Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers weighing 700 -850 were 2.00 - 6.00 lower, not enough to show any other comparison on steers and heifers. Demand was good for all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $187.31/cwt on 960 head.

Average price

$187.31

960 head · 761 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$330

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

$12.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.92

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	551	199.62	1,100	13thin
Medium and Large 1	764	187.14	1,430	947

One grade step is worth $12.48/cwt here — about −$330 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 sale960 hd

187.31

—

NE average5 barns · 6,960 hd

192.22

−4.92

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

22 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,561	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	185.61/cwt	185.50–185.75	1,529	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,209	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	194.34/cwt	188.50–196.50	1,189	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,015	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	197.11/cwt	192.00–204.50	1,165	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	964	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	695	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	844	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	974	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,079	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	183.76/cwt	182.00–187.00	1,389	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,017	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	187.75/cwt	184.00–190.00	1,342	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	178.76/cwt	176.00–179.00	1,539	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	189.19/cwt	180.00–196.00	891	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	174.50/cwt	173.00–174.85	1,274	301
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	170.25/cwt	170.25–170.25	1,486	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	174.47/cwt	168.00–176.00	1,075	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,192	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	165.86/cwt	165.50–166.50	1,370	42

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 19, 2022

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

Receipts 1,795Last week 2,060Year ago 2,800

Compared to last week, steers weighing 700 -850 were 2.00 - 6.00 lower, not enough to show any other comparison on steers and heifers. Demand was good for all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	913	171.00	171.00
360	—	824	185.50–185.75	185.61
38	—	612	188.50–196.50	194.34
22	—	591	192.00–204.50	197.11
20	—	438	220.00	220.00
7	—	388	251.00	251.00
13	—	524	206.00	206.00
102	—	756	182.00–187.00	183.76
5	—	460	221.00	221.00
236	—	715	184.00–190.00	187.75
137	—	861	176.00–179.00	178.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	733	165.00	165.00
6	—	339	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	570	178.00	178.00
18	—	346	201.00	201.00
25	—	471	180.00–196.00	189.19
301	—	730	173.00–174.85	174.50
182	—	873	170.25	170.25
79	—	616	168.00–176.00	174.47
45	—	691	172.50	172.50
42	—	826	165.50–166.50	165.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	524	161.00	161.00

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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