Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2020-01-13

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 13
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,520 head
▲ 555 vs last sale 1,965▲ 2,520 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 450-550 lbs sold 2.00 higher and 700-800 lbs steers sold 3.00 lower. Heifers 400-550 lbs sold 7.00 higher and heifers 600-700 lbs sold mostly steady. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.62/cwt on 1,527 head.
Average price
$158.62
1,527 head · 667 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,058
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$193
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.83
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551159.28877102
Medium and Large 1675158.571,0701,425
One grade step is worth $0.71/cwt here — about −$193 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 sale1,527 hd
158.62
—
NE average12 barns · 26,604 hd
165.45
−6.83
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1376189.50/cwt189.50–189.507139
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy392171.00/cwt171.00–171.006705
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned415188.45/cwt188.00–189.0078213
Steers—Medium and Large 1427196.50/cwt196.50–196.5083912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432172.00/cwt172.00–172.007435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy452162.00/cwt162.00–162.0073225
Steers—Medium and Large 1469194.24/cwt192.50–196.5091157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495171.00/cwt171.00–171.0084623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed505170.00/cwt170.00–170.008599
Steers—Medium and Large 1538174.16/cwt171.25–180.0093754
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned559171.50/cwt171.50–171.5095924
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed567175.94/cwt173.00–179.5099854
Steers—Medium and Large 1583163.25/cwt157.50–166.75952151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned592151.50/cwt151.50–151.508976
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2597151.00/cwt151.00–151.009017
Steers—Medium and Large 1614159.81/cwt157.00–165.50981141
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full658149.92/cwt149.50–150.0098647
Steers—Medium and Large 1678155.43/cwt153.50–158.001,054252
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned693140.00/cwt140.00–140.0097010
Steers—Medium and Large 1706153.78/cwt152.50–155.251,08677
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy715147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,055129
Steers—Medium and Large 1776150.15/cwt147.50–152.501,165185
Steers—Medium and Large 1816152.72/cwt147.75–155.001,246195
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1365
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2853139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1867
Steers—Medium and Large 1900141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,27425
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361165.15/cwt164.50–165.5059615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned381167.00/cwt167.00–167.006368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417141.00/cwt141.00–141.0058817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436170.50/cwt170.50–170.5074322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full440159.00/cwt159.00–159.0070018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472165.26/cwt163.00–167.0078058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned475163.00/cwt163.00–163.0077429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed477174.75/cwt173.00–176.0083442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524142.35/cwt140.00–145.5074623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527165.15/cwt162.50–167.0087064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed529151.00/cwt151.00–151.0079913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full540158.04/cwt157.00–160.0085317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement557161.50/cwt161.50–161.5090053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562159.01/cwt155.50–162.50894124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned580141.50/cwt141.50–141.5082111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612142.27/cwt138.00–145.50871131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement637148.00/cwt148.00–148.0094376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666142.31/cwt140.50–143.5094871
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2496139.50/cwt139.50–139.5069211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1626142.00/cwt142.00–142.0088910

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.