Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2019-10-14

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 14
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
4,262 head
▲ 954 vs last sale 3,308▲ 4,262 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs was steady - 6.00 lower and heifers under 700 lbs was steady - 3.00 lower. No comparison on 700 and above. Demand was good to moderate on the offerings today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.99/cwt on 1,913 head.
Average price
$161.99
1,913 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.33
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559162.519081,803
Medium and Large 1-2521153.46799110
One grade step is worth $9.05/cwt here — about $109 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 sale1,913 hd
161.99
—
NE average10 barns · 17,261 hd
158.66
+3.33
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1280210.00/cwt210.00–210.0058813
Steers—Medium and Large 1330195.00/cwt195.00–195.006447
Steers—Medium and Large 1372192.51/cwt183.50–200.25716137
Steers—Medium and Large 1434177.99/cwt171.00–185.00772133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2444163.50/cwt163.50–163.5072613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470158.53/cwt154.00–164.0074549
Steers—Medium and Large 1484170.69/cwt167.00–178.50826266
Steers—Medium and Large 1527163.32/cwt157.00–170.50861208
Steers—Medium and Large 1573155.53/cwt151.00–160.50891614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593145.56/cwt143.50–146.5086348
Steers—Medium and Large 1627152.50/cwt152.50–152.5095612
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned631149.92/cwt147.75–157.00946153
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned676145.81/cwt145.00–148.5098662
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned707140.00/cwt140.00–140.009909
Steers—Medium and Large 1719160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,15069
Steers—Medium and Large 1791150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,18757
Steers—Medium and Large 1880148.25/cwt148.25–148.251,30563
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1254180.00/cwt180.00–180.0045719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334168.54/cwt158.00–174.0056353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369150.00/cwt150.00–150.0055416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377160.67/cwt157.00–168.00606107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422154.50/cwt149.00–159.00652107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426140.62/cwt140.00–141.0059926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472150.90/cwt147.00–154.50712280
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519135.72/cwt130.50–140.0070490
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526144.99/cwt140.00–154.50763363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568132.50/cwt132.50–132.5075329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573140.14/cwt134.00–145.00803132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605142.75/cwt142.75–142.7586421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619143.08/cwt142.00–147.00886142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624139.50/cwt139.50–139.5087015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned664138.50/cwt138.50–138.5092013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673146.25/cwt146.25–146.2598416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783142.98/cwt137.50–145.601,12099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823134.86/cwt131.50–138.251,110264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2848127.25/cwt127.25–127.251,07925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1871134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,16712

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.