Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to compare to last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.57/cwt on 354 head.

Average price

$158.57

354 head · 811 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,287

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$0.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.96

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	815	158.57	1,292	344
Medium and Large 1-2	692	158.50	1,097	10thin

One grade step is worth $0.07/cwt here — about $196 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 sale354 hd

158.57

—

NE average6 barns · 6,508 hd

173.54

−14.96

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	844	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	649	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	999	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	143.95/cwt	141.00–147.00	891	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	168.11/cwt	166.00–169.00	807	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	610	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	148.71/cwt	146.50–150.50	987	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	850	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,173	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,005	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,204	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,246	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	662	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	139.28/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,029	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	788	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,103	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,176	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	948	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	817	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	146.60/cwt	144.50–147.50	1,336	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,097	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	799	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,171	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,367	28

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 Mar 14, 2022

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	477	177.00	177.00
7	—	649	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	619	141.00–147.00	143.95
17	—	480	166.00–169.00	168.11
18	—	328	186.00	186.00
18	—	664	146.50–150.50	148.71
19	—	739	138.00–143.00	139.28
19	—	449	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	616	128.00	128.00
10	—	682	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	373	228.00	228.00
8	—	624	188.00	188.00
9	—	483	208.00	208.00
18	—	651	185.00	185.00
51	—	812	153.50	153.50
6	—	293	226.00	226.00
8	—	560	197.00	197.00
9	—	702	167.50	167.50
171	—	911	144.50–147.50	146.60
18	—	799	146.50	146.50
28	—	1,016	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	692	158.50	158.50

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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