Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 700 lbs were 2.00 - 6.00 higher and heifers were steady - 6.00 higher. Demand was good on a nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $196.65/cwt on 1,708 head.

Average price

$196.65

1,708 head · 730 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,436

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$342

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

$3.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.21

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	552	200.43	1,106	63
Medium and Large 1	737	196.51	1,448	1,645

One grade step is worth $3.92/cwt here — about −$342 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 sale1,708 hd

196.65

—

NE average9 barns · 14,650 hd

201.86

−5.21

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

29 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	—	707	176.00/cwt	168.50–177.25	1,244	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	799	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,354	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	215.92/cwt	208.00–226.00	894	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	186.89/cwt	186.00–191.00	1,177	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	182.80/cwt	178.50–186.50	1,214	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	210.04/cwt	205.00–214.00	1,073	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	225.15/cwt	220.50–230.00	1,301	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	184.47/cwt	180.00–184.75	1,465	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	193.12/cwt	192.50–195.00	1,410	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	184.41/cwt	179.00–189.75	1,529	460
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	228.49/cwt	228.00–229.00	1,238	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,056	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	196.22/cwt	189.00–202.50	1,344	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,300	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,324	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	204.08/cwt	199.00–207.00	980	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,022	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	229.56/cwt	228.00–230.00	882	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,258	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,024	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	982	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	191.59/cwt	186.00–195.00	1,019	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,106	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	189.77/cwt	186.50–194.50	1,104	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	858	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,348	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	169.86/cwt	169.00–170.50	1,067	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	204.78/cwt	193.00–213.00	678	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	183.63/cwt	181.75–184.25	1,590	262

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 Feb 6, 2023

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

Receipts 2,845Last week 1,260Year ago 1,818

Compared to last week, steers over 700 lbs were 2.00 - 6.00 higher and heifers were steady - 6.00 higher. Demand was good on a nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	707	168.50–177.25	176.00
89	—	799	169.50	169.50
107	—	414	208.00–226.00	215.92
126	—	630	186.00–191.00	186.89
129	—	664	178.50–186.50	182.80
133	—	511	205.00–214.00	210.04
65	—	480	199.00–207.00	204.08
153	—	582	186.50–194.50	189.77
16	—	812	166.00	166.00
15	—	331	193.00–213.00	204.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	532	186.00–195.00	191.59
9	—	459	187.00	187.00
14	—	628	169.00–170.50	169.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	578	220.50–230.00	225.15
148	—	794	180.00–184.75	184.47
267	—	730	192.50–195.00	193.12
460	—	829	179.00–189.75	184.41
45	—	542	228.00–229.00	228.49
117	—	685	189.00–202.50	196.22
102	—	610	217.00	217.00
46	—	384	228.00–230.00	229.56
9	—	418	245.00	245.00
48	—	459	241.00	241.00
262	—	866	181.75–184.25	183.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	577	183.00	183.00
9	—	718	181.00	181.00
32	—	471	217.00	217.00
8	—	680	185.00	185.00
6	—	531	185.00	185.00

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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