Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 450 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 450 to 650 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00. Heifers under 600 lbs was 3.00 - 15.00 lower. Not enough yearling for comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $291.57/cwt on 1,844 head.

Average price

$291.57

1,844 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$0.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.10

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	608	291.61	1,772	1,743
Medium and Large 1-2	522	290.81	1,519	101

One grade step is worth $0.80/cwt here — about $253 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 sale1,844 hd

291.57

—

NE average11 barns · 12,007 hd

281.47

+10.10

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 1Fancy	—	459	309.83/cwt	306.00–317.00	1,422	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	603	276.75/cwt	276.75–276.75	1,669	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,099	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	325.32/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,366	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	270.38/cwt	259.00–276.75	1,603	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,348	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,477	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	347.58/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,481	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	288.33/cwt	280.00–296.50	1,638	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	254.25/cwt	254.25–254.25	2,039	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	375.84/cwt	372.50–380.00	1,278	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,392	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	299.38/cwt	291.00–314.00	1,557	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	272.08/cwt	265.00–281.00	1,548	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	312.66/cwt	302.50–322.50	1,529	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	556	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,751	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	257.74/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,724	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,224	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,510	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	248.85/cwt	248.85–248.85	2,220	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	283.76/cwt	269.50–289.50	1,768	432
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	320.08/cwt	305.00–333.00	1,220	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,305	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	255.22/cwt	248.00–261.50	1,570	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	291.04/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,400	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	282.40/cwt	270.50–291.00	1,480	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	450	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,553	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	523	318.09/cwt	316.00–323.00	1,664	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,430	17

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 9, 2023

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

Receipts 2,890Last week 3,225Year ago 2,585

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	459	306.00–317.00	309.83
90	—	603	276.75	276.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	346	317.50	317.50
73	—	420	315.00–335.00	325.32
78	—	593	259.00–276.75	270.38
19	—	381	305.00–333.00	320.08
91	—	615	248.00–261.50	255.22
116	—	481	280.00–301.00	291.04
294	—	524	270.50–291.00	282.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	448	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	522	283.00	283.00
11	—	423	329.00	329.00
63	—	569	265.00–281.00	272.08
8	—	495	305.00	305.00
10	—	360	362.50	362.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	426	340.00–357.50	347.58
281	—	568	280.00–296.50	288.33
62	—	802	254.25	254.25
20	—	340	372.50–380.00	375.84
121	—	520	291.00–314.00	299.38
217	—	489	302.50–322.50	312.66
59	—	669	257.00–260.00	257.74
36	—	984	226.00	226.00
183	—	892	248.85	248.85
432	—	623	269.50–289.50	283.76
17	—	395	362.00	362.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	556	315.00	315.00
13	—	450	345.00	345.00
138	—	523	316.00–323.00	318.09

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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