Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-11-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good for the offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $202.10/cwt on 363 head.

Average price

$202.10

363 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,159

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$473

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

$2.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.64

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	338	205.00	693	5thin
Medium and Large 1	577	202.06	1,166	358

One grade step is worth $2.94/cwt here — about −$473 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 sale363 hd

202.10

—

NE average4 barns · 6,796 hd

205.74

−3.64

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

20 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	—	465	188.28/cwt	181.00–196.00	876	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	209.99/cwt	209.00–212.00	865	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,038	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	187.41/cwt	177.00–194.00	960	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	181.29/cwt	170.50–182.00	1,080	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	650	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,196	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,232	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,132	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	204.68/cwt	203.00–206.00	671	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	255.79/cwt	251.00–259.00	941	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,195	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	185.62/cwt	176.00–197.00	1,062	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	207.74/cwt	201.00–210.50	1,109	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,323	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	978	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	190.09/cwt	187.00–192.00	1,188	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,485	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	601	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,028	15

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 750Last week 1,055Year ago 0

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good for the offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	465	181.00–196.00	188.28
16	—	412	209.00–212.00	209.99
24	—	625	166.00	166.00
103	—	512	177.00–194.00	187.41
111	—	596	170.50–182.00	181.29
5	—	376	220.00	220.00
6	—	730	155.00	155.00
11	—	328	203.00–206.00	204.68
8	—	955	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	601	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	650	184.00	184.00
106	—	624	197.50	197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	368	251.00–259.00	255.79
29	—	681	175.50	175.50
18	—	572	176.00–197.00	185.62
106	—	534	201.00–210.50	207.74
5	—	807	164.00	164.00
12	—	406	241.00	241.00
35	—	625	187.00–192.00	190.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	338	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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