Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Because of the weather some of the cattle listed did not make it in.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $239.17/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$239.17

189 head · 729 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$27.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.70

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	728	240.03	1,747	183
Medium and Large 1-2	753	213.00	1,604	6thin

One grade step is worth $27.03/cwt here — about $143 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 sale189 hd

239.17

—

NE average10 barns · 15,442 hd

271.87

−32.70

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

14 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	—	598	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,247	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	222.91/cwt	219.00–224.00	1,567	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,589	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,543	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,666	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	231.62/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,765	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,438	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,004	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,757	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,681	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,551	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	238.16/cwt	229.00–245.00	1,734	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,457	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,604	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 Jan 15, 2024

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

Receipts 400Last week 1,265Year ago 2,957

Not enough to show a comparison. Because of the weather some of the cattle listed did not make it in.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	598	240.00	240.00
11	—	476	262.00	262.00
23	—	703	219.00–224.00	222.91
24	—	685	232.00	232.00
28	—	617	250.00	250.00
40	—	833	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	639	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	762	228.00–235.00	231.62
6	—	461	312.00	312.00
7	—	1,004	175.00	175.00
11	—	625	269.00	269.00
16	—	550	282.00	282.00
36	—	728	229.00–245.00	238.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	753	213.00	213.00

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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