Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on everything.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.23/cwt on 1,589 head.

Average price

$170.23

1,589 head · 752 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,281

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$8.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.34

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	756	170.60	1,290	1,517
Medium and Large 1-2	672	162.48	1,092	72

One grade step is worth $8.12/cwt here — about $198 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 sale1,589 hd

170.23

—

NE average13 barns · 30,289 hd

178.56

−8.34

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

35 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 1-2	—	612	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,022	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	172.95/cwt	166.50–180.00	1,076	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	161.51/cwt	152.00–166.00	1,245	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	187.96/cwt	173.50–194.25	1,085	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	167.54/cwt	159.00–169.00	1,228	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,301	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	166.44/cwt	156.00–172.00	1,092	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,341	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	169.60/cwt	167.00–173.00	987	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	482	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	918	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	203.76/cwt	199.00–206.00	947	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	211.60/cwt	210.00–216.00	925	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	198.36/cwt	186.00–206.50	1,039	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	694	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	164.78/cwt	161.50–167.25	1,499	420
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	971	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	161.02/cwt	159.00–162.25	1,404	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	172.76/cwt	172.50–174.00	940	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	743	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	147.07/cwt	143.00–150.00	988	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	723	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,236	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	151.58/cwt	147.00–159.50	1,097	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,103	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	159.64/cwt	154.00–161.25	987	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	156.39/cwt	149.00–159.00	895	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	168.63/cwt	164.00–177.50	823	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	166.11/cwt	160.00–170.50	973	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	821	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	139.26/cwt	131.00–141.50	990	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	880	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	801	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	784	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,019	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	564	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,229	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	399	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	730	7

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 Jan 10, 2022

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

Receipts 2,640Last week 1,500Year ago 2,870

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on everything.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	612	167.00	167.00
18	—	897	145.00	145.00
27	—	582	167.00–173.00	169.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	622	166.50–180.00	172.95
194	—	771	152.00–166.00	161.51
140	—	577	173.50–194.25	187.96
189	—	733	159.00–169.00	167.54
97	—	656	156.00–172.00	166.44
31	—	823	163.00	163.00
32	—	465	199.00–206.00	203.76
32	—	437	210.00–216.00	211.60
75	—	524	186.00–206.50	198.36
5	—	342	203.00	203.00
420	—	910	161.50–167.25	164.78
196	—	872	159.00–162.25	161.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	482	190.50	190.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	753	129.00	129.00
23	—	572	149.00–159.00	156.39
7	—	547	150.00	150.00
33	—	711	131.00–141.50	139.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	544	172.50–174.00	172.76
7	—	413	180.00	180.00
104	—	672	143.00–150.00	147.07
52	—	724	147.00–159.50	151.58
23	—	829	133.00	133.00
89	—	618	154.00–161.25	159.64
103	—	488	164.00–177.50	168.63
145	—	586	160.00–170.50	166.11
6	—	310	182.00	182.00
6	—	878	140.00	140.00
7	—	399	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	723	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	524	168.00	168.00
10	—	426	188.00	188.00
13	—	784	130.00	130.00

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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