Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2023-02-27

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Feb 27
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,729 head
679 vs last sale 2,050 954 vs year ago 1,775 · +53.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold steady, 600 to 650 lbs sold 9.00 higher, 650 to 700 lbs sold steady and over 800 lbs sold 6.00 higher. Most of the heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher with 700 lbs steady on the day. Demand was good with several load lots on hand. Nice spring like weather with lots of sunshine and warm temperatures.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $205.48/cwt on 1,805 head.
Average price
$205.48
1,805 head · 729 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,499
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$421
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.76
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1730205.521,5001,799
Medium and Large 1-2558193.501,0806thin
One grade step is worth $12.02/cwt here — about $421 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 sale1,805 hd
205.48
NE average8 barns · 12,099 hd
199.72
+5.76
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

21 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1472210.71/cwt207.50–216.0099532
HeifersMedium and Large 1433218.60/cwt218.00–220.0094759
HeifersMedium and Large 1672187.92/cwt186.00–189.001,26373
HeifersMedium and Large 1529208.74/cwt205.00–217.001,10480
HeifersMedium and Large 1747175.60/cwt175.60–175.601,312108
HeifersMedium and Large 1592188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,11310
SteersMedium and Large 1470236.39/cwt231.00–251.001,11166
SteersMedium and Large 1695197.57/cwt197.25–201.001,373102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2558193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,0806
HeifersMedium and Large 1629192.14/cwt190.00–195.001,209187
HeifersMedium and Large 1878169.70/cwt165.00–170.501,490238
HeifersMedium and Large 1825170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,40330
SteersMedium and Large 1829188.20/cwt188.10–188.351,560323
SteersMedium and Large 1727198.27/cwt193.50–199.501,441148
SteersMedium and Large 1881181.61/cwt180.00–183.001,600155
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy550258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,41993
SteersMedium and Large 1443235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0416
SteersMedium and Large 1506224.39/cwt223.00–227.001,13547
SteersMedium and Large 1586220.88/cwt220.00–228.001,294239
SteersMedium and Large 1992178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,766259
SteersMedium and Large 1623223.97/cwt216.00–225.501,395361

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.