Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 900 -950 was 3.00 lower. No other comparisons. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.20/cwt on 1,032 head.

Average price

$154.20

1,032 head · 846 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,304

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$419

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

$21.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.91

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	508	175.00	889	13thin
Medium and Large 1	850	153.93	1,308	1,019

One grade step is worth $21.07/cwt here — about −$419 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 sale1,032 hd

154.20

—

NE average6 barns · 6,272 hd

173.11

−18.91

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

28 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 1Fleshy	—	892	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,070	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,207	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	144.16/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,051	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	173.33/cwt	171.00–181.00	759	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	150.19/cwt	145.50–154.00	892	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,130	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	998	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,250	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	168.23/cwt	160.00–169.75	1,139	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,006	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,320	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	149.96/cwt	142.25–152.25	1,362	347
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,012	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	175.93/cwt	170.00–180.00	654	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	161.39/cwt	157.50–175.50	862	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	208.33/cwt	206.00–211.00	783	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	165.09/cwt	160.00–169.00	976	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	153.74/cwt	152.00–156.00	1,122	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,332	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	799	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	157.84/cwt	155.00–159.00	751	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,339	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	164.60/cwt	164.60–164.60	1,299	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	143.99/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,162	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	183.93/cwt	170.00–189.50	863	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	576	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	155.26/cwt	154.50–156.00	970	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	199.33/cwt	196.00–204.00	853	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	889	13

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 25, 2022

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

Receipts 1,670Last week 850Year ago 660

Compared to last week, 900 -950 was 3.00 lower. No other comparisons. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	892	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	862	140.00	140.00
32	—	729	140.00–150.00	144.16
34	—	438	171.00–181.00	173.33
47	—	594	145.50–154.00	150.19
52	—	796	142.00	142.00
19	—	372	170.00–180.00	175.93
121	—	534	157.50–175.50	161.39
83	—	807	138.00–145.00	143.99
71	—	469	170.00–189.50	183.93
12	—	307	187.50	187.50
14	—	625	154.50–156.00	155.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	519	154.00	154.00
24	—	476	155.00–159.00	157.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	624	160.00	160.00
22	—	833	150.00	150.00
46	—	677	160.00–169.75	168.23
68	—	1,006	131.25	131.25
347	—	908	142.25–152.25	149.96
21	—	506	200.00	200.00
11	—	376	206.00–211.00	208.33
14	—	591	160.00–169.00	165.09
16	—	730	152.00–156.00	153.74
51	—	987	135.00	135.00
310	—	878	152.50	152.50
64	—	789	164.60	164.60
27	—	428	196.00–204.00	199.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	508	175.00	175.00

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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