Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves were 9.00 - 12.00 lower and heifers were 5.00 - 10.00 higher. Not enough feeder cattle to make a test. Demand was good on all the offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.21/cwt on 513 head.

Average price

$203.21

513 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,023

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$25.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.93

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	205.52	1,051	466
Medium and Large 1-2	424	180.28	764	47

One grade step is worth $25.24/cwt here — about $288 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 sale513 hd

203.21

—

NE average8 barns · 7,939 hd

176.28

+26.93

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

25 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	425	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	995	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	985	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,048	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,203	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,105	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	218.32/cwt	217.00–220.00	605	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	213.94/cwt	199.00–219.00	1,121	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	156.60/cwt	153.00–158.00	1,306	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	226.34/cwt	213.00–233.00	1,066	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	237.73/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,022	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,394	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,108	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	651	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	209.59/cwt	201.00–220.00	970	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	236.02/cwt	231.00–239.00	887	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,455	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	784	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	219.17/cwt	212.00–224.00	684	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	232.26/cwt	218.00–238.50	892	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	182.87/cwt	169.00–188.00	742	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	255.05/cwt	249.00–259.00	872	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	727	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	897	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	157.04/cwt	155.50–157.75	1,520	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	208.98/cwt	205.00–215.00	894	35

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 Aug 8, 2022

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

Receipts 1,100Last week 2,029Year ago 0

Compared to last week steer calves were 9.00 - 12.00 lower and heifers were 5.00 - 10.00 higher. Not enough feeder cattle to make a test. Demand was good on all the offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	425	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	521	189.00	189.00
7	—	655	160.00	160.00
7	—	776	155.00	155.00
13	—	720	153.50	153.50
15	—	277	217.00–220.00	218.32
39	—	834	153.00–158.00	156.60
92	—	463	201.00–220.00	209.59
25	—	936	155.50	155.50
42	—	312	212.00–224.00	219.17
133	—	384	218.00–238.50	232.26
22	—	968	155.50–157.75	157.04
35	—	428	205.00–215.00	208.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	511	153.50	153.50
23	—	406	169.00–188.00	182.87
13	—	389	187.00	187.00
5	—	490	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	524	199.00–219.00	213.94
125	—	471	213.00–233.00	226.34
163	—	430	230.00–243.00	237.73
7	—	790	176.50	176.50
16	—	557	199.00	199.00
5	—	283	230.00	230.00
36	—	376	231.00–239.00	236.02
76	—	342	249.00–259.00	255.05

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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