Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for comparison. Demand was good, on a good selection of calves and feeders offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $199.30/cwt on 473 head.

Average price

$199.30

473 head · 606 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$5.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.87

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	608	199.44	1,214	460
Medium and Large 1-2	513	194.31	996	13thin

One grade step is worth $5.14/cwt here — about $217 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 sale473 hd

199.30

—

NE average5 barns · 10,797 hd

189.44

+9.87

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

29 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	—	486	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	991	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	227.11/cwt	220.00–229.00	609	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	227.73/cwt	223.00–233.00	961	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	777	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	220.76/cwt	204.00–227.00	717	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,215	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,383	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	178.02/cwt	177.00–180.00	842	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,154	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	883	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	190	425.00/head	425.00–425.00	425	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	212	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	213	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	163.47/cwt	152.00–166.50	1,275	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	558.26/head	510.00–600.00	558	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	811	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	899	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	164.29/cwt	163.50–165.50	1,132	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	291	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	953	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	264	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	570	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,061	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,454	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	668	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	460.00/head	460.00–460.00	460	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	195.79/cwt	194.00–201.00	721	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,342	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,256	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	232.56/cwt	226.00–239.00	756	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	174.70/cwt	172.50–176.50	1,440	197

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 Jul 18, 2022

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

Receipts 1,050Last week 750Year ago 500

Not enough for comparison. Demand was good, on a good selection of calves and feeders offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	486	204.00	204.00
31	—	268	220.00–229.00	227.11
75	—	422	223.00–233.00	227.73
11	—	350	222.00	222.00
25	—	565	215.00	215.00
10	—	212	450.00	450.00
5	—	291	725.00	725.00
13	—	658	204.00	204.00
38	—	720	174.50	174.50
64	—	325	226.00–239.00	232.56
197	—	824	172.50–176.50	174.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	634	182.00	182.00
8	—	437	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	325	204.00–227.00	220.76
85	—	870	159.00	159.00
14	—	473	177.00–180.00	178.02
7	—	190	425.00	425.00
13	—	213	350.00	350.00
86	—	780	152.00–166.50	163.47
16	—	270	510.00–600.00	558.26
16	—	427	190.00	190.00
20	—	508	177.00	177.00
35	—	689	163.50–165.50	164.29
6	—	581	164.00	164.00
7	—	264	216.00	216.00
10	—	1,061	137.00	137.00
69	—	368	194.00–201.00	195.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	393	170.00	170.00
16	—	263	460.00	460.00

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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