Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand ws good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $253.66/cwt on 518 head.

Average price

$253.66

518 head · 821 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,084

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$689

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

$27.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.05

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	500	281.00	1,405	9thin
Medium and Large 1	827	253.18	2,094	509

One grade step is worth $27.82/cwt here — about −$689 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 sale518 hd

253.66

—

NE average3 barns · 2,705 hd

255.71

−2.05

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

13 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	—	588	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,467	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,015	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,784	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,795	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,231	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,405	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	248.73/cwt	248.50–250.50	2,027	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	246.35/cwt	246.35–246.35	2,259	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,340	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	348.28/cwt	343.00–353.00	836	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,988	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,654	45

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 Jul 24, 2023

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

Receipts 875Last week 400Year ago 940

No comparison to last week. Demand ws good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	588	249.50	249.50
179	—	880	229.00	229.00
14	—	811	220.00	220.00
18	—	796	225.50	225.50
20	—	446	276.00	276.00
6	—	215	600.00	600.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	500	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	815	248.50–250.50	248.73
263	—	917	246.35	246.35
8	—	472	284.00	284.00
13	—	240	343.00–353.00	348.28
33	—	795	250.00	250.00
45	—	597	277.00	277.00

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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