Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2019-11-25

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 25
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,420 head
▼ 220 vs last sale 2,640▲ 2,420 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 - 2.00 higher except 550 weights were 4.00 lower. Heifers were 2.00 - 4.00 higher. Demand was good all day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.12/cwt on 1,068 head.
Average price
$165.12
1,068 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$889
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.62
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545165.78904970
Medium and Large 1-2469158.6874598
One grade step is worth $7.09/cwt here — about $159 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 sale1,068 hd
165.12
—
NE average9 barns · 12,067 hd
164.51
+0.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 1-2Unweaned304168.00/cwt168.00–168.005119
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned383200.61/cwt198.50–206.5076854
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned427186.48/cwt179.00–190.00796121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned435170.14/cwt165.50–175.0074043
Steers—Medium and Large 1440178.94/cwt178.00–185.5078755
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned478171.99/cwt162.50–178.50822139
Steers—Medium and Large 1490170.00/cwt170.00–170.0083310
Steers—Medium and Large 1512161.59/cwt160.00–162.0082748
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned516147.50/cwt147.50–147.5076129
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned526163.55/cwt160.00–170.00860212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned564143.84/cwt143.00–145.0081117
Steers—Medium and Large 1579153.24/cwt151.50–155.0088727
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned583151.48/cwt150.00–154.00883113
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned612150.00/cwt150.00–150.0091835
Steers—Medium and Large 1675142.00/cwt142.00–142.0095914
Steers—Medium and Large 1729150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,09765
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned748140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0477
Steers—Medium and Large 1855146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,25570
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned342166.08/cwt163.50–167.0056836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned382155.61/cwt150.00–166.0059451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned415160.62/cwt158.00–164.00667157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416140.00/cwt140.00–140.005827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned429142.47/cwt136.50–145.0061119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned463136.50/cwt136.50–136.5063224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned479144.42/cwt140.00–153.0069273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned514145.77/cwt136.00–152.50749185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516142.00/cwt140.00–144.5073327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535134.34/cwt134.00–135.0071927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564138.00/cwt138.00–138.0077841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned567130.00/cwt130.00–130.007375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1647125.00/cwt125.00–125.0080911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1692131.75/cwt131.75–131.7591275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1794136.45/cwt130.50–137.001,08382

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.