Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2020-09-14

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-14

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Sep 14

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Aug 31Sep 14Sep 21 →

Receipts

4,150 head

▲ 2,575 vs last sale 1,575▲ 1,785 vs year ago 2,365 · +75.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 600 lbs was steady - 4.00 lower, except 450 lb steers was 3.00 higher. Steers weighing 750 was 5.00 higher, Not enough to show any other comparisons.

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 $165.28/cwt on 2,467 head.

Average price

$165.28

2,467 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$984

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$189

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

$10.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.06

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	454	175.73	799	60
Medium and Large 1	599	165.02	988	2,407

One grade step is worth $10.71/cwt here — about −$189 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 sale2,467 hd

165.28

—

NE average6 barns · 9,720 hd

150.22

+15.06

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

Every lot

25 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	338	189.89/cwt	182.00–195.00	642	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	188.47/cwt	174.00–194.50	707	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	178.66/cwt	175.50–181.00	759	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	190.61/cwt	183.00–196.50	827	191
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	185.18/cwt	178.00–189.50	868	325
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	172.39/cwt	171.00–175.00	841	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	170.80/cwt	165.00–173.00	907	573
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	161.40/cwt	155.00–167.50	928	351
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	154.78/cwt	150.00–158.00	955	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	756	144.34/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,091	265
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	145.42/cwt	144.35–146.50	1,191	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	895	136.30/cwt	136.00–137.50	1,220	304
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	167.46/cwt	160.00–173.00	546	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	159.72/cwt	153.00–171.00	593	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	159.56/cwt	155.00–161.00	686	190
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	563	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	150.44/cwt	141.50–156.00	713	337
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	135.57/cwt	135.00–136.00	671	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	149.84/cwt	145.00–152.25	790	204
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	145.09/cwt	135.00–147.00	849	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,002	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	137.82/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,045	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	135.10/cwt	135.10–135.10	1,127	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	899	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,106	179
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,006	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,081	32

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 Sep 14, 2020

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

Receipts 4,150Last week 1,575Year ago 2,365

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 600 lbs was steady - 4.00 lower, except 450 lb steers was 3.00 higher. Steers weighing 750 was 5.00 higher, Not enough to show any other comparisons.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	758	135.00–139.00	137.82
32	—	1,006	107.50	107.50
37	—	721	139.00	139.00
65	—	834	135.10	135.10
68	—	326	160.00–173.00	167.46
86	—	585	135.00–147.00	145.09
126	—	371	153.00–171.00	159.72
179	—	899	123.00	123.00
190	—	430	155.00–161.00	159.56
204	—	527	145.00–152.25	149.84
337	—	474	141.50–156.00	150.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	495	135.00–136.00	135.57
11	—	430	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
573	—	531	165.00–173.00	170.80
130	—	819	144.35–146.50	145.42
265	—	756	144.00–149.00	144.34
304	—	895	136.00–137.50	136.30
325	—	469	178.00–189.50	185.18
351	—	575	155.00–167.50	161.40
191	—	434	183.00–196.50	190.61
47	—	338	182.00–195.00	189.89
91	—	617	150.00–158.00	154.78
130	—	375	174.00–194.50	188.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	425	175.50–181.00	178.66
28	—	488	171.00–175.00	172.39

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.