Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 600 - 750 were 12.00 - 20.00 higher, not enough to compare on weights under 600 lbs. Heifers wasn't enough to compare. Demand was good to moderate on all weights offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $262.57/cwt on 1,096 head.

Average price

$262.57

1,096 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$263

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

$1.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.73

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	264.34	1,395	91
Medium and Large 1	632	262.41	1,658	1,005

One grade step is worth $1.93/cwt here — about −$263 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 sale1,096 hd

262.57

—

NE average9 barns · 15,753 hd

278.30

−15.73

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

32 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	—	679	248.45/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,687	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,280	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	241.51/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,174	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,389	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	260.78/cwt	251.00–270.50	1,656	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	230.25/cwt	230.25–230.25	1,794	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,333	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	418	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,404	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	315.51/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,369	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,258	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	285.49/cwt	273.00–288.50	1,513	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	280.44/cwt	272.50–289.00	1,582	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,500	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,228	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	294.14/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,388	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,064	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	463	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,440	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	235.52/cwt	234.50–239.00	1,731	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,306	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	227.56/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,372	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	263.85/cwt	259.50–273.00	1,269	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	243.42/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,310	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	278.78/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,163	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	282.48/cwt	280.00–292.50	884	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	291.77/cwt	291.00–292.00	1,138	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,316	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	329.63/cwt	321.00–335.00	1,124	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	245.58/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,513	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	556	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,448	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	203.55/cwt	203.00–204.00	1,449	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,150	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	611	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,546	34

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 11, 2023

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

Receipts 1,890Last week 1,307Year ago 2,060

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	679	248.00–249.00	248.45
7	—	397	322.50	322.50
201	—	635	251.00–270.50	260.78
191	—	779	230.25	230.25
42	—	434	312.00–320.00	315.51
124	—	530	273.00–288.50	285.49
66	—	564	272.50–289.00	280.44
47	—	472	280.00–303.00	294.14
131	—	735	234.50–239.00	235.52
30	—	341	321.00–335.00	329.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	492	271.00	271.00
11	—	688	218.00	218.00
31	—	425	289.00	289.00
5	—	335	317.50	317.50
32	—	616	238.00–248.00	245.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	418	336.00	336.00
14	—	463	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	486	236.00–243.00	241.51
6	—	554	227.00	227.00
8	—	653	200.00	200.00
9	—	642	205.00	205.00
6	—	434	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	591	235.00	235.00
90	—	603	225.00–228.00	227.56
86	—	481	259.50–273.00	263.85
68	—	538	237.00–247.00	243.42
57	—	417	270.00–282.00	278.78
34	—	313	280.00–292.50	282.48
21	—	390	291.00–292.00	291.77
18	—	712	203.00–204.00	203.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	556	260.50	260.50
34	—	611	253.00	253.00

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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