Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 500 lbs and over 600 lbs sold sharply lower on the day. Steers from 500 to 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Most weights of heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower except 400-450 lbs sold 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Sharply lower CME cattle boards today more than likely was the driving force that made Monday's market lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $279.23/cwt on 1,403 head.

Average price

$279.23

1,403 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$15.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.64

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	281.93	1,578	1,162
Medium and Large 1-2	557	266.20	1,481	241

One grade step is worth $15.73/cwt here — about $97 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 sale1,403 hd

279.23

—

NE average12 barns · 17,736 hd

296.86

−17.64

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	514	272.92/cwt	271.00–273.50	1,403	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	309.29/cwt	308.00–311.00	999	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,703	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	249.27/cwt	243.00–261.00	1,426	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	275.22/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,225	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	301.68/cwt	287.00–308.00	1,282	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	277.14/cwt	271.00–287.00	1,480	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	312.11/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,326	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	282.44/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,361	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	253.18/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,491	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	255.80/cwt	248.00–265.00	1,612	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	281.45/cwt	274.00–291.00	1,585	354
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,227	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	354.23/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,141	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	293.96/cwt	277.50–309.00	1,114	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	387	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,343	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	312.18/cwt	300.00–319.50	1,442	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	296.70/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,525	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	456	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,509	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	511	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,605	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	230.16/cwt	227.50–240.00	1,455	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	256.42/cwt	244.00–264.00	1,349	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	243.64/cwt	240.25–253.00	1,674	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,553	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	270.41/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,298	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	231.66/cwt	230.50–232.50	1,788	149

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 23, 2023

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

Receipts 2,630Last week 1,640Year ago 2,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	514	271.00–273.50	272.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	323	308.00–311.00	309.29
55	—	625	272.50	272.50
107	—	572	243.00–261.00	249.27
119	—	425	287.00–308.00	301.68
23	—	379	277.50–309.00	293.96
240	—	526	244.00–264.00	256.42
123	—	480	260.00–280.00	270.41
149	—	772	230.50–232.50	231.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	445	270.00–279.00	275.22
32	—	632	227.50–240.00	230.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	387	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	534	271.00–287.00	277.14
29	—	482	281.00–285.00	282.44
88	—	589	250.00–264.00	253.18
20	—	639	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	425	305.00–322.50	312.11
187	—	630	248.00–265.00	255.80
354	—	563	274.00–291.00	281.45
9	—	364	337.00	337.00
12	—	322	335.00–370.00	354.23
130	—	462	300.00–319.50	312.18
162	—	514	292.00–305.00	296.70
183	—	687	240.25–253.00	243.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	456	331.00	331.00
38	—	511	314.00	314.00

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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