Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 600 lbs were 15 - 30 higher. Demand was good on all offerings. Quite a few, bawling calves hitting the market several weeks earlier than normal due to the extremely dry conditions in the trade area. Some cattlemen are in liquidation mode because there grazing land is in the D3 category (extreme drought).

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $239.91/cwt on 444 head.

Average price

$239.91

444 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,108

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$32.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+35.21

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	463	240.65	1,113	434
Medium and Large 1-2	428	208.00	889	10thin

One grade step is worth $32.65/cwt here — about $224 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 sale444 hd

239.91

—

NE average5 barns · 3,364 hd

204.70

+35.21

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

23 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	—	464	237.58/cwt	227.00–242.00	1,102	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	213.88/cwt	199.00–217.50	781	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	215.10/cwt	200.00–223.00	701	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,214	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,106	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	211.52/cwt	194.00–217.50	874	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	249.85/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,039	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	399	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	746	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	987	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	764	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	264.56/cwt	248.00–266.00	1,016	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	267.68/cwt	267.00–268.00	824	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	169.88/cwt	169.00–171.50	1,072	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,328	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,118	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,384	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	254.57/cwt	254.00–255.00	677	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	897	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	616	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	238	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	507	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	988	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	882	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	451	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	943	81

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 25, 2022

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

Receipts 940Last week 1,050Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	464	227.00–242.00	237.58
84	—	416	246.00–251.00	249.85
70	—	384	248.00–266.00	264.56
49	—	308	267.00–268.00	267.68
46	—	648	205.00	205.00
13	—	530	211.00	211.00
51	—	662	209.00	209.00
14	—	266	254.00–255.00	254.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	514	192.00	192.00
5	—	341	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	365	199.00–217.50	213.88
36	—	326	200.00–223.00	215.10
20	—	761	159.50	159.50
14	—	666	166.00	166.00
65	—	413	194.00–217.50	211.52
78	—	631	169.00–171.50	169.88
11	—	514	174.50	174.50
8	—	270	228.00	228.00
7	—	238	213.00	213.00
6	—	555	178.00	178.00
6	—	469	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	399	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	451	209.00	209.00

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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