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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 7.00 - 11.00 higher and heifers were steady - 10.00 higher. Demand was good on good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $203.75/cwt on 998 head.

Average price

$203.75

998 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,321

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$329

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

$11.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.58

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	465	214.83	1,000	23
Medium and Large 1	653	203.49	1,328	975

One grade step is worth $11.34/cwt here — about −$329 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 sale998 hd

203.75

—

NE average8 barns · 15,677 hd

206.33

−2.58

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	202.91/cwt	200.00–210.00	682	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	198.52/cwt	190.00–204.00	979	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	175.93/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,085	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	203.30/cwt	196.50–209.50	1,273	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	208.60/cwt	203.50–212.50	1,212	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	236.86/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,037	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	191.25/cwt	191.25–191.25	1,557	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	235.79/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,139	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	215.04/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,148	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,029	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	954	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	906	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	212.74/cwt	209.00–215.00	942	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	645	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,232	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	253.37/cwt	248.00–258.00	940	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	182.18/cwt	177.00–187.00	1,199	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	190.36/cwt	186.00–195.00	1,083	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	1,323	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	196.57/cwt	189.50–199.50	1,048	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	189.96/cwt	185.00–196.00	1,381	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	204.25/cwt	204.25–204.25	1,387	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,156	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	902	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	514	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,079	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,493	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	214.70/cwt	210.00–217.00	837	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 Dec 12, 2022

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

Receipts 2,060Last week 1,465Year ago 1,280

Compared to last week, steers were 7.00 - 11.00 higher and heifers were steady - 10.00 higher. Demand was good on good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	336	200.00–210.00	202.91
58	—	493	190.00–204.00	198.52
66	—	617	170.00–182.00	175.93
106	—	443	209.00–215.00	212.74
159	—	658	177.00–187.00	182.18
198	—	569	186.00–195.00	190.36
114	—	796	166.25	166.25
148	—	533	189.50–199.50	196.57
12	—	957	156.00	156.00
15	—	390	210.00–217.00	214.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	498	182.00	182.00
11	—	684	169.00	169.00
12	—	449	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	514	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
245	—	626	196.50–209.50	203.30
114	—	581	203.50–212.50	208.60
17	—	438	225.00–245.00	236.86
144	—	814	191.25	191.25
82	—	483	230.00–240.00	235.79
43	—	534	212.00–225.00	215.04
17	—	371	248.00–258.00	253.37
236	—	727	185.00–196.00	189.96
62	—	679	204.25	204.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	497	207.00	207.00
10	—	424	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	645	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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