Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2022-08-08

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Aug 8
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,100 head
▼ 929 vs last sale 2,029▲ 1,100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves were 9.00 - 12.00 lower and heifers were 5.00 - 10.00 higher. Not enough feeder cattle to make a test. Demand was good on all the offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.21/cwt on 513 head.
Average price
$203.21
513 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,023
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$288
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.93
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512205.521,051466
Medium and Large 1-2424180.2876447
One grade step is worth $25.24/cwt here — about $288 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 sale513 hd
203.21
—
NE average8 barns · 7,939 hd
176.28
+26.93
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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1283230.00/cwt230.00–230.006515
Steers—Medium and Large 1342255.05/cwt249.00–259.0087276
Steers—Medium and Large 1376236.02/cwt231.00–239.0088736
Steers—Medium and Large 1430237.73/cwt230.00–243.001,022163
Steers—Medium and Large 1471226.34/cwt213.00–233.001,066125
Steers—Medium and Large 1524213.94/cwt199.00–219.001,12158
Steers—Medium and Large 1557199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,10816
Steers—Medium and Large 1790176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,3947
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277218.32/cwt217.00–220.0060515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1312219.17/cwt212.00–224.0068442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384232.26/cwt218.00–238.50892133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389187.00/cwt187.00–187.0072713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2406182.87/cwt169.00–188.0074223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy425234.00/cwt234.00–234.0099530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428208.98/cwt205.00–215.0089435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463209.59/cwt201.00–220.0097092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490183.00/cwt183.00–183.008975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2511153.50/cwt153.50–153.507846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521189.00/cwt189.00–189.009856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,10513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1834156.60/cwt153.00–158.001,30639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1936155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,45525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1968157.04/cwt155.50–157.751,52022

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.