Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 5.00 higher, except weights over 900 lbs was 4.00 lower. heifers were steady . Demand was good on a good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.96/cwt on 1,677 head.

Average price

$167.96

1,677 head · 775 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,301

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$10.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.13

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	775	168.07	1,303	1,659
Medium and Large 1-2	745	158.00	1,177	18thin

One grade step is worth $10.07/cwt here — about $125 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 sale1,677 hd

167.96

—

NE average6 barns · 7,659 hd

167.83

+0.13

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

30 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	—	690	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	952	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	256	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	515	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	187.59/cwt	183.00–190.00	602	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	159.51/cwt	156.50–165.00	1,013	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	216.03/cwt	207.00–219.00	786	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	155.15/cwt	150.00–162.00	891	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	153.08/cwt	149.50–154.75	1,350	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	180.12/cwt	170.00–187.50	1,124	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	227.38/cwt	222.00–233.00	957	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	159.82/cwt	140.00–161.25	1,299	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	202.68/cwt	195.00–209.00	1,153	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	230.02/cwt	225.00–237.00	748	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,177	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	164.00/cwt	163.00–167.50	1,241	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	208.11/cwt	197.00–215.00	1,078	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	174.24/cwt	167.00–178.75	1,235	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,337	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	183.99/cwt	178.00–185.00	1,212	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	182.00/cwt	169.00–185.50	956	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	133.09/cwt	132.50–133.25	1,242	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	550	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	993	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	193.15/cwt	192.00–193.50	809	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	146.12/cwt	145.75–147.00	1,371	370
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	224.59/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,011	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	135.33/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,125	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	851	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	156.59/cwt	152.75–162.00	1,065	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	185.94/cwt	185.50–187.00	889	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	143.31/cwt	140.00–146.25	1,102	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	146.35/cwt	145.75–146.75	1,092	101

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 2,870Last week 1,340Year ago 1,810

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 5.00 higher, except weights over 900 lbs was 4.00 lower. heifers were steady . Demand was good on a good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	690	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	256	201.00	201.00
18	—	321	183.00–190.00	187.59
27	—	635	156.50–165.00	159.51
35	—	364	207.00–219.00	216.03
36	—	574	150.00–162.00	155.15
104	—	525	169.00–185.50	182.00
230	—	933	132.50–133.25	133.09
38	—	419	192.00–193.50	193.15
73	—	831	130.00–140.00	135.33
205	—	680	152.75–162.00	156.59
49	—	478	185.50–187.00	185.94
63	—	769	140.00–146.25	143.31
101	—	746	145.75–146.75	146.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	550	180.50	180.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	527	161.50	161.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
237	—	882	149.50–154.75	153.08
48	—	624	170.00–187.50	180.12
73	—	421	222.00–233.00	227.38
74	—	813	140.00–161.25	159.82
113	—	569	195.00–209.00	202.68
25	—	325	225.00–237.00	230.02
98	—	757	163.00–167.50	164.00
120	—	518	197.00–215.00	208.11
198	—	709	167.00–178.75	174.24
230	—	955	140.00	140.00
34	—	659	178.00–185.00	183.99
370	—	938	145.75–147.00	146.12
39	—	450	223.00–225.00	224.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	745	158.00	158.00

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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