Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2022-02-07

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Feb 7
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,818 head
▼ 1,133 vs last sale 2,951▲ 1,818 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 12.00 higher, except 900 lb steers was 5.00 lower. Heifers were 4.00 - 7.00 higher. Demand was good all day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.54/cwt on 992 head.
Average price
$166.54
992 head · 781 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,301
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.24
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1784166.701,307960
Medium and Large 1-2699161.771,13132
One grade step is worth $4.94/cwt here — about $175 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 sale992 hd
166.54
—
NE average9 barns · 11,884 hd
179.78
−13.24
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

21 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1465209.55/cwt202.50–215.5097424
Steers—Medium and Large 1566195.72/cwt190.00–198.501,108132
Steers—Medium and Large 1610184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,12531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0477
Steers—Medium and Large 1663173.92/cwt173.50–174.001,15371
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,0759
Steers—Medium and Large 1715170.29/cwt163.50–173.501,218108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2748160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,19716
Steers—Medium and Large 1784162.54/cwt155.00–165.501,274143
Steers—Medium and Large 1833161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,34124
Steers—Medium and Large 1861156.21/cwt151.00–157.251,34585
Steers—Medium and Large 1930153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,423342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435180.00/cwt180.00–180.007835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478170.00/cwt170.00–170.008136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533171.79/cwt166.50–175.0091683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579176.62/cwt167.00–178.001,02370
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637164.47/cwt160.00–167.501,048142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663163.34/cwt162.00–164.001,08387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement676170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,15345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1736154.32/cwt153.50–154.501,136124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761152.17/cwt143.00–154.751,158111

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.