Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers were steady - 6.00 higher. Heifers were 10.00 - 20.00 lower except 500 lb heifers were 7.00 higher. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $226.03/cwt on 1,795 head.

Average price

$226.03

1,795 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,170

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$200

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

$7.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.75

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	422	232.73	981	102
Medium and Large 1	523	225.63	1,181	1,693

One grade step is worth $7.10/cwt here — about −$200 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 sale1,795 hd

226.03

—

NE average9 barns · 12,838 hd

198.28

+27.75

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

31 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 1	—	720	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,264	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,035	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,515	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	238.04/cwt	230.00–246.00	935	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	287.89/cwt	277.00–291.00	964	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,527	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	213.56/cwt	202.00–220.50	1,113	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	291	295.93/cwt	293.00–301.00	861	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	208.44/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,171	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	230.31/cwt	224.00–244.00	1,103	425
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	411	261.34/cwt	259.00–266.00	1,074	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	220.21/cwt	219.00–222.00	1,086	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	851	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,425	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	271.42/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,029	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,193	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	242.70/cwt	236.00–255.00	1,034	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	179.53/cwt	179.00–180.00	873	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	804	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	206.49/cwt	195.00–216.00	977	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,549	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	220.24/cwt	216.50–236.00	733	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	205.30/cwt	200.00–211.00	788	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	202.80/cwt	192.00–211.00	1,042	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	450	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,136	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	244.56/cwt	229.00–250.00	685	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,443	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	211.24/cwt	195.00–218.00	904	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	187.36/cwt	180.00–193.00	808	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	381	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	903	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	821	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,273	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	402	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	913	33

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 29, 2022

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

Receipts 3,520Last week 2,820Year ago 2,227

Compared to last week steers were steady - 6.00 higher. Heifers were 10.00 - 20.00 lower except 500 lb heifers were 7.00 higher. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	720	175.50	175.50
6	—	578	179.00	179.00
8	—	1,010	150.00	150.00
237	—	473	195.00–216.00	206.49
69	—	911	170.00	170.00
53	—	333	216.50–236.00	220.24
141	—	384	200.00–211.00	205.30
166	—	514	192.00–211.00	202.80
51	—	280	229.00–250.00	244.56
60	—	820	176.00	176.00
225	—	428	195.00–218.00	211.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	486	179.00–180.00	179.53
25	—	431	180.00–193.00	187.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	381	237.00	237.00
33	—	402	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	821	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	393	230.00–246.00	238.04
39	—	493	219.00–222.00	220.21
14	—	323	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	335	277.00–291.00	287.89
186	—	846	180.50	180.50
314	—	521	202.00–220.50	213.56
26	—	291	293.00–301.00	295.93
194	—	562	205.00–220.00	208.44
425	—	479	224.00–244.00	230.31
92	—	379	260.00–277.00	271.42
8	—	628	190.00	190.00
271	—	426	236.00–255.00	242.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	411	259.00–266.00	261.34
38	—	450	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	851	167.50	167.50

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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