Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers over 700 lbs were 9.00 - 15.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.57/cwt on 492 head.

Average price

$147.57

492 head · 831 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.98

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	831	147.57	1,226	492

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale492 hd

147.57

—

NE average7 barns · 11,547 hd

159.55

−11.98

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

14 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	—	548	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	995	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	708	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	173.08/cwt	170.00–177.50	884	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	155.24/cwt	155.00–155.50	970	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,113	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	152.60/cwt	152.60–152.60	1,231	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,235	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,010	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,063	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	165.35/cwt	165.35–165.35	1,401	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,128	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	1,211	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	1,290	184

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 May 2, 2022

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

Receipts 960Last week 1,670Year ago 1,385

Compared to last week, steers and heifers over 700 lbs were 9.00 - 15.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	548	181.50	181.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	429	165.00	165.00
12	—	511	170.00–177.50	173.08
19	—	625	155.00–155.50	155.24
23	—	747	149.00	149.00
121	—	807	152.60	152.60
128	—	798	151.75	151.75
184	—	933	138.25	138.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	876	141.00	141.00
7	—	586	160.00	160.00
11	—	742	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	561	180.00	180.00
15	—	627	169.50	169.50
310	—	847	165.35	165.35

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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