Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 4.00 - 7.00 higher not enough heifers to show trend except 750 lb heifers were 2.00 higher. Demand was good today on good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.19/cwt on 1,573 head.

Average price

$174.19

1,573 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,262

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$338

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

$27.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.49

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	472	199.72	942	103
Medium and Large 1	742	172.40	1,280	1,470

One grade step is worth $27.32/cwt here — about −$338 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 sale1,573 hd

174.19

—

NE average8 barns · 11,744 hd

176.67

−2.49

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	184.24/cwt	181.00–189.00	776	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,213	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,196	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	690	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	149.44/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,064	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	168.47/cwt	161.00–178.25	1,237	476
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,096	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	168.85/cwt	168.85–168.85	1,351	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	799	166.40/cwt	163.00–167.75	1,330	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	187.81/cwt	184.50–190.50	1,097	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	178.15/cwt	175.00–180.50	1,203	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	801	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	770	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	213.87/cwt	209.50–216.00	1,009	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	173.71/cwt	172.00–178.00	900	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	175.72/cwt	172.00–180.50	1,021	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	183.40/cwt	175.50–191.25	1,137	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	158.25/cwt	158.25–158.25	1,454	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	970	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	227.47/cwt	222.00–236.00	996	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	609	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	154.01/cwt	151.00–155.50	1,378	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	810	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	839	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	153.51/cwt	144.00–156.00	1,205	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	159.29/cwt	153.00–165.00	1,077	500
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	172.44/cwt	163.00–177.00	986	143

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 14, 2022

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

Receipts 2,760Last week 1,818Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were 4.00 - 7.00 higher not enough heifers to show trend except 750 lb heifers were 2.00 higher. Demand was good today on good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	350	200.00	200.00
12	—	421	181.00–189.00	184.24
13	—	848	143.00	143.00
15	—	854	140.00	140.00
18	—	345	200.00	200.00
25	—	712	149.00–150.00	149.44
33	—	518	172.00–178.00	173.71
169	—	785	144.00–156.00	153.51
500	—	676	153.00–165.00	159.29
143	—	572	163.00–177.00	172.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	341	178.50	178.50
26	—	460	176.00	176.00
5	—	670	149.00	149.00
8	—	533	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
476	—	734	161.00–178.25	168.47
17	—	511	214.50	214.50
75	—	800	168.85	168.85
194	—	799	163.00–167.75	166.40
47	—	584	184.50–190.50	187.81
109	—	675	175.00–180.50	178.15
14	—	335	239.00	239.00
15	—	472	209.50–216.00	213.87
194	—	620	175.50–191.25	183.40
259	—	919	158.25	158.25
34	—	438	222.00–236.00	227.47
36	—	895	151.00–155.50	154.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	360	214.00	214.00
40	—	581	172.00–180.50	175.72
30	—	449	216.00	216.00

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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