Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.55/cwt on 549 head.

Average price

$178.55

549 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,217

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.59

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	178.55	1,217	549

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 sale549 hd

178.55

—

NE average4 barns · 3,016 hd

173.96

+4.59

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	—	619	190.74/cwt	189.50–192.00	1,181	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	1,190	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	881	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	213.26/cwt	211.00–214.00	680	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,104	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	172.47/cwt	170.00–173.50	738	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,193	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	897	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	198.56/cwt	182.00–210.00	963	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	162.26/cwt	160.50–162.75	1,345	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	859	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,101	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	152.69/cwt	147.50–154.25	1,098	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	166.60/cwt	166.00–166.75	971	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	167.87/cwt	164.00–174.00	784	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	165.75/cwt	164.00–166.50	893	23

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 9, 2022

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

Receipts 1,005Last week 960Year ago 1,310

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	619	189.50–192.00	190.74
52	—	716	166.25	166.25
45	—	447	197.00	197.00
22	—	319	211.00–214.00	213.26
21	—	555	199.00	199.00
27	—	485	182.00–210.00	198.56
231	—	829	160.50–162.75	162.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	428	170.00–173.50	172.47
12	—	884	135.00	135.00
11	—	606	148.00	148.00
6	—	754	146.00	146.00
178	—	719	147.50–154.25	152.69
58	—	583	166.00–166.75	166.60
55	—	467	164.00–174.00	167.87
23	—	539	164.00–166.50	165.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	636	135.00	135.00

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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