Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 800 lbs was 1.00 lower. Not enough on any other weights to show a comparison. Demand was good for what was offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $206.52/cwt on 460 head.

Average price

$206.52

460 head · 803 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$550

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

$11.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.20

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	525	216.93	1,139	27
Medium and Large 1	820	205.87	1,689	433

One grade step is worth $11.06/cwt here — about −$550 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 sale460 hd

206.52

—

NE average6 barns · 5,079 hd

222.71

−16.20

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

12 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	—	848	204.60/cwt	204.60–204.60	1,735	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,469	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,114	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	999	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	208.25/cwt	201.00–209.75	1,320	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	189.16/cwt	180.50–190.50	1,447	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	890	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,144	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,393	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	210.70/cwt	201.00–213.00	1,389	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	192.60/cwt	192.60–192.60	1,839	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	215.25/cwt	215.25–215.25	1,608	76

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 May 8, 2023

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

Receipts 750Last week 669Year ago 1,005

Compared to last week, steers 800 lbs was 1.00 lower. Not enough on any other weights to show a comparison. Demand was good for what was offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
246	—	848	204.60	204.60
6	—	506	226.00	226.00
13	—	648	215.00	215.00
32	—	659	201.00–213.00	210.70
60	—	955	192.60	192.60
76	—	747	215.25	215.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	738	199.00	199.00
10	—	518	215.00	215.00
12	—	442	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	634	201.00–209.75	208.25
115	—	765	180.50–190.50	189.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	428	208.00	208.00

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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