Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 450-750 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifer calves 450-700 lbs sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $282.68/cwt on 1,450 head.

Average price

$282.68

1,450 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$12.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.48

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	283.78	1,627	1,325
Medium and Large 1-2	518	270.95	1,403	125

One grade step is worth $12.84/cwt here — about $224 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 sale1,450 hd

282.68

—

NE average12 barns · 18,328 hd

293.16

−10.48

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

49 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,378	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	430	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,183	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	696	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,531	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	709	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,560	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	230.69/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,430	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	516	256.94/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,326	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	267.40/cwt	262.00–269.00	1,425	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	328.58/cwt	313.00–332.50	1,528	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	358	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,343	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,096	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	406	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,472	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,100	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	304.56/cwt	291.00–315.00	1,572	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,665	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	276.47/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,576	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	338.51/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,476	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	261.48/cwt	261.00–262.00	1,488	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,530	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	284.81/cwt	283.00–287.50	1,316	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	248.92/cwt	247.00–251.00	1,543	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	240.68/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,743	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	691	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,658	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	713	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,672	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	465	299.18/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,391	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	439	315.72/cwt	312.00–322.50	1,386	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	275.40/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,438	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	259.97/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,620	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,107	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	403	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,213	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	343	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,369	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	281.50/cwt	274.00–286.00	1,478	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	259.47/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,053	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	834	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,002	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,017	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	830	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,020	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,559	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	256.45/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,457	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	283.83/cwt	278.50–287.50	1,368	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	288.44/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,197	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	246.33/cwt	238.00–250.50	1,510	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,108	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	256.09/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,181	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,046	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,144	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	247.11/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,315	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	479	269.24/cwt	266.00–273.00	1,290	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	573	241.61/cwt	235.00–245.50	1,384	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	337	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	944	6

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 Nov 6, 2023

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

Receipts 2,671Last week 2,080Year ago 1,323

Compared to last week steer calves 450-750 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifer calves 450-700 lbs sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	430	275.00	275.00
6	—	696	220.00	220.00
33	—	709	220.00	220.00
44	—	620	230.00–231.00	230.69
58	—	516	255.00–261.00	256.94
113	—	479	266.00–273.00	269.24
68	—	573	235.00–245.50	241.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	522	270.00–280.00	275.40
30	—	379	292.00	292.00
19	—	918	220.00	220.00
11	—	687	227.00	227.00
99	—	568	250.00–260.00	256.45
112	—	482	278.50–287.50	283.83
54	—	415	284.00–290.00	288.44
121	—	613	238.00–250.50	246.33
6	—	985	214.00	214.00
25	—	1,046	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	403	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	406	255.00–261.00	259.47
13	—	371	274.00	274.00
16	—	305	272.00	272.00
63	—	461	250.00–260.00	256.09
37	—	532	245.00–250.00	247.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	360	280.00	280.00
6	—	337	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	533	262.00–269.00	267.40
9	—	362	304.00	304.00
14	—	569	261.00–262.00	261.48
11	—	635	241.00	241.00
28	—	462	283.00–287.50	284.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	465	313.00–332.50	328.58
73	—	845	248.00	248.00
135	—	516	291.00–315.00	304.56
125	—	666	250.00	250.00
263	—	570	270.00–284.00	276.47
107	—	436	334.00–340.00	338.51
30	—	724	240.00–241.00	240.68
149	—	623	255.00–263.00	259.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	358	375.00	375.00
11	—	406	362.50	362.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	620	247.00–251.00	248.92
14	—	691	240.00	240.00
14	—	713	234.50	234.50
38	—	465	297.50–300.00	299.18
52	—	439	312.00–322.50	315.72
105	—	525	274.00–286.00	281.50
26	—	834	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	343	399.00	399.00

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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