Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2020-07-27

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jul 27
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
880 head
▼ 440 vs last sale 1,320▲ 20 vs year ago 860 · +2.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steady on 900 lb steers. No comparison on rest,

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.02/cwt on 401 head.
Average price
$135.02
401 head · 893 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,205
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$121
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.02
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2801135.501,0855thin
Medium and Large 1894135.011,207396
One grade step is worth $0.49/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale401 hd
135.02
—
NE average6 barns · 8,464 hd
145.04
−10.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

7 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2801135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,0855
Steers—Medium and Large 1833144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,20070
Steers—Medium and Large 1893131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,17024
Steers—Medium and Large 1908133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,210302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1452151.00/cwt151.00–151.006838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662137.00/cwt137.00–137.009077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817131.25/cwt131.25–131.251,072139

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.