Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 5.00 higher and heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good all day on good selection offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $191.96/cwt on 1,015 head.

Average price

$191.96

1,015 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,305

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$9.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.52

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	192.10	1,308	1,000
Medium and Large 1-2	629	183.09	1,152	15thin

One grade step is worth $9.01/cwt here — about $156 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 sale1,015 hd

191.96

—

NE average8 barns · 8,089 hd

198.49

−6.52

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	993	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	239.69/cwt	239.00–240.00	733	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	225.64/cwt	223.00–230.00	880	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	225.87/cwt	223.00–229.50	951	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	219.26/cwt	209.50–225.00	1,055	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	217.15/cwt	197.00–224.00	1,140	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	204.49/cwt	203.50–207.00	1,515	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,281	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	195.78/cwt	195.00–198.00	1,343	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	189.20/cwt	185.00–190.50	1,493	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	252.47/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,161	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	269.68/cwt	266.00–273.00	968	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	187.13/cwt	185.00–187.50	1,506	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,327	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	179.05/cwt	176.25–182.50	1,370	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	196.07/cwt	189.50–204.50	1,143	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,404	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	273.01/cwt	272.00–276.00	1,138	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	195.60/cwt	192.00–203.00	1,234	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	193.88/cwt	183.50–196.25	1,270	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	183.72/cwt	175.00–186.50	1,330	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,516	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	222.48/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,259	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	186.31/cwt	182.50–187.75	1,610	385
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,484	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	183.09/cwt	182.00–184.00	1,152	15

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 Mar 6, 2023

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

Receipts 2,080Last week 2,729Year ago 2,295

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 5.00 higher and heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good all day on good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	520	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	306	239.00–240.00	239.69
34	—	390	223.00–230.00	225.64
38	—	421	223.00–229.50	225.87
44	—	481	209.50–225.00	219.26
49	—	525	197.00–224.00	217.15
204	—	765	176.25–182.50	179.05
71	—	583	189.50–204.50	196.07
131	—	631	192.00–203.00	195.60
82	—	655	183.50–196.25	193.88
83	—	724	175.00–186.50	183.72
121	—	892	170.00	170.00
119	—	802	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	629	182.00–184.00	183.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	741	203.50–207.00	204.49
16	—	523	245.00	245.00
29	—	686	195.00–198.00	195.78
94	—	789	185.00–190.50	189.20
29	—	460	245.00–259.00	252.47
31	—	359	266.00–273.00	269.68
89	—	805	185.00–187.50	187.13
22	—	608	231.00	231.00
24	—	417	272.00–276.00	273.01
31	—	566	215.00–227.00	222.48
385	—	864	182.50–187.75	186.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	632	210.00	210.00

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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