Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $307.46/cwt on 474 head.

Average price

$307.46

474 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

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

$37.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+44.99

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	310.08	1,735	441
Medium and Large 1-2	615	272.33	1,675	33

One grade step is worth $37.75/cwt here — about $60 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 sale474 hd

307.46

—

NE average4 barns · 5,544 hd

262.47

+44.99

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

22 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 1-2	—	558	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,523	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,219	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,498	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	381.23/cwt	376.00–389.00	1,403	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,827	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,556	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	606	293.26/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,777	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,543	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	307.54/cwt	305.00–313.00	1,196	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	310.93/cwt	301.00–319.00	1,051	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,779	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,354	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,721	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	225.38/cwt	223.50–226.50	2,285	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,714	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	251.24/cwt	250.00–254.00	2,035	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	307.80/cwt	291.00–313.00	1,422	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	289.55/cwt	280.50–291.00	1,621	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	233.73/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,921	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,662	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	335.50/cwt	328.00–339.00	1,614	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	311.74/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,627	127

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 Sep 11, 2023

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

Receipts 950Last week 805Year ago 3,630

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	558	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	510	302.50	302.50
19	—	389	305.00–313.00	307.54
16	—	338	301.00–319.00	310.93
13	—	659	270.00	270.00
10	—	441	307.00	307.00
6	—	714	241.00	241.00
32	—	1,014	223.50–226.50	225.38
104	—	462	291.00–313.00	307.80
87	—	560	280.50–291.00	289.55
38	—	822	232.00–237.00	233.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	320	381.00	381.00
30	—	368	376.00–389.00	381.23
12	—	447	348.00	348.00
31	—	560	306.00	306.00
61	—	810	250.00–254.00	251.24
83	—	481	328.00–339.00	335.50
127	—	522	305.00–314.00	311.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	520	288.00	288.00
11	—	725	252.00	252.00
11	—	600	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	606	290.00–294.00	293.26

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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