Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2022-07-25

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jul 25
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
940 head
▼ 110 vs last sale 1,050▲ 940 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 600 lbs were 15 - 30 higher. Demand was good on all offerings. Quite a few, bawling calves hitting the market several weeks earlier than normal due to the extremely dry conditions in the trade area. Some cattlemen are in liquidation mode because there grazing land is in the D3 category (extreme drought).

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $239.91/cwt on 444 head.
Average price
$239.91
444 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,108
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+35.21
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463240.651,113434
Medium and Large 1-2428208.0088910thin
One grade step is worth $32.65/cwt here — about $224 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 sale444 hd
239.91
—
NE average5 barns · 3,364 hd
204.70
+35.21
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

23 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1266254.57/cwt254.00–255.0067714
Steers—Medium and Large 1308267.68/cwt267.00–268.0082449
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2341224.00/cwt224.00–224.007645
Steers—Medium and Large 1384264.56/cwt248.00–266.001,01670
Steers—Medium and Large 1416249.85/cwt246.00–251.001,03984
Steers—Medium and Large 1464237.58/cwt227.00–242.001,102107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514192.00/cwt192.00–192.009875
Steers—Medium and Large 1530211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,11813
Steers—Medium and Large 1648205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,32846
Steers—Medium and Large 1662209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,38451
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1238213.00/cwt213.00–213.005077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270228.00/cwt228.00–228.006168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326215.10/cwt200.00–223.0070136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365213.88/cwt199.00–217.5078158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2399187.00/cwt187.00–187.007466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413211.52/cwt194.00–217.5087465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy451209.00/cwt209.00–209.0094381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469188.00/cwt188.00–188.008826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514174.50/cwt174.50–174.5089711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555178.00/cwt178.00–178.009886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631169.88/cwt169.00–171.501,07278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,10614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,21420

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.