Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Not enough flyweight steers for a market comparison, 400 lbs steers sold steady, over 500 lbs sold 4.00 - 10.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 8.00 lower. Demand was good. Most of the offering was bawling calves right off the cow.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $219.98/cwt on 794 head.

Average price

$219.98

794 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,087

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$15.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.94

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	493	221.47	1,091	716
Medium and Large 1-2	507	206.31	1,046	78

One grade step is worth $15.16/cwt here — about $45 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 sale794 hd

219.98

—

NE average7 barns · 5,100 hd

207.04

+12.94

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

28 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	—	483	195.16/cwt	194.00–195.50	943	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,549	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	610	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,332	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	864	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	198.84/cwt	187.00–202.00	1,217	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	240.32/cwt	234.00–247.00	1,029	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,030	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,167	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	692	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	211.78/cwt	205.00–221.00	1,091	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	210.02/cwt	208.00–212.00	895	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	183.99/cwt	173.00–193.00	868	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,297	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	206.58/cwt	195.00–209.50	1,163	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	242.36/cwt	235.00–252.00	768	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,093	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	193.30/cwt	192.50–194.00	972	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,597	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	221.71/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,082	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	235.85/cwt	234.00–239.00	887	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	186.84/cwt	180.00–190.00	792	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	634	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	182.66/cwt	173.00–189.00	703	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	173.95/cwt	170.00–177.00	1,018	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	424	252.71/cwt	251.00–253.00	1,071	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	220.89/cwt	219.00–223.00	961	38

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 19, 2022

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

Receipts 1,620Last week 3,630Year ago 3,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	483	194.00–195.50	195.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	341	214.00	214.00
9	—	1,043	148.50	148.50
10	—	281	217.00	217.00
15	—	781	170.50	170.50
100	—	426	208.00–212.00	210.02
154	—	472	173.00–193.00	183.99
83	—	503	192.50–194.00	193.30
17	—	977	163.50	163.50
41	—	385	173.00–189.00	182.66
67	—	585	170.00–177.00	173.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	508	170.00	170.00
23	—	424	180.00–190.00	186.84
9	—	371	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	612	187.00–202.00	198.84
110	—	428	234.00–247.00	240.32
9	—	265	261.00	261.00
253	—	515	205.00–221.00	211.78
12	—	703	184.50	184.50
80	—	563	195.00–209.50	206.58
16	—	317	235.00–252.00	242.36
97	—	488	220.00–224.00	221.71
24	—	376	234.00–239.00	235.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	515	200.00	200.00
17	—	634	184.00	184.00
10	—	555	197.00	197.00
38	—	435	219.00–223.00	220.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	424	251.00–253.00	252.71

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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