Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were 3.00 - 11.00 lower. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.76/cwt on 1,369 head.

Average price

$155.76

1,369 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$906

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$12.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.24

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	156.96	912	1,241
Medium and Large 1-2	589	144.19	849	128

One grade step is worth $12.77/cwt here — about $63 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 sale1,369 hd

155.76

—

NE average10 barns · 16,772 hd

156.00

−0.24

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

26 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 1Fancy	—	462	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	735	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	434	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	710	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	458	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	834	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	878	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	920	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	149.50/cwt	145.50–154.00	568	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	145.00/cwt	144.00–146.75	850	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	841	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	130.60/cwt	130.60–130.60	1,068	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	717	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	153.72/cwt	144.75–160.00	873	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	136.54/cwt	131.00–142.50	770	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	142.21/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,084	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	188.60/cwt	185.00–190.00	634	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	139.14/cwt	137.50–140.00	1,229	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	143.45/cwt	138.25–151.00	615	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	174.57/cwt	170.00–177.50	754	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	137.45/cwt	136.00–138.50	838	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	144.75/cwt	140.00–147.50	902	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	152.76/cwt	151.50–159.50	513	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	159.78/cwt	155.50–166.00	842	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	146.70/cwt	142.50–150.50	747	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	173.10/cwt	170.00–184.00	660	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	162.19/cwt	160.00–168.50	762	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	143.27/cwt	135.50–153.00	688	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	146.09/cwt	142.00–149.00	957	45

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 12, 2020

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

Receipts 2,515Last week 2,220Year ago 4,262

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were 3.00 - 11.00 lower. Demand was moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	462	159.00	159.00
43	—	434	163.50	163.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	702	125.00	125.00
10	—	689	133.50	133.50
35	—	380	145.50–154.00	149.50
72	—	818	130.60	130.60
199	—	564	131.00–142.50	136.54
194	—	429	138.25–151.00	143.45
95	—	610	136.00–138.50	137.45
57	—	336	151.50–159.50	152.76
138	—	509	142.50–150.50	146.70
121	—	480	135.50–153.00	143.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	531	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	458	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	586	144.00–146.75	145.00
13	—	614	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	568	144.75–160.00	153.72
16	—	762	140.00–145.00	142.21
31	—	336	185.00–190.00	188.60
209	—	883	137.50–140.00	139.14
98	—	432	170.00–177.50	174.57
148	—	623	140.00–147.50	144.75
230	—	527	155.50–166.00	159.78
55	—	381	170.00–184.00	173.10
177	—	470	160.00–168.50	162.19
45	—	655	142.00–149.00	146.09

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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