Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 8.00 higher and heifers were 1.00 - 6.00 higher. Demand was good on nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $211.62/cwt on 1,101 head.

Average price

$211.62

1,101 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$25.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.16

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	213.67	1,141	1,011
Medium and Large 1-2	554	188.57	1,044	90

One grade step is worth $25.10/cwt here — about $97 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 sale1,101 hd

211.62

—

NE average11 barns · 14,361 hd

206.45

+5.16

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

27 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	—	404	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	921	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	584	162.29/cwt	162.00–162.50	948	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	967	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	159.20/cwt	158.00–160.00	1,543	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,052	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,673	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	205.80/cwt	203.00–214.00	644	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	182.97/cwt	179.00–188.00	1,061	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	220.20/cwt	211.00–226.00	1,055	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	205.32/cwt	194.00–209.50	1,166	291
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	738	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	154.62/cwt	153.00–156.00	894	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	172.79/cwt	172.00–174.00	847	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,559	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	190.67/cwt	188.00–193.00	1,203	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	226.17/cwt	216.00–237.00	973	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	187.14/cwt	180.00–191.50	973	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	191.73/cwt	180.00–198.00	920	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	198.93/cwt	195.50–201.00	853	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	247.91/cwt	244.00–249.00	969	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	250.99/cwt	243.00–256.00	833	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	211.43/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,106	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,409	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	196.77/cwt	190.00–210.00	744	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	179.56/cwt	166.00–186.50	1,007	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	507	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,166	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	976	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,028	24

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 24, 2022

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

Receipts 2,000Last week 1,585Year ago 1,785

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 8.00 higher and heifers were 1.00 - 6.00 higher. Demand was good on nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	404	228.00	228.00
21	—	584	162.00–162.50	162.29
22	—	491	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	969	158.00–160.00	159.20
21	—	1,052	159.00	159.00
29	—	313	203.00–214.00	205.80
118	—	520	180.00–191.50	187.14
138	—	480	180.00–198.00	191.73
196	—	429	195.50–201.00	198.93
29	—	875	161.00	161.00
51	—	378	190.00–210.00	196.77
77	—	561	166.00–186.50	179.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	434	170.00	170.00
13	—	578	153.00–156.00	154.62
43	—	490	172.00–174.00	172.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	580	179.00–188.00	182.97
11	—	498	196.00	196.00
24	—	519	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
183	—	479	211.00–226.00	220.20
291	—	568	194.00–209.50	205.32
63	—	886	176.00	176.00
68	—	631	188.00–193.00	190.67
117	—	430	216.00–237.00	226.17
27	—	391	244.00–249.00	247.91
43	—	332	243.00–256.00	250.99
129	—	523	200.00–220.00	211.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	507	230.00	230.00

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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