Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 700 lbs was 2.00 - 3.00 higher. Not enough to compare in any other classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.44/cwt on 611 head.

Average price

$163.44

611 head · 787 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,286

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

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

$5.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.70

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	793	163.65	1,298	587
Medium and Large 1-2	628	158.52	995	24

One grade step is worth $5.13/cwt here — about $303 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 sale611 hd

163.44

—

NE average3 barns · 2,727 hd

169.14

−5.70

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

16 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	153.25/cwt	152.50–153.75	1,381	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,218	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,069	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	892	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,347	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	190.52/cwt	180.00–192.50	1,075	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	183.93/cwt	181.00–184.50	973	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	920	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	875	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	780	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,236	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	150.95/cwt	150.00–152.00	962	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	789	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	800	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,019	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	850	17

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 Apr 18, 2022

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

Receipts 850Last week 950Year ago 1,100

Compared to last week, steers over 700 lbs was 2.00 - 3.00 higher. Not enough to compare in any other classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
313	—	901	152.50–153.75	153.25
113	—	725	168.00	168.00
60	—	839	160.50	160.50
37	—	564	180.00–192.50	190.52
30	—	529	181.00–184.50	183.93
18	—	438	210.00	210.00
8	—	474	184.50	184.50
8	—	377	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	710	150.50	150.50
11	—	531	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	880	140.50	140.50
40	—	637	150.00–152.00	150.95
24	—	484	163.00	163.00
24	—	441	181.50	181.50
19	—	686	148.50	148.50
17	—	515	165.00	165.00

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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