Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2019-09-30

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Sep 30
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,610 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 2,533▲ 2,610 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 - 3.00 higher, heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good on all weights.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.09/cwt on 1,432 head.
Average price
$164.09
1,432 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$875
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$154
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.47
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2438165.2572423
Medium and Large 1535164.078781,409
One grade step is worth $1.18/cwt here — about −$154 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 sale1,432 hd
164.09
—
NE average7 barns · 9,128 hd
151.62
+12.47
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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325186.77/cwt183.00–190.0060725
Steers—Medium and Large 1360186.76/cwt180.00–190.5067238
Steers—Medium and Large 1425179.38/cwt170.00–184.00762191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438165.25/cwt165.25–165.2572423
Steers—Medium and Large 1479169.66/cwt162.00–174.50813156
Steers—Medium and Large 1524162.14/cwt154.00–172.50850509
Steers—Medium and Large 1574156.52/cwt150.50–161.00898229
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619156.72/cwt148.50–162.00970145
Steers—Medium and Large 1643153.00/cwt153.00–153.009846
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned662147.10/cwt145.00–148.0097420
Steers—Medium and Large 1681153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,04222
Steers—Medium and Large 1812154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,25561
Steers—Medium and Large 1913133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2147
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340160.50/cwt160.50–160.505466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370160.61/cwt156.00–166.5059475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425153.49/cwt146.50–158.00652139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471149.08/cwt143.50–154.50702176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495138.10/cwt137.00–138.5068437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514146.39/cwt142.50–149.00752180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537136.75/cwt136.50–137.0073424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569130.00/cwt130.00–130.0074010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574147.25/cwt141.50–152.00845214

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.