Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2019-06-17

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jun 17
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,000 head
▼ 900 vs last sale 1,900▲ 1,000 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all weights of cattle offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.76/cwt on 628 head.
Average price
$131.76
628 head · 884 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,165
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$250
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.95
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2646142.3192013thin
Medium and Large 1889131.531,170615
One grade step is worth $10.77/cwt here — about −$250 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 sale628 hd
131.76
—
NE average6 barns · 3,462 hd
153.71
−21.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

21 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1290203.00/cwt203.00–203.005895
Steers—Medium and Large 1375184.00/cwt184.00–184.0069012
Steers—Medium and Large 1425179.00/cwt179.00–179.007615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429170.00/cwt170.00–170.007295
Steers—Medium and Large 1495170.00/cwt170.00–170.0084210
Steers—Medium and Large 1502170.00/cwt170.00–170.008535
Steers—Medium and Large 1721135.00/cwt135.00–135.009735
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782125.00/cwt125.00–125.009788
Steers—Medium and Large 1794138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,09662
Steers—Medium and Large 1833131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,09132
Steers—Medium and Large 1932128.42/cwt125.00–129.601,197359
Steers—Medium and Large 1977122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,197120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1284185.00/cwt185.00–185.005255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350169.50/cwt169.50–169.5059319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480149.00/cwt149.00–149.0071514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1502140.00/cwt140.00–140.007037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712129.19/cwt123.00–133.5092042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780122.77/cwt118.00–123.5095846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2834111.00/cwt111.00–111.0092610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881119.75/cwt119.75–119.751,05520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1908115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,04913

This sale against other markets

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.