Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2020-02-03

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-03

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Feb 3

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Jan 27Feb 3Feb 10 →

Receipts

1,400 head

▼ 1,214 vs last sale 2,614▲ 1,400 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate.

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 $163.73/cwt on 649 head.

Average price

$163.73

649 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$12.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.05

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	617	164.90	1,018	587
Medium and Large 1-2	617	152.71	942	62

One grade step is worth $12.19/cwt here — about $76 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 sale649 hd

163.73

—

NE average8 barns · 16,219 hd

159.69

+4.05

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

Every lot

22 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	203.54/cwt	199.00–207.00	853	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	835	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	185.52/cwt	183.50–187.00	913	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	181.26/cwt	173.00–184.00	972	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	547	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	903	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	592	164.72/cwt	164.00–166.50	975	105
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	151.56/cwt	151.00–153.25	949	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	163.38/cwt	156.00–169.00	1,042	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	147.92/cwt	143.00–154.75	994	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	146.43/cwt	144.85–147.50	1,073	168
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	999	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	656	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	409	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	642	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	171.33/cwt	168.00–174.00	713	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	166.66/cwt	159.00–169.00	763	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	151.43/cwt	151.00–152.00	731	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	159.94/cwt	150.00–161.50	841	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	156.33/cwt	150.00–160.50	879	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	831	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	142.94/cwt	138.50–144.00	888	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	884	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	803	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,012	10

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 Feb 3, 2020

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

Receipts 1,400Last week 2,614Year ago 0

Not enough to show a comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	660	134.00	134.00
10	—	803	126.00	126.00
14	—	373	176.00	176.00
22	—	416	168.00–174.00	171.33
38	—	621	138.50–144.00	142.94
50	—	458	159.00–169.00	166.66
64	—	562	150.00–160.50	156.33
99	—	526	150.00–161.50	159.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	409	157.00	157.00
11	—	569	146.00	146.00
26	—	483	151.00–152.00	151.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	491	170.00	170.00
27	—	626	151.00–153.25	151.56
7	—	547	165.00	165.00
14	—	760	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	492	183.50–187.00	185.52
85	—	536	173.00–184.00	181.26
97	—	638	156.00–169.00	163.38
45	—	672	143.00–154.75	147.92
47	—	419	199.00–207.00	203.54
105	—	592	164.00–166.50	164.72
168	—	733	144.85–147.50	146.43

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.