Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 10.00 - 13.00 higher and heifers were steady - 2.00 higher. Demand was good on all the offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.65/cwt on 705 head.

Average price

$203.65

705 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,280

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$28.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.88

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	624	207.60	1,295	609
Medium and Large 1-2	659	178.63	1,177	96

One grade step is worth $28.97/cwt here — about $118 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 sale705 hd

203.65

—

NE average8 barns · 7,229 hd

200.77

+2.88

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

30 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,568	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,219	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,020	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,613	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	607	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,305	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	194.60/cwt	194.60–194.60	1,605	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,286	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	963	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,207	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	251.96/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,194	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,700	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	194.40/cwt	192.50–198.00	1,316	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	216.92/cwt	208.50–228.00	1,267	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	709	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,496	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,328	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	242.44/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,377	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	230.22/cwt	226.00–230.50	1,487	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,041	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,092	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	174.98/cwt	174.75–177.00	1,195	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	183.30/cwt	178.50–185.25	1,314	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	230.37/cwt	229.50–233.50	1,203	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	179.74/cwt	177.50–181.25	1,391	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	243.64/cwt	243.00–244.00	797	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	209.04/cwt	205.00–209.50	1,513	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,288	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	917	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	232.36/cwt	230.00–235.00	971	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,573	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	230.70/cwt	229.00–237.00	1,135	32

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 Apr 3, 2023

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

Receipts 1,570Last week 1,303Year ago 1,340

Compared to last week, steers were 10.00 - 13.00 higher and heifers were steady - 2.00 higher. Demand was good on all the offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	788	199.00	199.00
7	—	440	277.00	277.00
8	—	397	257.00	257.00
8	—	896	180.00	180.00
261	—	825	194.60	194.60
10	—	538	239.00	239.00
12	—	332	290.00	290.00
14	—	474	250.00–254.00	251.96
30	—	974	174.50	174.50
71	—	568	240.00–244.00	242.44
80	—	646	226.00–230.50	230.22
48	—	724	205.00–209.50	209.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	607	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	632	191.00	191.00
76	—	738	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	677	192.50–198.00	194.40
142	—	584	208.50–228.00	216.92
48	—	717	178.50–185.25	183.30
53	—	522	229.50–233.50	230.37
63	—	774	177.50–181.25	179.74
41	—	327	243.00–244.00	243.64
12	—	612	210.50	210.50
15	—	390	235.00	235.00
15	—	418	230.00–235.00	232.36
31	—	956	164.50	164.50
32	—	492	229.00–237.00	230.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	709	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	595	175.00	175.00
10	—	520	210.00	210.00
78	—	683	174.75–177.00	174.98

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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