Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 6.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 6.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.58/cwt on 1,268 head.

Average price

$158.58

1,268 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$149

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

$1.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.18

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	502	159.55	801	59
Medium and Large 1	600	158.53	951	1,209

One grade step is worth $1.02/cwt here — about −$149 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 sale1,268 hd

158.58

—

NE average7 barns · 12,836 hd

157.39

+1.18

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

28 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	542	144.67/cwt	140.50–149.00	784	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	144.16/cwt	143.00–145.50	973	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	945	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	959	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,117	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	561	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	157.74/cwt	156.00–160.00	593	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	138.90/cwt	129.50–144.50	851	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,198	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,069	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	131.39/cwt	128.50–135.00	766	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	164.10/cwt	161.00–165.50	776	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	159.30/cwt	154.00–168.00	683	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	142.86/cwt	140.00–146.25	824	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	171.88/cwt	170.00–174.00	724	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	878	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	155.24/cwt	151.50–163.00	745	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	149.92/cwt	140.00–155.50	778	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	161.20/cwt	160.00–169.00	859	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	645	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	814	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	156.44/cwt	151.50–160.50	895	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,127	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	149.53/cwt	144.00–151.50	1,027	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	188.78/cwt	181.00–195.00	674	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	151.33/cwt	147.50–155.00	943	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	176.18/cwt	172.00–182.00	837	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	140.72/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,213	202

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 Oct 5, 2020

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

Receipts 2,220Last week 3,675Year ago 3,308

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 6.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 6.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	542	140.50–149.00	144.67
33	—	675	143.00–145.50	144.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	675	140.00	140.00
7	—	700	137.00	137.00
10	—	824	135.50	135.50
11	—	319	176.00	176.00
29	—	376	156.00–160.00	157.74
44	—	613	129.50–144.50	138.90
18	—	881	136.00	136.00
20	—	765	139.75	139.75
79	—	429	154.00–168.00	159.30
115	—	577	140.00–146.25	142.86
161	—	480	151.50–163.00	155.24
202	—	519	140.00–155.50	149.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	583	128.50–135.00	131.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	473	161.00–165.50	164.10
13	—	421	170.00–174.00	171.88
16	—	623	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
232	—	533	160.00–169.00	161.20
12	—	335	192.50	192.50
29	—	433	188.00	188.00
314	—	572	151.50–160.50	156.44
12	—	814	138.50	138.50
19	—	687	144.00–151.50	149.53
23	—	357	181.00–195.00	188.78
176	—	623	147.50–155.00	151.33
190	—	475	172.00–182.00	176.18
202	—	862	134.00–141.00	140.72

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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