Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 12.00 higher. Except steers weighing 550 was 18.00 lower. Not enough for comparison for weights over 650 lbs. Demand was good .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $285.82/cwt on 1,138 head.

Average price

$285.82

1,138 head · 695 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$13.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.19

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	701	287.93	2,020	960
Medium and Large 1-2	658	274.42	1,805	178

One grade step is worth $13.52/cwt here — about $214 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 sale1,138 hd

285.82

—

NE average5 barns · 4,976 hd

265.63

+20.19

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

29 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	—	711	251.25/cwt	251.25–251.25	1,786	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	285.02/cwt	282.50–294.00	1,608	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	285.87/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,507	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,953	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	305.63/cwt	293.00–313.00	1,470	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,321	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,958	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,720	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	268.81/cwt	267.50–269.00	1,771	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	308.00/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,620	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	263.23/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,606	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	261.04/cwt	257.00–261.75	2,101	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,278	326
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,947	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	293.53/cwt	288.00–298.00	1,723	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	354.71/cwt	347.00–362.50	1,561	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	327.23/cwt	324.00–335.00	1,715	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,535	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,226	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,360	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	371.05/cwt	356.00–380.00	1,429	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,112	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	340.53/cwt	334.00–343.00	1,658	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,806	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	246.13/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,541	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,567	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	327.34/cwt	317.50–337.00	1,205	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	262.10/cwt	261.00–263.00	1,615	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,349	14

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 25, 2023

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

Receipts 2,070Last week 2,250Year ago 2,030

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 12.00 higher. Except steers weighing 550 was 18.00 lower. Not enough for comparison for weights over 650 lbs. Demand was good .

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	711	251.25	251.25
69	—	564	282.50–294.00	285.02
80	—	527	280.00–288.00	285.87
181	—	838	233.00	233.00
198	—	481	293.00–313.00	305.63
18	—	327	340.00	340.00
13	—	611	256.50	256.50
33	—	368	317.50–337.00	327.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	465	284.00	284.00
73	—	792	228.00	228.00
26	—	626	245.00–247.50	246.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	616	261.00–263.00	262.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	783	250.00	250.00
11	—	637	270.00	270.00
148	—	805	257.00–261.75	261.04
326	—	895	254.50	254.50
120	—	587	288.00–298.00	293.53
38	—	440	347.00–362.50	354.71
123	—	524	324.00–335.00	327.23
10	—	968	230.00	230.00
28	—	385	356.00–380.00	371.05
94	—	487	334.00–343.00	340.53
14	—	346	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	659	267.50–269.00	268.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	526	300.00–310.00	308.00
16	—	610	260.00–267.50	263.23
89	—	790	246.50	246.50
20	—	492	312.00	312.00
6	—	412	330.00	330.00

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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