Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 6.00 higher. and heifers were steady. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.12/cwt on 763 head.

Average price

$192.12

763 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,300

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$381

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

$1.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.40

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	678	192.13	1,303	757
Medium and Large 1-2	483	191.00	923	6thin

One grade step is worth $1.13/cwt here — about $381 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 sale763 hd

192.12

—

NE average8 barns · 13,971 hd

208.52

−16.40

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

31 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	—	946	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	794	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,465	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,196	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	202.47/cwt	201.00–204.00	692	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	195.48/cwt	193.00–197.00	923	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	653	192.75/cwt	192.75–192.75	1,259	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	193.63/cwt	192.50–197.75	1,193	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	196.26/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,128	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,119	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	190.74/cwt	175.00–193.00	1,287	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,343	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	180.25/cwt	180.25–180.25	1,455	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,180	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	882	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	179.68/cwt	179.00–180.00	1,416	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,558	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,533	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	923	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,065	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	219.07/cwt	214.00–223.00	962	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	587	194.48/cwt	192.00–198.00	1,142	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	177.38/cwt	168.50–189.00	1,110	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	173.49/cwt	171.50–176.50	1,202	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	187.45/cwt	180.00–190.00	971	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	771	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	213.30/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,145	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	200.00/cwt	195.00–202.00	866	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	657	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	170.08/cwt	163.00–175.00	992	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	181.44/cwt	179.00–192.50	1,063	57

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 Dec 5, 2022

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

Receipts 1,465Last week 750Year ago 1,100

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 6.00 higher. and heifers were steady. 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
5	—	946	166.50	166.50
10	—	377	210.50	210.50
10	—	899	163.00	163.00
13	—	734	163.00	163.00
16	—	342	201.00–204.00	202.47
59	—	472	193.00–197.00	195.48
111	—	626	168.50–189.00	177.38
90	—	693	171.50–176.50	173.49
54	—	518	180.00–190.00	187.45
20	—	433	195.00–202.00	200.00
57	—	586	179.00–192.50	181.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	638	167.00	167.00
8	—	426	181.00	181.00
7	—	367	179.00	179.00
25	—	583	163.00–175.00	170.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	587	192.00–198.00	194.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	653	192.75	192.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	616	192.50–197.75	193.63
16	—	575	195.00–197.00	196.26
27	—	456	245.50	245.50
57	—	675	175.00–193.00	190.74
40	—	734	183.00	183.00
64	—	807	180.25	180.25
7	—	363	243.00	243.00
103	—	788	179.00–180.00	179.68
60	—	888	175.50	175.50
17	—	902	170.00	170.00
30	—	439	214.00–223.00	219.07
96	—	537	210.00–227.00	213.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	690	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	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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