Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good, with a nice offering of spring calves offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $307.99/cwt on 1,248 head.

Average price

$307.99

1,248 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$2.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+43.06

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	308.48	1,780	1,016
Medium and Large 1-2	510	305.84	1,561	232

One grade step is worth $2.64/cwt here — about $219 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 sale1,248 hd

307.99

—

NE average9 barns · 9,820 hd

264.93

+43.06

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

27 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	—	445	353.55/cwt	353.00–354.00	1,573	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	364.07/cwt	358.00–375.00	1,271	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,524	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,343	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	320.56/cwt	318.00–327.50	1,391	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	286.52/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,226	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	316.25/cwt	309.00–320.00	1,347	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	281.88/cwt	276.00–293.00	1,598	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	624	274.33/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,712	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,780	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	289.26/cwt	284.00–299.00	1,785	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	288.76/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,502	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	604	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,573	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	315.08/cwt	303.00–318.00	1,815	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	292.48/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,673	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	247.06/cwt	240.50–250.00	2,167	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,746	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,826	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	331.09/cwt	323.00–337.00	1,116	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,733	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,847	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,241	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	293.85/cwt	290.50–300.00	1,437	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	342.29/cwt	334.00–355.00	1,650	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,615	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	370.80/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,468	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	318.50/cwt	308.00–325.00	1,666	291

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 18, 2023

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

Receipts 2,250Last week 950Year ago 1,620

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good, with a nice offering of spring calves offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	445	353.00–354.00	353.55
14	—	349	358.00–375.00	364.07
142	—	576	303.00–318.00	315.08
87	—	877	240.50–250.00	247.06
15	—	659	265.00	265.00
138	—	482	334.00–355.00	342.29
18	—	396	367.50–375.00	370.80
291	—	523	308.00–325.00	318.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	490	311.00	311.00
15	—	392	342.50	342.50
40	—	434	318.00–327.50	320.56
48	—	572	285.00–295.00	292.48
42	—	540	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	624	273.00–275.00	274.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	657	271.00	271.00
274	—	617	284.00–299.00	289.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	428	281.00–300.00	286.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	426	309.00–320.00	316.25
153	—	567	276.00–293.00	281.88
244	—	520	279.00–299.00	288.76
12	—	705	259.00	259.00
14	—	337	323.00–337.00	331.09
14	—	654	265.00	265.00
26	—	786	235.00	235.00
33	—	1,014	221.00	221.00
106	—	489	290.50–300.00	293.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	604	260.50	260.50

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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