Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2019-11-11

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 11
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,110 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 2,060▲ 2,110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 4.00 higher except 500 - 600 were 4.00 lower. Heifers were 8.00 - 16.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate..

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.94/cwt on 1,261 head.
Average price
$159.94
1,261 head · 637 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,018
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$256
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.82
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2478160.2076618thin
Medium and Large 1639159.931,0221,243
One grade step is worth $0.27/cwt here — about −$256 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 sale1,261 hd
159.94
—
NE average11 barns · 20,276 hd
166.76
−6.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned377195.46/cwt194.00–197.0073779
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned430181.05/cwt178.50–182.0077926
Steers—Medium and Large 1455182.00/cwt182.00–182.008287
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned478160.20/cwt159.00–162.0076618
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned480174.10/cwt165.00–180.50836161
Steers—Medium and Large 1524162.53/cwt160.00–165.0085259
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned545157.98/cwt155.00–160.0086142
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned579152.18/cwt150.50–154.0088169
Steers—Medium and Large 1592156.00/cwt156.00–156.009249
Steers—Medium and Large 1619155.30/cwt155.00–155.60961135
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned625148.83/cwt143.50–153.0093081
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC628148.85/cwt148.85–148.8593592
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned657145.00/cwt145.00–145.0095312
Steers—Medium and Large 1707161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,13872
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC735150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,103102
Steers—Medium and Large 1762161.25/cwt161.25–161.251,229120
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy798148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1819
Steers—Medium and Large 1889149.93/cwt148.25–150.251,333168
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned347140.00/cwt140.00–140.0048619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned386163.18/cwt160.50–171.5063066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned396147.50/cwt147.50–147.505845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned412156.00/cwt156.00–156.0064327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned436156.00/cwt156.00–156.0068014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned459157.06/cwt144.50–162.00721123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1504139.50/cwt139.50–139.5070312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned532143.63/cwt133.00–151.0076492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC550130.75/cwt130.75–130.7571961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564144.50/cwt144.50–144.5081515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned567136.91/cwt135.00–138.0077630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned604135.70/cwt135.50–136.5082025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC651140.25/cwt140.25–140.2591352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1867132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1447

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.