Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 10.00 lower, heifers were steady - 12.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $213.99/cwt on 991 head.

Average price

$213.99

991 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$240

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

$8.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.46

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	394	222.02	875	83
Medium and Large 1	523	213.26	1,116	908

One grade step is worth $8.76/cwt here — about −$240 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 sale991 hd

213.99

—

NE average7 barns · 9,543 hd

197.53

+16.46

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

30 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	970	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,152	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	571	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,424	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	228.97/cwt	228.00–230.00	760	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	219.05/cwt	212.00–223.00	793	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,243	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,462	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	222.06/cwt	212.00–234.00	1,064	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	205.90/cwt	197.50–216.50	1,069	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	258.22/cwt	256.00–263.00	873	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	199.73/cwt	188.00–203.00	1,246	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	266.56/cwt	256.00–276.00	754	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,325	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	232.48/cwt	231.00–235.00	900	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	870	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	242.58/cwt	238.00–247.00	767	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	230.79/cwt	223.00–240.00	979	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	177.67/cwt	174.50–184.00	942	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	209.15/cwt	202.00–219.00	889	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	196.49/cwt	190.00–209.00	941	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	185.99/cwt	175.50–191.50	1,055	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	219.19/cwt	218.00–220.00	943	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	204.00/cwt	197.50–207.00	1,163	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	170.20/cwt	170.00–170.50	1,266	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	703	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	585	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	793	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	182.79/cwt	180.00–186.00	852	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	179.96/cwt	174.50–184.00	1,121	36

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 26, 2022

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

Receipts 2,030Last week 1,620Year ago 2,525

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 10.00 lower, heifers were steady - 12.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	508	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	651	177.00	177.00
8	—	272	210.00	210.00
9	—	882	161.50	161.50
23	—	332	228.00–230.00	228.97
34	—	362	212.00–223.00	219.05
56	—	530	174.50–184.00	177.67
109	—	425	202.00–219.00	209.15
146	—	479	190.00–209.00	196.49
160	—	567	175.50–191.50	185.99
37	—	744	170.00–170.50	170.20
36	—	623	174.50–184.00	179.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	380	185.00	185.00
8	—	308	190.00	190.00
25	—	409	194.00	194.00
39	—	466	180.00–186.00	182.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	654	190.00	190.00
16	—	840	174.00	174.00
143	—	479	212.00–234.00	222.06
146	—	519	197.50–216.50	205.90
27	—	338	256.00–263.00	258.22
111	—	624	188.00–203.00	199.73
19	—	283	256.00–276.00	266.56
19	—	716	185.00	185.00
23	—	387	231.00–235.00	232.48
139	—	424	223.00–240.00	230.79
253	—	570	197.50–207.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	458	190.00	190.00
30	—	316	238.00–247.00	242.58
37	—	430	218.00–220.00	219.19

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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