Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 5.00 - 15.00 higher and heifer were steady - 14.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $271.73/cwt on 773 head.

Average price

$271.73

773 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$265

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

$0.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.93

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	472	272.21	1,285	45
Medium and Large 1	571	271.70	1,550	728

One grade step is worth $0.51/cwt here — about −$265 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 sale773 hd

271.73

—

NE average8 barns · 5,937 hd

261.80

+9.93

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

26 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 1Fancy	—	516	320.28/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,653	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,599	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	398.14/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,318	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	265.32/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,743	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	272.12/cwt	266.00–286.00	1,712	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	352.78/cwt	344.00–367.50	1,510	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	259.93/cwt	254.50–263.50	1,479	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,790	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	282.84/cwt	273.00–286.50	1,640	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	332.10/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,584	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	292.82/cwt	288.50–304.50	1,403	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	560	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,666	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	304.58/cwt	289.00–319.50	1,288	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,202	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	302.71/cwt	290.00–313.00	1,580	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	371.78/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,387	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	267.57/cwt	263.75–273.00	1,407	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,361	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	250.92/cwt	244.00–253.00	1,513	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,505	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	312.78/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,436	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	501	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,503	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	998	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,305	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	318.55/cwt	301.00–323.00	1,175	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	272.67/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,284	28

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 16, 2023

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

Receipts 1,640Last week 2,890Year ago 1,585

Compared to last week, steers were 5.00 - 15.00 higher and heifer were steady - 14.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	516	315.00–322.50	320.28
53	—	560	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	627	255.00	255.00
10	—	448	336.00	336.00
20	—	459	310.00–315.00	312.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	331	395.00–400.00	398.14
32	—	657	264.00–266.00	265.32
65	—	629	266.00–286.00	272.12
64	—	428	344.00–367.50	352.78
141	—	580	273.00–286.50	282.84
84	—	477	330.00–339.00	332.10
121	—	522	290.00–313.00	302.71
16	—	373	365.00–375.00	371.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	569	254.50–263.50	259.93
199	—	738	242.50	242.50
190	—	479	288.50–304.50	292.82
84	—	423	289.00–319.50	304.58
65	—	526	263.75–273.00	267.57
39	—	603	244.00–253.00	250.92
7	—	326	306.00	306.00
13	—	1,020	226.00	226.00
24	—	369	301.00–323.00	318.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	441	272.50	272.50
9	—	503	270.50	270.50
28	—	471	260.00–279.00	272.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	501	300.00	300.00

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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