Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good today on all offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.81/cwt on 395 head.

Average price

$216.81

395 head · 794 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$810

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

$31.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.08

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	808	218.23	1,763	377
Medium and Large 1-2	510	187.00	954	18thin

One grade step is worth $31.23/cwt here — about $810 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 sale395 hd

216.81

—

NE average3 barns · 1,604 hd

222.89

−6.08

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

14 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	—	480	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,267	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	225.56/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,304	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	236.69/cwt	233.50–237.50	1,941	302
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	275.04/cwt	266.00–277.00	1,557	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,380	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,090	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,048	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,657	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	954	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	197.78/cwt	188.00–208.00	1,254	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,010	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	210.35/cwt	210.35–210.35	1,923	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	205.75/cwt	205.75–205.75	1,784	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,745	59

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 Jun 5, 2023

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

Receipts 850Last week 400Year ago 550

No comparison to last week. Demand was good today 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
30	—	480	264.00	264.00
13	—	578	222.00–230.00	225.56
12	—	634	188.00–208.00	197.78
17	—	370	273.00	273.00
183	—	914	210.35	210.35
63	—	867	205.75	205.75
59	—	795	219.50	219.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	510	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
302	—	820	233.50–237.50	236.69
39	—	566	266.00–277.00	275.04
20	—	464	297.50	297.50
9	—	361	302.00	302.00
7	—	419	250.00	250.00
6	—	655	253.00	253.00

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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