Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison to last week, Demand was good to moderate on todays offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $204.85/cwt on 774 head.

Average price

$204.85

774 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$18.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.73

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	205.32	1,160	754
Medium and Large 1-2	549	187.00	1,026	20

One grade step is worth $18.32/cwt here — about $134 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 sale774 hd

204.85

—

NE average11 barns · 17,217 hd

207.58

−2.73

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

26 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	—	786	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,242	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	181.76/cwt	180.00–185.50	954	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	187.84/cwt	183.50–199.00	898	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	202.14/cwt	199.00–209.00	879	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	175.81/cwt	165.00–180.50	997	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,284	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	209.35/cwt	201.00–213.50	921	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	644	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,288	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	194.39/cwt	194.00–195.50	1,141	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,140	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,395	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	260.22/cwt	254.00–265.50	880	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	714	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,296	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	181.25/cwt	181.25–181.25	1,506	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,134	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	693	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	610	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,104	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	959	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	543	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,157	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	210.98/cwt	208.00–219.00	1,017	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	162.07/cwt	161.00–164.00	773	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	728	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	748	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	198.41/cwt	191.00–203.00	1,054	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	841	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	585	5

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 Nov 7, 2022

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

Receipts 1,323Last week 1,123Year ago 2,660

Not enough to show a comparison to last week, Demand was good to moderate on todays offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	786	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	525	180.00–185.50	181.76
106	—	478	183.50–199.00	187.84
108	—	435	199.00–209.00	202.14
108	—	567	165.00–180.50	175.81
6	—	771	166.50	166.50
10	—	327	222.50	222.50
6	—	395	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	677	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	383	181.00	181.00
14	—	477	161.00–164.00	162.07
5	—	308	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	440	201.00–213.50	209.35
62	—	587	194.00–195.50	194.39
26	—	600	190.00	190.00
5	—	795	175.50	175.50
40	—	338	254.00–265.50	260.22
65	—	831	181.25	181.25
12	—	385	249.00	249.00
103	—	482	208.00–219.00	210.98
80	—	531	191.00–203.00	198.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	644	200.00	200.00
14	—	714	181.50	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	610	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	543	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	365	205.00	205.00

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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