Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2019-10-28

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2019-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-28

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 28

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Receipts

2,740 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 2,719▲ 2,740 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers were 1.00 - 7.00 higher under 700 lbs, heifers were steady - 4.00 higher under 700 lbs. Not enough to show a comparison over 700 lbs. Demand was good on cold day.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.30/cwt on 1,095 head.

Average price

$163.30

1,095 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$9.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.45

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	164.29	886	986
Medium and Large 1-2	543	154.39	838	109

One grade step is worth $9.90/cwt here — about $48 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 sale1,095 hd

163.30

—

NE average11 barns · 19,194 hd

159.85

+3.45

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	311	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	529	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	184.84/cwt	177.00–190.00	610	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	179.62/cwt	175.00–185.00	670	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	179.88/cwt	167.00–185.00	763	163
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	172.89/cwt	167.00–181.50	818	239
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	161.30/cwt	158.00–163.50	766	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	167.69/cwt	161.50–171.00	865	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	835	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	153.05/cwt	147.00–154.00	869	177
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	614	148.62/cwt	142.00–153.00	913	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	622	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	855	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	664	147.26/cwt	146.50–150.00	978	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	720	147.70/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,063	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	761	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,065	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	786	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,171	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,239	66
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	312	158.49/cwt	155.00–161.00	494	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	154.11/cwt	142.50–157.00	584	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	151.51/cwt	146.00–155.50	627	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	143.84/cwt	139.50–149.00	689	253
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	507	140.78/cwt	137.50–149.00	714	130
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	782	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	141.90/cwt	137.50–147.25	837	211
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	604	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	785	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	690	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	942	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,019	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	701	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	964	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	751	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	941	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,084	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	965	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,255	14

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Mon Oct 28, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 2,740Last week 2,719Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers were 1.00 - 7.00 higher under 700 lbs, heifers were steady - 4.00 higher under 700 lbs. Not enough to show a comparison over 700 lbs. Demand was good on cold day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	965	130.00	130.00
24	—	783	138.50	138.50
51	—	312	155.00–161.00	158.49
63	—	700	145.50	145.50
86	—	379	142.50–157.00	154.11
130	—	507	137.50–149.00	140.78
131	—	414	146.00–155.50	151.51
211	—	590	137.50–147.25	141.90
253	—	479	139.50–149.00	143.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	690	136.50	136.50
8	—	701	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	588	133.00	133.00
19	—	751	125.25	125.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	604	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	786	149.00	149.00
42	—	330	177.00–190.00	184.84
43	—	373	175.00–185.00	179.62
66	—	516	161.50–171.00	167.69
66	—	859	144.25	144.25
163	—	424	167.00–185.00	179.88
177	—	568	147.00–154.00	153.05
239	—	473	167.00–181.50	172.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	664	146.50–150.00	147.26
42	—	720	140.00–149.00	147.70
89	—	614	142.00–153.00	148.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	311	170.00	170.00
14	—	761	140.00	140.00
33	—	475	158.00–163.50	161.30
52	—	542	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	622	137.50	137.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.