Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 6.00 - 19.00 higher, heifers were 1.00 - 2.00 higher. Demand was good .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $200.59/cwt on 664 head.

Average price

$200.59

664 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,233

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$225

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

$11.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.67

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	479	211.87	1,015	24
Medium and Large 1	620	200.17	1,240	640

One grade step is worth $11.70/cwt here — about −$225 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 sale664 hd

200.59

—

NE average10 barns · 12,602 hd

202.26

−1.67

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

23 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 1	—	756	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,213	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	491	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	189.45/cwt	185.00–191.50	811	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	206.65/cwt	205.50–211.00	810	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	934	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	722	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	175.25/cwt	175.25–175.25	1,505	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	253	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	582	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,137	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	231.05/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,026	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	965	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	180.34/cwt	172.00–182.00	1,156	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	252.46/cwt	240.00–254.00	866	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	176.02/cwt	169.50–178.50	1,442	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	227.46/cwt	223.00–232.00	1,092	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	211.87/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,015	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	169.32/cwt	166.50–171.00	1,380	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	178.16/cwt	174.50–181.50	992	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	188.30/cwt	181.00–192.00	904	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,128	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,142	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	199.46/cwt	194.00–203.00	1,075	44

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 14, 2022

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

Receipts 1,370Last week 1,323Year ago 1,280

Compared to last week, steers were 6.00 - 19.00 higher, heifers were 1.00 - 2.00 higher. Demand was good .

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	756	160.50	160.50
18	—	235	209.00	209.00
22	—	428	185.00–191.50	189.45
23	—	392	205.50–211.00	206.65
31	—	529	176.50	176.50
53	—	342	211.00	211.00
96	—	815	166.50–171.00	169.32
108	—	557	174.50–181.50	178.16
149	—	480	181.00–192.00	188.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	591	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	859	175.25	175.25
16	—	253	230.00	230.00
25	—	444	230.00–232.00	231.05
8	—	383	252.00	252.00
48	—	641	172.00–182.00	180.34
45	—	343	240.00–254.00	252.46
85	—	819	169.50–178.50	176.02
101	—	480	223.00–232.00	227.46
110	—	564	200.00	200.00
7	—	672	170.00	170.00
44	—	539	194.00–203.00	199.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	613	185.50	185.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	479	210.00–214.00	211.87

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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