Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2020-07-20

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jul 20
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,320 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 1,230▲ 1,320 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 800 lbs and above were 3.00 - 5.00 higher. Not enough to show any other comparisons. Demand was good..

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.87/cwt on 792 head.
Average price
$144.87
792 head · 807 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,169
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$500
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$24.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.23
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2430166.4371691
Medium and Large 1856142.071,216701
One grade step is worth $24.37/cwt here — about −$500 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 sale792 hd
144.87
—
NE average3 barns · 2,068 hd
140.63
+4.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2324178.00/cwt178.00–178.0057726
Steers—Medium and Large 1359202.00/cwt202.00–202.0072510
Steers—Medium and Large 1406183.00/cwt183.00–183.007435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2408165.50/cwt165.50–165.5067533
Steers—Medium and Large 1482174.85/cwt174.00–175.5084332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540158.00/cwt158.00–158.0085332
Steers—Medium and Large 1566160.18/cwt153.00–165.0090713
Steers—Medium and Large 1638154.00/cwt154.00–154.009835
Steers—Medium and Large 1730147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,07320
Steers—Medium and Large 1790149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,18170
Steers—Medium and Large 1811145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,17661
Steers—Medium and Large 1891140.10/cwt140.10–140.101,248183
Steers—Medium and Large 1947133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,264302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1299160.00/cwt160.00–160.0047819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338180.00/cwt180.00–180.006089
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370140.95/cwt140.00–143.0052220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376164.21/cwt163.00–165.0061720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470161.73/cwt157.00–165.0076076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537145.69/cwt145.50–146.5078226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560144.11/cwt138.00–152.7580742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676140.25/cwt140.25–140.2594821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723130.00/cwt130.00–130.0094011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1951112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,06513
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,02295.00/cwt95.00–95.0097110

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.