Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 12.00 higher, except 900 lb steers was 5.00 lower. Heifers were 4.00 - 7.00 higher. Demand was good all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.54/cwt on 992 head.

Average price

$166.54

992 head · 781 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,301

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$4.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.24

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	784	166.70	1,307	960
Medium and Large 1-2	699	161.77	1,131	32

One grade step is worth $4.94/cwt here — about $175 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 sale992 hd

166.54

—

NE average9 barns · 11,884 hd

179.78

−13.24

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

21 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 1	—	637	164.47/cwt	160.00–167.50	1,048	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	783	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	813	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	176.62/cwt	167.00–178.00	1,023	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	171.79/cwt	166.50–175.00	916	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	163.34/cwt	162.00–164.00	1,083	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	152.17/cwt	143.00–154.75	1,158	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,075	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,197	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	162.54/cwt	155.00–165.50	1,274	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	154.32/cwt	153.50–154.50	1,136	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	676	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,153	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	170.29/cwt	163.50–173.50	1,218	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	195.72/cwt	190.00–198.50	1,108	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,047	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,125	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	173.92/cwt	173.50–174.00	1,153	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	156.21/cwt	151.00–157.25	1,345	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,423	342
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,341	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	209.55/cwt	202.50–215.50	974	24

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 Feb 7, 2022

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

Receipts 1,818Last week 2,951Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 12.00 higher, except 900 lb steers was 5.00 lower. Heifers were 4.00 - 7.00 higher. Demand was good all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	637	160.00–167.50	164.47
5	—	435	180.00	180.00
6	—	478	170.00	170.00
70	—	579	167.00–178.00	176.62
83	—	533	166.50–175.00	171.79
87	—	663	162.00–164.00	163.34
111	—	761	143.00–154.75	152.17
124	—	736	153.50–154.50	154.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	676	170.50	170.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	678	158.50	158.50
16	—	748	160.00	160.00
7	—	616	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	784	155.00–165.50	162.54
108	—	715	163.50–173.50	170.29
132	—	566	190.00–198.50	195.72
31	—	610	184.50	184.50
71	—	663	173.50–174.00	173.92
85	—	861	151.00–157.25	156.21
342	—	930	153.00	153.00
24	—	833	161.00	161.00
24	—	465	202.50–215.50	209.55

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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