Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-06-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison . Demand was good on good selection of green cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.78/cwt on 744 head.

Average price

$170.78

744 head · 862 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,473

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$10.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.75

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	863	170.85	1,474	739
Medium and Large 1-2	786	160.00	1,258	5thin

One grade step is worth $10.85/cwt here — about $216 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 sale744 hd

170.78

—

NE average3 barns · 2,687 hd

168.03

+2.75

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

12 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 1-2	—	786	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,258	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	170.68/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,470	542
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,559	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,453	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,150	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	598	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,106	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	169.02/cwt	149.00–171.00	1,215	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,195	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	163.85/cwt	155.00–164.75	1,022	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	867	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,249	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	911	5

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 Jun 27, 2022

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

Receipts 975Last week 475Year ago 0

No comparison . Demand was good on good selection of green cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	786	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
542	—	861	169.00–174.00	170.68
113	—	928	168.00	168.00
65	—	828	175.50	175.50
13	—	665	173.00	173.00
6	—	598	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	719	149.00–171.00	169.02
68	—	766	156.00	156.00
52	—	624	155.00–164.75	163.85
14	—	491	176.50	176.50
8	—	844	148.00	148.00
5	—	573	159.00	159.00

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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