Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 15.00 higher. Heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good on nice selection.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $227.56/cwt on 1,865 head.

Average price

$227.56

1,865 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,144

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$30.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.54

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	229.80	1,150	1,726
Medium and Large 1-2	530	199.68	1,058	139

One grade step is worth $30.12/cwt here — about $92 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 sale1,865 hd

227.56

—

NE average7 barns · 9,639 hd

202.01

+25.54

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

35 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	—	745	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,222	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	253	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	650	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,423	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	190.78/cwt	190.00–191.50	1,126	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	415	260.41/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,081	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	290.51/cwt	276.00–304.00	799	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,047	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	222.82/cwt	213.00–230.00	1,136	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	211.35/cwt	200.00–223.00	1,209	475
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,131	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,178	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	468	239.36/cwt	238.00–241.00	1,120	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	264.86/cwt	256.00–276.00	1,006	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	280.63/cwt	272.00–284.50	929	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,038	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	239.52/cwt	230.00–250.50	1,020	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	221.89/cwt	216.00–234.00	1,045	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	233.68/cwt	224.00–238.00	743	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	207.01/cwt	194.00–225.00	915	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	211.37/cwt	203.00–220.00	915	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	202.94/cwt	191.50–212.25	1,059	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	555	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,132	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	381	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	834	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	181.10/cwt	180.00–184.00	851	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	179.25/cwt	179.25–179.25	1,540	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	657	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	508	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,357	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	192.27/cwt	177.00–195.50	1,069	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	194.26/cwt	190.00–213.00	725	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	196.91/cwt	185.00–208.50	922	193
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	653	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	798	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,078	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,479	10

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 Sep 12, 2022

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

Receipts 3,630Last week 1,145Year ago 4,500

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 15.00 higher. Heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good on nice selection.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	745	164.00	164.00
15	—	253	257.00	257.00
103	—	318	224.00–238.00	233.68
280	—	433	203.00–220.00	211.37
234	—	522	191.50–212.25	202.94
20	—	815	166.50	166.50
143	—	556	177.00–195.50	192.27
36	—	373	190.00–213.00	194.26
193	—	468	185.00–208.50	196.91
8	—	638	169.00	169.00
10	—	913	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	555	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	381	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	470	180.00–184.00	181.10
35	—	337	195.00	195.00
22	—	250	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	832	171.00	171.00
24	—	275	276.00–304.00	290.51
264	—	510	213.00–230.00	222.82
475	—	572	200.00–223.00	211.35
8	—	648	174.50	174.50
13	—	662	178.00	178.00
34	—	380	256.00–276.00	264.86
99	—	331	272.00–284.50	280.63
226	—	426	230.00–250.50	239.52
140	—	471	216.00–234.00	221.89
64	—	859	179.25	179.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	590	190.00–191.50	190.78
24	—	494	212.00	212.00
42	—	519	200.00	200.00
21	—	442	194.00–225.00	207.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	415	255.00–261.00	260.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	468	238.00–241.00	239.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	285	229.00	229.00
27	—	378	211.00	211.00

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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