Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 5.00 higher and heifers were steady - 9.00 higher. Demand was good with crowd and internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.22/cwt on 1,203 head.

Average price

$163.22

1,203 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$11.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.11

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	163.46	838	1,177
Medium and Large 1-2	517	152.25	786	26

One grade step is worth $11.21/cwt here — about $51 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 sale1,203 hd

163.22

—

NE average9 barns · 14,465 hd

158.11

+5.11

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

22 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 1Fleshy	—	541	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,026	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	155.57/cwt	149.00–162.00	506	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	140.62/cwt	135.00–144.00	785	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	154.12/cwt	146.00–162.50	572	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	154.57/cwt	148.00–159.50	666	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	186.14/cwt	180.00–188.00	635	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	955	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	164.23/cwt	160.50–168.75	810	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	723	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	644	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	142.52/cwt	141.50–143.00	596	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,199	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	178.11/cwt	174.00–185.00	673	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	715	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	839	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	142.24/cwt	140.00–147.50	873	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	154.12/cwt	147.00–161.50	726	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	178.63/cwt	173.50–181.00	747	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	151.33/cwt	145.00–159.00	890	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	165.65/cwt	162.00–171.00	856	353
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	148.18/cwt	144.50–155.00	787	123

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 19, 2020

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

Receipts 2,065Last week 2,515Year ago 2,719

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 5.00 higher and heifers were steady - 9.00 higher. Demand was good with crowd and internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	541	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	720	142.50	142.50
13	—	325	149.00–162.00	155.57
77	—	558	135.00–144.00	140.62
109	—	371	146.00–162.50	154.12
114	—	431	148.00–159.50	154.57
206	—	471	147.00–161.50	154.12
123	—	531	144.50–155.00	148.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	569	127.00	127.00
10	—	457	141.00	141.00
16	—	418	141.50–143.00	142.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	341	180.00–188.00	186.14
36	—	670	142.50	142.50
250	—	493	160.50–168.75	164.23
8	—	908	132.00	132.00
62	—	378	174.00–185.00	178.11
66	—	614	140.00–147.50	142.24
170	—	418	173.50–181.00	178.63
210	—	588	145.00–159.00	151.33
353	—	517	162.00–171.00	165.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	436	164.00	164.00
13	—	597	140.50	140.50

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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