Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2022-07-18

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jul 18
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,050 head
▲ 300 vs last sale 750▲ 550 vs year ago 500 · +110.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for comparison. Demand was good, on a good selection of calves and feeders offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $199.30/cwt on 473 head.
Average price
$199.30
473 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,207
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.87
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1608199.441,214460
Medium and Large 1-2513194.3199613thin
One grade step is worth $5.14/cwt here — about $217 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 sale473 hd
199.30
—
NE average5 barns · 10,797 hd
189.44
+9.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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 1212450.00/head450.00–450.0045010
Steers—Medium and Large 1268227.11/cwt220.00–229.0060931
Steers—Medium and Large 1291725.00/head725.00–725.007255
Steers—Medium and Large 1325232.56/cwt226.00–239.0075664
Steers—Medium and Large 1350222.00/cwt222.00–222.0077711
Steers—Medium and Large 1422227.73/cwt223.00–233.0096175
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437202.00/cwt202.00–202.008838
Steers—Medium and Large 1486204.00/cwt204.00–204.009916
Steers—Medium and Large 1565215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,21525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,1545
Steers—Medium and Large 1658204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,34213
Steers—Medium and Large 1720174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,25638
Steers—Medium and Large 1824174.70/cwt172.50–176.501,440197
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1190425.00/head425.00–425.004257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1213350.00/head350.00–350.0035013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2263460.00/head460.00–460.0046016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1264216.00/cwt216.00–216.005707
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270558.26/head510.00–600.0055816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325220.76/cwt204.00–227.0071735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368195.79/cwt194.00–201.0072169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393170.00/cwt170.00–170.006687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427190.00/cwt190.00–190.0081116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473178.02/cwt177.00–180.0084214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508177.00/cwt177.00–177.0089920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581164.00/cwt164.00–164.009536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689164.29/cwt163.50–165.501,13235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780163.47/cwt152.00–166.501,27586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,38385
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,061137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,45410

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.