Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2020-05-04

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-04

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, May 4

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Apr 27May 4May 11 →

Receipts

1,200 head

▼ 335 vs last sale 1,535▲ 1,200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 850 lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher, over 850 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower. Heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher on light test of comparable offerings. Demand was mostly good. Light rain in parts of the trade area.

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 $128.92/cwt on 529 head.

Average price

$128.92

529 head · 771 lb average

Value per head Derived

$994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$191

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

$4.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.08

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	609	133.33	812	26
Medium and Large 1	779	128.69	1,003	503

One grade step is worth $4.63/cwt here — about −$191 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 sale529 hd

128.92

—

NE average6 barns · 7,064 hd

143.00

−14.08

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

Every lot

17 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	384	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	630	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	656	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	165.96/cwt	160.00–168.00	845	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	153.89/cwt	147.00–154.50	871	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	146.37/cwt	137.00–150.00	921	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	846	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	881	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	978	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,036	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	892	113.72/cwt	112.60–118.00	1,014	222
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	999	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,074	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	344	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	528	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	673	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	696	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	137.66/cwt	137.00–139.00	804	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	118.05/cwt	115.50–118.85	851	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	795	114.60/cwt	114.60–114.60	911	89

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 May 4, 2020

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

Receipts 1,200Last week 1,535Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	344	153.50	153.50
28	—	444	151.50	151.50
37	—	470	148.00	148.00
39	—	721	115.50–118.85	118.05
43	—	584	137.00–139.00	137.66
89	—	795	114.60	114.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
222	—	892	112.60–118.00	113.72
16	—	384	164.00	164.00
22	—	629	137.00–150.00	146.37
24	—	509	160.00–168.00	165.96
25	—	763	135.75	135.75
47	—	715	136.75	136.75
60	—	999	107.50	107.50
87	—	566	147.00–154.50	153.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	702	125.50	125.50
8	—	423	155.00	155.00
13	—	688	123.00	123.00

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.