Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2019-09-09

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Sep 9
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,152 head
▲ 1,177 vs last sale 975▲ 2,152 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable sales for an adequate market comparison. Demand was light to moderate for all offerings on the annual BBQ auction. Some of the calves had pre condition shots but many didn't. Next week special calf and feeder auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.53/cwt on 1,186 head.
Average price
$152.53
1,186 head · 685 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,045
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.41
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1684152.661,0431,130
Medium and Large 1-2710150.001,06556
One grade step is worth $2.66/cwt here — about −$22 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 sale1,186 hd
152.53
—
NE average5 barns · 6,893 hd
142.12
+10.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

20 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1386180.38/cwt180.00–180.5069625
Steers—Medium and Large 1432176.79/cwt176.50–178.0076462
Steers—Medium and Large 1483173.42/cwt172.00–176.00838125
Steers—Medium and Large 1513167.95/cwt166.50–171.00862138
Steers—Medium and Large 1589161.65/cwt160.00–163.50952117
Steers—Medium and Large 1621157.00/cwt157.00–157.0097517
Steers—Medium and Large 1675154.25/cwt154.25–154.251,04167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,06556
Steers—Medium and Large 1776145.90/cwt143.00–147.601,132190
Steers—Medium and Large 1811137.08/cwt136.00–138.251,112208
Steers—Medium and Large 1906132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,203181
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333158.06/cwt156.00–161.5052613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377150.00/cwt150.00–150.0056630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440147.50/cwt147.50–147.5064929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473147.82/cwt144.50–152.50699142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527143.50/cwt143.50–143.5075635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564137.23/cwt130.00–139.0077485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,05921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1875132.10/cwt132.10–132.101,156144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1900123.10/cwt123.10–123.101,108129

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.