Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show comparison to last week. Demand was good on a good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $187.85/cwt on 808 head.

Average price

$187.85

808 head · 800 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$471

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

$3.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.79

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	542	191.00	1,035	5thin
Medium and Large 1	802	187.83	1,506	803

One grade step is worth $3.17/cwt here — about −$471 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 sale808 hd

187.85

—

NE average10 barns · 22,487 hd

198.63

−10.79

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	—	804	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,246	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	885	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	200.09/cwt	198.50–200.50	992	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,571	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	169.53/cwt	160.00–170.50	1,231	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	180.73/cwt	179.00–185.50	1,135	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,535	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	179.02/cwt	170.50–180.00	1,353	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,205	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	183.00/cwt	177.00–184.00	1,477	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,064	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	1,780	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,687	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,198	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,035	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	592	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,007	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,193	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,035	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,385	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	174.48/cwt	169.50–175.75	1,640	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	166.49/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,012	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	599	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,066	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	198.25/cwt	198.25–198.25	1,324	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	299	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	750	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	749	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	813	5

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 30, 2023

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

Receipts 1,260Last week 590Year ago 2,951

Not enough to show comparison to last week. Demand was good on a 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
24	—	804	155.00	155.00
34	—	406	218.00	218.00
39	—	496	198.50–200.50	200.09
54	—	952	165.00	165.00
66	—	726	160.00–170.50	169.53
69	—	628	179.00–185.50	180.73
9	—	282	210.00	210.00
10	—	530	190.00	190.00
19	—	789	175.50	175.50
18	—	599	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	608	165.00–168.00	166.49
5	—	407	184.00	184.00
5	—	478	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	853	180.00	180.00
68	—	756	170.50–180.00	179.02
7	—	604	199.50	199.50
217	—	807	177.00–184.00	183.00
57	—	1,064	167.25	167.25
63	—	961	175.50	175.50
23	—	522	229.50	229.50
26	—	589	202.50	202.50
47	—	409	253.00	253.00
159	—	940	169.50–175.75	174.48
52	—	668	198.25	198.25
19	—	299	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	542	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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