Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was moderate, due to the futures.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $246.84/cwt on 839 head.

Average price

$246.84

839 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$396

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

$19.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.09

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	696	249.34	1,735	733
Medium and Large 1-2	583	229.57	1,339	106

One grade step is worth $19.77/cwt here — about $396 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 sale839 hd

246.84

—

NE average7 barns · 9,418 hd

254.93

−8.09

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

24 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 1	—	370	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,088	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,045	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	235.66/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,372	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,299	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,306	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	215.67/cwt	214.00–218.00	1,441	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	255.75/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,430	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	223.14/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,580	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,115	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,373	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,707	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,256	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	237.13/cwt	236.00–237.50	1,435	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	1,917	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	278.54/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,460	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,079	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,270	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	322.46/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,151	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	192.71/cwt	191.00–205.00	1,505	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	238.37/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,282	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,040	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,117	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	231.39/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,571	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	306.15/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,436	66

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 Dec 4, 2023

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

Receipts 1,307Last week 726Year ago 1,465

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was moderate, due to the futures.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	370	294.00	294.00
13	—	345	303.00	303.00
27	—	582	235.00–237.00	235.66
37	—	448	290.00	290.00
37	—	480	272.00	272.00
41	—	668	214.00–218.00	215.67
41	—	781	191.00–205.00	192.71
90	—	538	231.00–240.00	238.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	356	292.00	292.00
11	—	420	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	559	245.00–257.00	255.75
49	—	708	220.00–227.00	223.14
79	—	605	236.00–237.50	237.13
120	—	813	235.75	235.75
123	—	524	270.00–282.00	278.54
186	—	910	228.50	228.50
5	—	413	307.50	307.50
14	—	357	319.00–325.00	322.46
61	—	679	230.00–236.00	231.39
66	—	469	295.00–310.00	306.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	446	250.00	250.00
12	—	475	289.00	289.00
16	—	809	211.00	211.00
67	—	571	220.00	220.00

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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