Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week most lots of steers sold steady to 5.00 lower, except 450 lbs and 550 lbs 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Not enough yearlings for a market comparison. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $309.36/cwt on 1,619 head.

Average price

$309.36

1,619 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$4.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+37.25

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	309.74	1,748	1,478
Medium and Large 1-2	499	305.43	1,524	141

One grade step is worth $4.30/cwt here — about $223 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 sale1,619 hd

309.36

—

NE average7 barns · 8,853 hd

272.11

+37.25

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

31 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 1Fancy	—	575	292.03/cwt	289.00–293.50	1,679	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,241	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	2,056	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	328.78/cwt	319.00–345.00	1,121	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	252.97/cwt	247.00–257.50	1,652	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,889	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	619	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,622	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	331.67/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,436	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	347.42/cwt	342.50–351.00	1,657	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	283.69/cwt	277.00–296.00	1,776	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	319.21/cwt	310.50–329.00	1,510	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,125	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	303.04/cwt	289.00–308.00	1,736	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	352.27/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,504	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,088	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	265.41/cwt	257.00–274.00	1,738	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	271.45/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,536	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	264.62/cwt	253.00–265.75	1,916	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	314.84/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,666	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,323	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	373.53/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,292	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	307.10/cwt	297.00–314.00	1,453	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	294.67/cwt	285.00–304.00	1,497	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	584	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,816	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	462	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,686	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	275.40/cwt	268.00–283.00	1,586	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	364.78/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,437	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	307.97/cwt	306.00–310.00	973	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	276.71/cwt	271.00–281.50	1,469	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	258.23/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,521	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	322.02/cwt	313.00–331.00	1,385	177

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 Oct 2, 2023

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

Receipts 3,225Last week 2,070Year ago 1,370

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	575	289.00–293.50	292.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	375	331.00	331.00
13	—	888	231.50	231.50
38	—	341	319.00–345.00	328.78
81	—	653	247.00–257.50	252.97
130	—	797	237.00	237.00
250	—	473	297.00–314.00	307.10
156	—	508	285.00–304.00	294.67
173	—	576	268.00–283.00	275.40
177	—	430	313.00–331.00	322.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	447	296.00	296.00
12	—	316	306.00–310.00	307.97
147	—	531	271.00–281.50	276.71
47	—	589	250.00–260.00	258.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	619	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	433	325.00–335.00	331.67
66	—	473	310.50–329.00	319.21
8	—	326	345.00	345.00
16	—	566	265.00–280.00	271.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	477	342.50–351.00	347.42
246	—	573	289.00–308.00	303.04
93	—	427	342.50–360.00	352.27
56	—	870	240.00	240.00
52	—	655	257.00–274.00	265.41
99	—	724	253.00–265.75	264.62
311	—	529	300.00–320.00	314.84
25	—	346	365.00–380.00	373.53
54	—	394	355.00–372.50	364.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
249	—	626	277.00–296.00	283.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	584	311.00	311.00
49	—	462	365.00	365.00

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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