Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market comparison is not applicable. Demand was good for the light run of calves and yearlings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $260.82/cwt on 506 head.

Average price

$260.82

506 head · 757 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,975

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$497

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

$76.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.70

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	753	267.97	2,017	454
Medium and Large 1-2	791	211.32	1,671	19thin
Medium and Large 2	796	191.00	1,520	33

One grade step is worth $76.97/cwt here — about $497 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 sale506 hd

260.82

—

NE average8 barns · 6,386 hd

258.12

+2.70

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

19 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	—	314	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	951	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,411	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,131	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,992	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,247	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,619	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,714	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,421	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,003	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,056	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,029	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,434	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	796	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,520	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,095	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,401	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,544	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	239.94/cwt	235.50–242.75	2,099	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,046	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	250.60/cwt	248.50–257.00	2,205	249

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 Aug 28, 2023

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

Receipts 805Last week 875Year ago 3,520

First reported sale in several weeks a market comparison is not applicable. Demand was good for the light run of calves and yearlings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	314	303.00	303.00
11	—	495	285.00	285.00
13	—	943	226.00	226.00
19	—	830	240.00	240.00
42	—	447	279.00	279.00
46	—	571	283.50	283.50
108	—	875	235.50–242.75	239.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	587	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	587	292.00	292.00
40	—	485	293.00	293.00
10	—	802	253.00	253.00
20	—	324	338.00	338.00
18	—	540	310.00	310.00
5	—	442	317.00	317.00
60	—	772	265.00	265.00
249	—	880	248.50–257.00	250.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,003	205.00	205.00
12	—	667	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	796	191.00	191.00

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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