Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $200.56/cwt on 592 head.

Average price

$200.56

592 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,139

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$9.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.03

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	200.64	1,141	587
Medium and Large 1-2	465	191.00	888	5thin

One grade step is worth $9.64/cwt here — about $253 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 sale592 hd

200.56

—

NE average9 barns · 13,701 hd

210.59

−10.03

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

25 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	—	539	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	841	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	814	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	866	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	935	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	926	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	815	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	197.19/cwt	191.00–208.00	741	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	651	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,172	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	206.56/cwt	199.50–218.00	996	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	202.02/cwt	201.50–204.50	1,099	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	225.98/cwt	219.00–242.50	834	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	194.46/cwt	188.50–199.50	1,219	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	802	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	186.77/cwt	184.50–189.00	876	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	222.49/cwt	215.00–232.00	950	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,246	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,607	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	192.93/cwt	183.00–195.00	1,306	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	176.25/cwt	176.25–176.25	1,276	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	176.19/cwt	171.00–180.50	941	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	199.46/cwt	188.50–207.50	1,153	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	966	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	199.54/cwt	198.00–202.00	674	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	181.25/cwt	181.25–181.25	1,008	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	197.46/cwt	189.00–205.00	845	81

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 31, 2022

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

Receipts 1,123Last week 2,000Year ago 1,431

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	539	156.00	156.00
7	—	377	216.00	216.00
8	—	866	108.00	108.00
9	—	617	150.00	150.00
19	—	494	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	376	191.00–208.00	197.19
57	—	469	184.50–189.00	186.77
16	—	755	165.00	165.00
30	—	968	166.00	166.00
89	—	534	171.00–180.50	176.19
26	—	338	198.00–202.00	199.54
45	—	556	181.25	181.25
81	—	428	189.00–205.00	197.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	623	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	651	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	482	199.50–218.00	206.56
74	—	544	201.50–204.50	202.02
30	—	369	219.00–242.50	225.98
57	—	627	188.50–199.50	194.46
9	—	340	236.00	236.00
44	—	427	215.00–232.00	222.49
97	—	677	183.00–195.00	192.93
45	—	724	176.25	176.25
136	—	578	188.50–207.50	199.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	191.00	191.00

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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