Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. 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 $192.19/cwt on 1,402 head.

Average price

$192.19

1,402 head · 737 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,417

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$13.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.54

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	738	192.28	1,419	1,393
Medium and Large 1-2	646	179.00	1,156	9thin

One grade step is worth $13.28/cwt here — about $263 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 sale1,402 hd

192.19

—

NE average10 barns · 19,700 hd

202.74

−10.54

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

32 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	—	668	179.43/cwt	171.50–183.25	1,199	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	190.14/cwt	188.75–191.50	1,464	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	184.16/cwt	184.00–184.50	1,610	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	234.58/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,088	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	299	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	718	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	167.67/cwt	167.50–167.75	1,631	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,498	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	183.92/cwt	177.75–186.00	1,516	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	190.43/cwt	190.00–190.75	1,386	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	188.26/cwt	183.00–192.50	1,067	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,360	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	945	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	222.16/cwt	210.00–237.00	1,184	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	198.89/cwt	192.00–205.50	1,249	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,120	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	168.98/cwt	164.00–172.50	977	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,002	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,156	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	191.50/cwt	187.00–194.00	1,277	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,420	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	188.51/cwt	187.00–195.00	828	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	564	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	173.25/cwt	171.50–175.25	1,237	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	179.18/cwt	176.50–182.50	1,132	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	770	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,382	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	790	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	727	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	652	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	842	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,204	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	794	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,266	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	860	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	183.88/cwt	182.50–186.00	975	12

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 Jan 9, 2023

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

Receipts 2,360Last week 500Year ago 2,640

No comparison to last week. 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
136	—	668	171.50–183.25	179.43
106	—	567	183.00–192.50	188.26
94	—	817	166.50	166.50
32	—	890	159.50	159.50
47	—	439	187.00–195.00	188.51
170	—	714	171.50–175.25	173.25
152	—	632	176.50–182.50	179.18
22	—	352	206.50	206.50
14	—	326	200.00	200.00
9	—	475	181.00	181.00
12	—	530	182.50–186.00	183.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	578	164.00–172.50	168.98
6	—	626	160.00	160.00
7	—	332	170.00	170.00
8	—	473	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	794	159.50	159.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	770	188.75–191.50	190.14
202	—	874	184.00–184.50	184.16
46	—	464	230.00–237.00	234.58
14	—	299	240.00	240.00
96	—	973	167.50–167.75	167.67
8	—	936	160.00	160.00
217	—	824	177.75–186.00	183.92
203	—	728	190.00–190.75	190.43
22	—	370	255.50	255.50
55	—	533	210.00–237.00	222.16
210	—	628	192.00–205.50	198.89
12	—	563	199.00	199.00
143	—	667	187.00–194.00	191.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	646	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	770	179.50	179.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	842	143.00	143.00

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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