Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, on comparable offerings steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good throughout the day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $223.38/cwt on 487 head.

Average price

$223.38

487 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,098

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$25.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.93

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	492	224.34	1,105	469
Medium and Large 1-2	474	198.37	940	18thin

One grade step is worth $25.97/cwt here — about $165 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 sale487 hd

223.38

—

NE average8 barns · 10,773 hd

205.45

+17.93

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

17 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	—	598	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	993	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	645	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	832	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	945	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	203.84/cwt	195.00–206.00	819	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	193.64/cwt	183.50–197.00	957	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	859	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	183.61/cwt	181.00–184.00	1,092	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,001	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	203.69/cwt	200.00–208.00	896	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	808	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,545	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	177.76/cwt	171.00–180.50	1,175	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	213.26/cwt	205.00–223.00	1,137	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	245.98/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,087	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	928	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	951	19

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 21, 2022

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

Receipts 1,055Last week 1,370Year ago 1,175

Compared to last week, on comparable offerings steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good throughout the day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	598	166.00	166.00
18	—	300	215.00	215.00
23	—	396	210.00	210.00
35	—	543	174.00	174.00
82	—	402	195.00–206.00	203.84
125	—	494	183.50–197.00	193.64
184	—	898	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	425	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	333	258.00	258.00
38	—	595	181.00–184.00	183.61
42	—	661	171.00–180.50	177.76
140	—	533	205.00–223.00	213.26
182	—	442	240.00–255.00	245.98
11	—	350	265.00	265.00
19	—	490	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	527	190.00	190.00
11	—	440	200.00–208.00	203.69

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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