Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 9.00 higher. except weights 850 - 950 was 4.00 - 9.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 9.00 higher. Demand was good all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.20/cwt on 1,795 head.

Average price

$169.20

1,795 head · 733 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$14.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.15

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	735	169.60	1,247	1,746
Medium and Large 1-2	660	155.05	1,023	49

One grade step is worth $14.55/cwt here — about $224 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 sale1,795 hd

169.20

—

NE average10 barns · 24,341 hd

178.35

−9.15

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

29 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	—	582	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	899	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	757	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,213	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	153.39/cwt	152.50–154.00	1,011	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	163.40/cwt	150.00–168.50	935	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	180.18/cwt	167.00–187.00	856	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	169.51/cwt	166.75–171.75	1,312	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	761	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,511	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	159.62/cwt	152.00–168.00	1,304	320
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	185.47/cwt	175.00–193.50	1,053	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	211.78/cwt	210.00–213.00	877	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	202.13/cwt	197.00–210.00	958	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	157.32/cwt	157.25–157.50	1,364	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	166.87/cwt	156.50–171.50	1,220	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	145.21/cwt	137.00–149.75	1,117	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	173.70/cwt	168.00–176.25	1,159	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,399	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	194.00/cwt	183.00–199.00	1,024	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	175.98/cwt	173.00–178.00	1,117	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	958	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	157.32/cwt	151.00–162.75	974	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	151.01/cwt	148.50–152.50	1,071	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	151.97/cwt	146.50–153.50	1,109	263
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	829	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	937	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,314	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	149.38/cwt	148.50–150.25	1,222	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	171.70/cwt	164.50–181.50	913	115

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 17, 2022

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

Receipts 3,610Last week 2,640Year ago 2,980

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 9.00 higher. except weights 850 - 950 was 4.00 - 9.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 9.00 higher. Demand was good all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	582	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	430	176.00	176.00
55	—	863	140.50	140.50
78	—	659	152.50–154.00	153.39
98	—	572	150.00–168.50	163.40
100	—	475	167.00–187.00	180.18
112	—	769	137.00–149.75	145.21
188	—	619	151.00–162.75	157.32
263	—	730	146.50–153.50	151.97
177	—	952	138.00	138.00
244	—	818	148.50–150.25	149.38
115	—	532	164.50–181.50	171.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	572	145.00	145.00
11	—	651	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
268	—	774	166.75–171.75	169.51
6	—	375	203.00	203.00
52	—	983	153.75	153.75
320	—	817	152.00–168.00	159.62
59	—	568	175.00–193.50	185.47
12	—	414	210.00–213.00	211.78
75	—	474	197.00–210.00	202.13
178	—	867	157.25–157.50	157.32
209	—	731	156.50–171.50	166.87
241	—	667	168.00–176.25	173.70
71	—	901	155.25	155.25
62	—	528	183.00–199.00	194.00
193	—	635	173.00–178.00	175.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	599	160.00	160.00
27	—	709	148.50–152.50	151.01

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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