Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2019-10-07

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 7
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
3,308 head
▲ 698 vs last sale 2,610▲ 3,308 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers calves under 550 lbs sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher, 550 to 600 lbs sold steady and over 600 lbs 5.00 lower. Heifer calves sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Not enough yearling feeders for a market comparison. Demand was moderate to good from a large crowd of mostly orders buyers. Offering comprised of home raised, bawling calves, mostly hauled in the day of the sale and some had fall pre-condition shots. Most packages and load lots of calves sold at a lighter weight than previous years.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.43/cwt on 1,661 head.
Average price
$162.43
1,661 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.27
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541163.308831,337
Medium and Large 1-2524158.86832324
One grade step is worth $4.44/cwt here — about $51 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 sale1,661 hd
162.43
—
NE average7 barns · 10,404 hd
156.17
+6.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2265207.00/cwt207.00–207.005496
Steers—Medium and Large 1333194.15/cwt189.00–196.0064733
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2336183.00/cwt183.00–183.006156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2357186.00/cwt186.00–186.006648
Steers—Medium and Large 1365189.95/cwt181.00–192.5069347
Steers—Medium and Large 1419180.37/cwt175.50–183.0075672
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426165.90/cwt162.00–172.5070711
Steers—Medium and Large 1478177.04/cwt170.00–180.00846233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480166.28/cwt165.00–169.50798116
Steers—Medium and Large 1522164.48/cwt156.50–168.00859295
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532152.38/cwt151.00–154.0081121
Steers—Medium and Large 1574156.50/cwt154.00–160.00898328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576149.95/cwt148.00–151.50864148
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned628150.22/cwt143.00–156.50943287
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned666140.00/cwt140.00–140.0093221
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full759140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0635
Steers—Medium and Large 1768143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,10210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2812142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1538
Steers—Medium and Large 1945120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1346
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260185.00/cwt185.00–185.004815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323171.33/cwt167.50–175.5055338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377163.97/cwt160.00–170.5061875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433142.50/cwt142.50–142.506178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435154.47/cwt149.00–161.50672123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465139.64/cwt134.00–142.5064939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed467156.00/cwt156.00–156.0072917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479149.47/cwt144.00–153.00716340
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500142.00/cwt142.00–142.0071011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full520140.00/cwt140.00–140.0072812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533148.72/cwt145.75–153.00793248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575132.24/cwt130.50–134.5076029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576144.57/cwt137.50–148.75833261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned633129.00/cwt129.00–129.0081719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full696134.50/cwt134.50–134.509365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,07222
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1431168.00/cwt168.00–168.007247
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517147.00/cwt147.00–147.007605
Bulls—Medium and Large 1561145.00/cwt145.00–145.008135
Bulls—Medium and Large 1624131.00/cwt131.00–131.008175

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.