Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2020-01-27

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-27

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 27

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Jan 20Jan 27Feb 3 →

Receipts

2,614 head

▲ 529 vs last sale 2,085▲ 2,614 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 650 was steady - 4.00 higher, over 650 was 10.00 - 14.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs was 3.00 - 11.00 higher and over 600 lbs was 1.00 - 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good.

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 $156.32/cwt on 1,409 head.

Average price

$156.32

1,409 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,106

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$162

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

$4.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.49

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	587	161.18	946	16thin
Medium and Large 1	709	156.27	1,108	1,393

One grade step is worth $4.91/cwt here — about −$162 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 sale1,409 hd

156.32

—

NE average11 barns · 20,922 hd

164.81

−8.49

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

Every lot

26 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	347	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	694	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	194.54/cwt	191.00–198.00	733	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	442	200.06/cwt	195.00–202.00	884	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	199.16/cwt	184.00–202.00	976	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	182.64/cwt	173.00–185.00	961	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	180.03/cwt	175.50–181.00	1,037	172
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	870	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	161.18/cwt	159.00–165.00	946	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	161.30/cwt	150.00–165.50	1,010	229
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	146.67/cwt	141.00–154.75	1,008	143
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,019	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	754	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,018	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,095	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	139.15/cwt	132.25–140.60	1,215	367
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	130.61/cwt	129.00–132.50	1,204	120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	177.50/cwt	177.00–178.00	683	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	412	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	705	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	457	172.97/cwt	169.00–174.50	790	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	459	157.26/cwt	156.00–159.00	722	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	152.51/cwt	150.00–153.00	781	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	169.92/cwt	160.00–172.25	884	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	157.48/cwt	153.00–159.00	880	162
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	827	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	141.18/cwt	140.75–144.00	888	127
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	136.45/cwt	132.75–139.25	991	229
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	841	128.85/cwt	128.25–130.00	1,084	92

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 Jan 27, 2020

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

Receipts 2,614Last week 2,085Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	412	171.00	171.00
16	—	385	177.00–178.00	177.50
67	—	457	169.00–174.50	172.97
88	—	520	160.00–172.25	169.92
92	—	841	128.25–130.00	128.85
127	—	629	140.75–144.00	141.18
162	—	559	153.00–159.00	157.48
229	—	726	132.75–139.25	136.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	599	138.00	138.00
32	—	512	150.00–153.00	152.51
34	—	459	156.00–159.00	157.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	811	135.00	135.00
229	—	626	150.00–165.50	161.30
367	—	873	132.25–140.60	139.15
10	—	377	191.00–198.00	194.54
14	—	725	140.50	140.50
7	—	347	200.00	200.00
60	—	526	173.00–185.00	182.64
172	—	576	175.50–181.00	180.03
29	—	442	195.00–202.00	200.06
46	—	754	135.00	135.00
111	—	490	184.00–202.00	199.16
120	—	922	129.00–132.50	130.61
143	—	687	141.00–154.75	146.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	587	159.00–165.00	161.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	580	150.00	150.00

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.