Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.12/cwt on 402 head.

Average price

$148.12

402 head · 724 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,073

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$148

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

$22.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.21

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	718	148.67	1,068	392
Medium and Large 1-2	961	126.50	1,216	10thin

One grade step is worth $22.17/cwt here — about −$148 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 sale402 hd

148.12

—

NE average7 barns · 6,265 hd

156.33

−8.21

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

22 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	—	449	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	894	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	937	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,182	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	629	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,038	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	161.01/cwt	155.50–166.50	927	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	777	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,102	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	958	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	890	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,057	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	144.64/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,130	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,238	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,366	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	613	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	961	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,216	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	156.10/cwt	151.00–161.50	941	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,066	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	683	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,013	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,159	12

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 16, 2022

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

Receipts 855Last week 1,005Year ago 800

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	449	199.00	199.00
11	—	545	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	882	134.00	134.00
8	—	331	190.00	190.00
24	—	661	157.00	157.00
25	—	576	155.50–166.50	161.01
6	—	511	159.50	159.50
56	—	781	140.00–147.00	144.64
72	—	917	135.00	135.00
79	—	603	151.00–161.50	156.10
109	—	729	146.25	146.25
6	—	419	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	961	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	363	214.00	214.00
6	—	732	150.50	150.50
8	—	420	212.00	212.00
8	—	587	180.00	180.00
316	—	843	162.00	162.00
6	—	270	227.00	227.00
9	—	546	185.50	185.50
12	—	662	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	549	174.50	174.50

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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