Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2022-02-28

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Feb 28
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,775 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 1,690▼ 735 vs year ago 2,510 · −29.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifer under 700 lbs was steady - 7.00 higher, weights over 700 lbs was steady - 6.00 lower. Demand was good on lighter feeders and moderate on the larger cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $159.85/cwt on 857 head.
Average price
$159.85
857 head · 674 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,077
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.25
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1675159.941,079848
Medium and Large 1-2627151.009479thin
One grade step is worth $8.94/cwt here — about $132 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 sale857 hd
159.85
—
NE average9 barns · 8,012 hd
166.10
−6.25
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1355233.00/cwt233.00–233.008277
Steers—Medium and Large 1400228.00/cwt228.00–228.0091210
Steers—Medium and Large 1477224.75/cwt224.75–224.751,07222
Steers—Medium and Large 1510223.35/cwt217.00–225.001,13945
Steers—Medium and Large 1561203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,14236
Steers—Medium and Large 1623192.22/cwt188.00–196.001,19887
Steers—Medium and Large 1676175.06/cwt169.00–178.001,18367
Steers—Medium and Large 1720169.15/cwt166.00–177.501,218162
Steers—Medium and Large 1778164.63/cwt160.00–165.501,28180
Steers—Medium and Large 1830160.96/cwt160.00–162.001,336133
Steers—Medium and Large 1866157.65/cwt155.00–160.001,36565
Steers—Medium and Large 1907151.75/cwt151.75–151.751,376124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378196.40/cwt196.00–197.0074215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418188.00/cwt188.00–188.007869
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471178.41/cwt178.00–179.0084071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528176.23/cwt170.00–179.0093063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565169.16/cwt161.00–171.0095627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618168.92/cwt167.50–169.501,044103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627151.00/cwt151.00–151.009479
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy652171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,11561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690151.16/cwt149.00–153.001,04331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727150.97/cwt149.00–152.251,098226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement769154.87/cwt154.50–155.251,191129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,13520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825141.22/cwt140.00–143.751,16593

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.