Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 3.00 - 15.00 higher and heifers were steady - 9.00 higher , except for 500 - 600 was 1.00 - 2.00 lower. Demand was good today on a good selection offered all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $261.67/cwt on 2,324 head.

Average price

$261.67

2,324 head · 738 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,931

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$671

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

$48.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.15

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	410	309.09	1,267	32
Medium and Large 1	743	261.01	1,938	2,292

One grade step is worth $48.09/cwt here — about −$671 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 sale2,324 hd

261.67

—

NE average12 barns · 27,005 hd

272.81

−11.15

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

34 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 1Fleshy	—	741	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,645	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	321.71/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,184	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,872	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	236.63/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,716	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	248.60/cwt	245.50–255.00	1,661	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	251.75/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,931	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,009	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	336.78/cwt	333.00–338.00	1,569	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,075	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,433	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,068	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	361.34/cwt	360.00–367.00	1,572	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	272.95/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,856	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,351	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,985	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,105	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	322.76/cwt	311.00–328.00	1,682	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	260.81/cwt	252.00–266.00	1,630	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,196	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	302	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,223	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	238.66/cwt	231.00–240.50	1,978	485
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	552	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,559	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	286.79/cwt	279.00–292.00	1,790	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	267.82/cwt	263.50–272.00	1,551	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	220.47/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,702	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	255.61/cwt	252.00–262.50	1,879	428
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	305.52/cwt	294.00–312.00	1,741	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	293.42/cwt	283.00–300.50	1,526	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	203.96/cwt	197.00–210.00	1,807	406
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	302	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	963	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	302.15/cwt	291.00–311.00	1,429	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,460	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,215	19

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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 4,100Last week 3,180Year ago 1,260

Compared to last week, steers were 3.00 - 15.00 higher and heifers were steady - 9.00 higher , except for 500 - 600 was 1.00 - 2.00 lower. Demand was good today on a good selection offered all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	741	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	368	320.00–322.50	321.71
38	—	960	195.00	195.00
48	—	725	235.00–240.00	236.63
60	—	425	320.00	320.00
81	—	668	245.50–255.00	248.60
134	—	625	252.00–266.00	260.81
156	—	579	263.50–272.00	267.82
157	—	772	220.00–223.00	220.47
189	—	520	283.00–300.50	293.42
406	—	886	197.00–210.00	203.96
126	—	473	291.00–311.00	302.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	438	273.00	273.00
17	—	302	319.00	319.00
15	—	606	241.00	241.00
19	—	450	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	552	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	767	245.00–254.00	251.75
188	—	966	208.00	208.00
72	—	466	333.00–338.00	336.78
145	—	910	228.00	228.00
8	—	381	376.00	376.00
65	—	435	360.00–367.00	361.34
151	—	680	270.00–274.00	272.95
51	—	863	230.00	230.00
41	—	1,012	208.00	208.00
57	—	521	311.00–328.00	322.76
6	—	302	405.00	405.00
485	—	829	231.00–240.50	238.66
212	—	624	279.00–292.00	286.79
428	—	735	252.00–262.50	255.61
198	—	570	294.00–312.00	305.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	318	336.00	336.00
21	—	458	295.00	295.00

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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