Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison, due to a short run. Demand was good for what was offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $269.79/cwt on 110 head.

Average price

$269.79

110 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,431

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$485

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

$111.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.71

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	299.16	1,549	81
Medium and Large 1-2	566	187.76	1,063	29

One grade step is worth $111.40/cwt here — about $485 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 sale110 hd

269.79

—

NE average9 barns · 12,584 hd

274.49

−4.71

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

13 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 1-2	—	590	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,021	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,371	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,197	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	286.99/cwt	281.00–289.50	1,621	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,553	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	941	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	880	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	672	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,147	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,246	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	257.04/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,367	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	498	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,394	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 Nov 20, 2023

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

Receipts 250Last week 1,910Year ago 1,055

Not enough for a comparison, due to a short run. Demand was good for what was offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	590	173.00	173.00
6	—	729	188.00	188.00
13	—	473	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	352	340.00	340.00
31	—	565	281.00–289.50	286.99
27	—	465	325.00	325.00
14	—	621	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	506	174.00	174.00
8	—	395	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,068	201.00	201.00
18	—	414	301.00	301.00
17	—	532	250.00–260.00	257.04
17	—	498	280.00	280.00

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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