Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2019-09-23

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Sep 23
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,533 head
▲ 168 vs last sale 2,365▲ 2,533 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 12.00 higher, Heifers were 4.00 - 7.00 higher under 650 lbs. Demand was good on good selection offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.29/cwt on 1,326 head.
Average price
$167.29
1,326 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.27
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523167.368751,318
Medium and Large 1-2541155.008398thin
One grade step is worth $12.36/cwt here — about $36 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 sale1,326 hd
167.29
—
NE average5 barns · 6,351 hd
148.01
+19.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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 1326189.24/cwt187.00–190.0061767
Steers—Medium and Large 1383183.14/cwt181.00–187.0070146
Steers—Medium and Large 1431181.46/cwt176.50–188.50782254
Steers—Medium and Large 1475170.34/cwt161.50–176.75809136
Steers—Medium and Large 1524166.79/cwt161.00–174.00874445
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541155.00/cwt155.00–155.008398
Steers—Medium and Large 1566151.92/cwt150.00–157.00860123
Steers—Medium and Large 1603159.67/cwt150.00–161.0096393
Steers—Medium and Large 1698151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,05737
Steers—Medium and Large 1708149.35/cwt140.00–152.001,05764
Steers—Medium and Large 1828141.01/cwt134.00–144.501,16846
Steers—Medium and Large 11,025116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1897
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290153.23/cwt151.00–154.0044426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327156.28/cwt145.00–163.0051136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391154.36/cwt151.00–156.50604135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418154.01/cwt149.50–157.00644108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482150.10/cwt143.00–158.50723243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514147.40/cwt144.50–150.5075865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584145.09/cwt142.75–147.25847141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613145.25/cwt145.25–145.2589034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737141.06/cwt140.00–141.251,04045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810132.25/cwt132.25–132.251,07124

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.