Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for comparison, except steers 450 - 550 were 3.00 - 12.00 lower, heifers were 5.00 - 9.00 lower on 400 lbs and 500 lb weights. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.39/cwt on 732 head.

Average price

$185.39

732 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$931

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$8.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.90

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	185.98	941	683
Medium and Large 1-2	445	177.25	788	49

One grade step is worth $8.72/cwt here — about $153 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 sale732 hd

185.39

—

NE average9 barns · 9,846 hd

186.29

−0.90

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 1Fleshy	—	707	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,124	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,332	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	299	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	601	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	156.99/cwt	150.00–166.00	945	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,268	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	165.90/cwt	162.50–167.00	1,216	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	202.01/cwt	190.00–206.00	1,149	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	411	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	991	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	219.00/cwt	210.00–225.00	915	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	166.11/cwt	165.00–167.00	1,078	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,001	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	652	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,226	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	747	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,537	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	212.63/cwt	207.00–220.00	995	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	878	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	857	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	210.37/cwt	206.00–211.50	1,086	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	183.33/cwt	172.00–190.50	1,124	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	176.43/cwt	175.00–179.00	829	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	244.59/cwt	241.00–251.00	898	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	197.11/cwt	190.00–208.00	757	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	193.25/cwt	190.00–200.00	816	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	190.13/cwt	181.00–197.00	915	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,409	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	669	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,003	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	181.57/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,068	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	199.39/cwt	199.00–200.00	656	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	164.02/cwt	163.00–165.00	869	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	186.10/cwt	183.00–188.00	973	78

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 Oct 17, 2022

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

Receipts 1,585Last week 2,585Year ago 1,465

Not enough for comparison, except steers 450 - 550 were 3.00 - 12.00 lower, heifers were 5.00 - 9.00 lower on 400 lbs and 500 lb weights. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	707	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	835	159.50	159.50
10	—	299	201.00	201.00
16	—	602	150.00–166.00	156.99
18	—	791	160.25	160.25
20	—	733	162.50–167.00	165.90
81	—	384	190.00–208.00	197.11
114	—	422	190.00–200.00	193.25
163	—	481	181.00–197.00	190.13
110	—	588	170.00–185.00	181.57
30	—	329	199.00–200.00	199.39
78	—	523	183.00–188.00	186.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	470	175.00–179.00	176.43
19	—	354	189.00	189.00
16	—	530	163.00–165.00	164.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	569	190.00–206.00	202.01
30	—	418	210.00–225.00	219.00
16	—	306	244.00	244.00
150	—	468	207.00–220.00	212.63
59	—	516	206.00–211.50	210.37
45	—	613	172.00–190.50	183.33
51	—	367	241.00–251.00	244.59
37	—	794	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	411	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	649	165.00–167.00	166.11
5	—	589	170.00	170.00
18	—	979	157.00	157.00
20	—	385	228.00	228.00
11	—	475	180.50	180.50
8	—	528	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	652	188.00	188.00

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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