Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no sale. Demand was good today, with a nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $276.90/cwt on 1,940 head.

Average price

$276.90

1,940 head · 693 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$255

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

$15.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.89

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	695	277.48	1,928	1,868
Medium and Large 1-2	639	261.66	1,673	72

One grade step is worth $15.82/cwt here — about $255 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 sale1,940 hd

276.90

—

NE average7 barns · 13,396 hd

278.79

−1.89

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	593	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,660	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	337.08/cwt	334.00–338.00	1,652	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,958	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	358.39/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,512	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	244.80/cwt	240.00–249.25	1,924	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	210.02/cwt	204.00–211.00	1,842	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	299.62/cwt	293.00–303.00	1,528	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,248	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	286.52/cwt	282.00–294.50	1,814	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	231.92/cwt	221.00–236.00	1,670	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	247.48/cwt	245.50–261.00	1,581	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,038	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,962	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	342.60/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,141	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	301.26/cwt	289.00–309.00	1,979	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	322.80/cwt	316.00–333.00	1,721	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	314.30/cwt	314.00–315.00	1,521	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	326.22/cwt	323.00–332.00	1,416	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	326.63/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,218	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	247.41/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,663	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	269.52/cwt	259.00–279.00	1,571	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	461	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,567	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,430	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	614	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,649	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,828	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,802	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	230.46/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,795	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	278.84/cwt	273.00–281.00	1,500	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	628	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	1,906	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	293.99/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,705	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	261.54/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,799	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,430	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	242.52/cwt	236.50–246.00	2,027	412
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	264.17/cwt	256.00–268.00	1,918	452
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	553	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,853	26

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 Feb 12, 2024

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

Receipts 3,430Last week 4,100Year ago 2,920

No comparison to last week, due to no sale. Demand was good today, with a nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	593	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	490	334.00–338.00	337.08
8	—	979	200.00	200.00
54	—	422	345.00–365.00	358.39
155	—	786	240.00–249.25	244.80
154	—	633	282.00–294.50	286.52
91	—	657	289.00–309.00	301.26
135	—	533	316.00–333.00	322.80
66	—	580	290.00–305.00	293.99
412	—	836	236.50–246.00	242.52
452	—	726	256.00–268.00	264.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	557	224.00	224.00
52	—	688	255.00–266.00	261.54
7	—	430	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
258	—	628	303.50	303.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	553	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	877	204.00–211.00	210.02
92	—	510	293.00–303.00	299.62
152	—	720	221.00–236.00	231.92
70	—	639	245.50–261.00	247.48
13	—	1,038	189.00	189.00
15	—	333	337.50–350.00	342.60
39	—	484	314.00–315.00	314.30
31	—	434	323.00–332.00	326.22
33	—	373	320.00–332.50	326.63
125	—	672	235.00–252.00	247.41
202	—	583	259.00–279.00	269.52
6	—	831	220.00	220.00
13	—	941	191.50	191.50
229	—	779	230.00–231.00	230.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	461	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	614	268.50	268.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	538	273.00–281.00	278.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	430	332.50	332.50

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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