Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Steers were 12.00 - 30.00 higher under 500 lbs Steers 500 - 600 lbs were 9.00 - 10.00 lower. weights over 600 lbs were 3.00 higher. Heifers were 3.00 - 11.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $298.49/cwt on 1,194 head.

Average price

$298.49

1,194 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$3.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.21

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	298.88	1,577	1,060
Medium and Large 1-2	487	295.35	1,438	134

One grade step is worth $3.53/cwt here — about $139 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 sale1,194 hd

298.49

—

NE average9 barns · 15,651 hd

289.27

+9.21

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

27 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	—	513	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,390	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	257.50/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,349	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	305.36/cwt	288.50–307.50	1,289	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	281.32/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,308	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	237.30/cwt	237.00–237.50	1,478	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,529	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	271.88/cwt	266.00–282.00	1,555	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	302.78/cwt	285.00–307.00	1,444	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	309.53/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,328	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	511	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,553	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	567	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,639	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	257.97/cwt	251.00–266.00	1,610	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,783	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	337	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,382	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,530	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,215	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,015	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,037	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	251.68/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,457	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	249.42/cwt	234.00–252.00	1,674	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,317	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	285.94/cwt	275.00–304.00	1,052	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	251.40/cwt	247.00–263.00	1,441	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	273.41/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,198	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	324.03/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,513	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	368.86/cwt	352.00–387.50	1,339	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	285.59/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,491	118

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 30, 2023

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

Receipts 2,080Last week 2,630Year ago 1,123

Steers were 12.00 - 30.00 higher under 500 lbs Steers 500 - 600 lbs were 9.00 - 10.00 lower. weights over 600 lbs were 3.00 higher. Heifers were 3.00 - 11.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	513	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
212	—	524	245.00–264.00	257.50
131	—	422	288.50–307.50	305.36
133	—	465	265.00–285.00	281.32
23	—	623	237.00–237.50	237.30
18	—	695	220.00	220.00
24	—	341	304.00	304.00
47	—	368	275.00–304.00	285.94
78	—	573	247.00–263.00	251.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	490	248.00	248.00
17	—	389	261.00	261.00
18	—	438	268.00–280.00	273.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
299	—	572	266.00–282.00	271.88
132	—	624	251.00–266.00	257.97
21	—	746	239.00	239.00
119	—	425	360.00	360.00
46	—	671	234.00–252.00	249.42
11	—	349	377.50	377.50
184	—	467	315.00–335.00	324.03
47	—	363	352.00–387.50	368.86
118	—	522	276.00–290.00	285.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	477	285.00–307.00	302.78
19	—	429	300.00–337.50	309.53
22	—	579	250.00–254.00	251.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	511	304.00	304.00
44	—	567	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	337	410.00	410.00

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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