Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 8.00 higher and heifers were 6.00 - 14.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate on all classes offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $247.10/cwt on 583 head.

Average price

$247.10

583 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,458

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$7.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.52

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	593	247.51	1,469	550
Medium and Large 1-2	533	240.27	1,280	33

One grade step is worth $7.23/cwt here — about $189 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 sale583 hd

247.10

—

NE average7 barns · 6,582 hd

247.62

−0.52

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

33 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	—	501	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,283	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	601	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,623	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,208	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,732	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,585	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	673	1,627.57/head	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,628	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,413	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,119	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,309	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	556	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,640	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	247.65/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,686	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	238.01/cwt	236.00–239.00	1,795	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	272.13/cwt	263.00–282.00	1,548	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	516	315.38/cwt	307.50–323.50	1,627	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	312.37/cwt	306.00–320.50	1,490	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	551	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	247.53/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,468	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	460	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,375	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	266.37/cwt	259.00–275.50	1,657	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	284.35/cwt	283.50–285.00	1,464	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	249.33/cwt	246.00–252.00	1,591	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	296.04/cwt	283.00–307.00	983	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	255.86/cwt	249.00–264.00	1,341	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,301	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,389	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,479	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,724	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	275.13/cwt	266.00–286.00	1,329	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	220.42/cwt	212.50–224.50	1,572	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	702	1,684.49/head	1,650.00–1,710.00	1,684	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,252	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	238.20/cwt	233.00–241.00	1,474	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	633	1,628.26/head	1,585.00–1,675.00	1,628	79

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 18, 2023

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

Receipts 2,052Last week 1,890Year ago 1,795

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 8.00 higher and heifers were 6.00 - 14.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate on all classes offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	501	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	601	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	291.00	291.00
9	—	907	191.00	191.00
16	—	695	228.00	228.00
87	—	593	245.00–252.00	247.53
27	—	332	283.00–307.00	296.04
86	—	524	249.00–264.00	255.86
60	—	483	266.00–286.00	275.13
117	—	713	212.50–224.50	220.42
104	—	619	233.00–241.00	238.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
115	—	673	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,627.57
21	—	551	1,500.00	1,500.00
95	—	702	1,650.00–1,710.00	1,684.49
79	—	633	1,585.00–1,675.00	1,628.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	460	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	578	225.00	225.00
18	—	495	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	406	348.00	348.00
6	—	322	347.50	347.50
168	—	681	240.00–256.00	247.65
240	—	754	236.00–239.00	238.01
59	—	569	263.00–282.00	272.13
48	—	477	306.00–320.50	312.37
156	—	622	259.00–275.50	266.37
24	—	515	283.50–285.00	284.35
6	—	397	372.50	372.50
57	—	720	239.50	239.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	530	247.00	247.00
20	—	638	246.00–252.00	249.33
13	—	448	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	556	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	516	307.50–323.50	315.38

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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