Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to last week, steers were steady - 9.00 higher, except 800 lb steers were 3.00 lower. heifers were 4.00 - 12.00 higher, except 600 lbs were 6.00 lower. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $204.40/cwt on 1,108 head.

Average price

$204.40

1,108 head · 695 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$3.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.70

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	698	204.50	1,427	1,071
Medium and Large 1-2	626	201.49	1,262	37

One grade step is worth $3.01/cwt here — about $165 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 sale1,108 hd

204.40

—

NE average8 barns · 11,984 hd

202.69

+1.70

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

23 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	—	733	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,283	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	176.93/cwt	175.50–185.00	1,115	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	163.74/cwt	163.00–164.50	1,351	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	209.70/cwt	204.50–216.00	904	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	198.69/cwt	182.50–202.00	1,127	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	206.03/cwt	197.00–217.00	1,090	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,033	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	235.78/cwt	234.00–236.00	1,096	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	238.27/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,239	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	214.00/cwt	206.00–219.00	1,348	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	267.41/cwt	256.00–270.00	896	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	196.97/cwt	180.00–199.00	1,355	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	234.10/cwt	224.00–240.50	1,332	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	182.14/cwt	177.75–184.75	1,515	407
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,266	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,384	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,457	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	928	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	186.16/cwt	176.00–187.50	1,232	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	803	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	821	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,256	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,596	61

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 20, 2023

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

Receipts 2,050Last week 2,920Year ago 1,690

Compare to last week, steers were steady - 9.00 higher, except 800 lb steers were 3.00 lower. heifers were 4.00 - 12.00 higher, except 600 lbs were 6.00 lower. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	733	175.00	175.00
64	—	630	175.50–185.00	176.93
87	—	825	163.00–164.50	163.74
97	—	431	204.50–216.00	209.70
121	—	567	182.50–202.00	198.69
149	—	529	197.00–217.00	206.03
8	—	865	160.00	160.00
13	—	464	200.00	200.00
212	—	662	176.00–187.50	186.16
13	—	360	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	451	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	413	250.00	250.00
56	—	465	234.00–236.00	235.78
59	—	520	230.00–244.00	238.27
99	—	630	206.00–219.00	214.00
26	—	335	256.00–270.00	267.41
155	—	688	180.00–199.00	196.97
178	—	569	224.00–240.50	234.10
407	—	832	177.75–184.75	182.14
7	—	792	184.00	184.00
61	—	950	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	578	219.00	219.00
27	—	644	195.00	195.00

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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