87
252	—	580	135.00–149.10	142.84
35	—	328	167.00–177.00	172.09
358	—	520	143.50–155.25	150.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	451	164.50	164.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	855	132.00	132.00
73	—	819	133.75	133.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	435	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	320	187.00	187.00
14	—	443	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
306	—	616	150.00–161.75	158.45
10	—	720	139.00–140.50	139.73
416	—	532	163.50–171.50	168.24
91	—	382	180.00–200.00	188.47
331	—	488	170.00–181.00	176.53
285	—	574	153.00–165.50	160.90
13	—	325	188.00–194.00	190.94
112	—	670	146.00–152.00	151.04
92	—	845	143.75	143.75
225	—	433	187.50–192.50	190.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	645	140.00–145.00	143.27

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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