Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 550 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Most lots of heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower except 450 to 500 lbs sold 10.00 higher. Demand was good for grass type cattle, especially thin fleshed ones. Moderate demand for feeder cattle. Sloppy, wet, muddy pens around the trade have damped the mood on procuring feeder cattle on Monday. Another winter storm is in the forecast this week and some feedlots backed there bids off to order buyers. Offering comprised of longtime weaned steers and heifers, fully vaccinated. Some cattle coming out of muddy weaning pens as they displayed some tag (mud) on their hide. January 23 expecting 2000-2500 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $190.10/cwt on 1,582 head.

Average price

$190.10

1,582 head · 717 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,364

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$314

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

$0.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.50

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	724	190.14	1,377	1,515
Medium and Large 1-2	562	189.15	1,063	67

One grade step is worth $0.99/cwt here — about $314 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 sale1,582 hd

190.10

—

NE average12 barns · 30,727 hd

201.60

−11.50

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

40 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 1Fancy	—	577	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,142	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	685	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,123	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	562	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	899	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	161.75/cwt	161.75–161.75	1,297	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	968	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,080	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	403	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	879	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	899	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,143	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	959	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	506	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,083	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	496	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,195	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,477	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	193.44/cwt	190.50–196.00	1,221	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	195.63/cwt	195.00–196.00	1,113	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,079	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	181.61/cwt	170.00–183.25	1,424	395
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	194.97/cwt	191.00–197.00	1,008	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	175.15/cwt	173.00–178.00	1,019	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,550	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	387	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	944	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	604	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,323	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	857	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	171.76/cwt	171.00–173.00	1,233	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	972	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,052	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,047	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	178.95/cwt	175.00–182.00	1,469	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	410	202.05/cwt	201.00–202.50	828	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	553	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,076	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	167.24/cwt	163.50–170.50	1,279	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	167.96/cwt	163.00–177.50	1,214	306
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	190.34/cwt	183.00–193.50	1,298	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	185.38/cwt	182.00–187.50	1,338	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	167.39/cwt	165.50–173.00	1,147	309
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	195.20/cwt	194.50–199.00	958	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	172.34/cwt	167.50–174.50	1,075	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	184.74/cwt	182.00–188.00	898	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	465	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	997	84

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 16, 2023

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

Receipts 2,957Last week 2,360Year ago 3,610

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	577	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	685	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	562	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	802	161.75	161.75
64	—	582	173.00–178.00	175.15
20	—	527	184.50	184.50
141	—	765	163.50–170.50	167.24
306	—	723	163.00–177.50	167.96
309	—	685	165.50–173.00	167.39
64	—	491	194.50–199.00	195.20
107	—	624	167.50–174.50	172.34
5	—	343	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	181.00	181.00
5	—	647	167.00	167.00
5	—	598	176.00	176.00
15	—	486	182.00–188.00	184.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	410	201.00–202.50	202.05
40	—	553	194.50	194.50
84	—	465	214.50	214.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	403	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	396	227.00	227.00
52	—	906	163.00	163.00
60	—	631	190.50–196.00	193.44
25	—	569	195.00–196.00	195.63
32	—	486	222.00	222.00
395	—	784	170.00–183.25	181.61
18	—	517	191.00–197.00	194.97
68	—	871	178.00	178.00
276	—	821	175.00–182.00	178.95
134	—	682	183.00–193.50	190.34
242	—	722	182.00–187.50	185.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	611	187.00	187.00
9	—	530	181.00	181.00
9	—	422	203.00	203.00
13	—	718	171.00–173.00	171.76
9	—	569	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	506	214.00	214.00
80	—	496	241.00	241.00
21	—	387	244.00	244.00
81	—	604	219.00	219.00

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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