Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2022-08-15

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-15

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Aug 15

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Aug 8Aug 15Aug 22 →

Receipts

3,250 head

▲ 2,150 vs last sale 1,100▲ 3,250 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 - 11.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 - 9.00 lower. Demand was good on all weights.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $221.26/cwt on 1,805 head.

Average price

$221.26

1,805 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,210

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$2.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.56

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	221.41	1,225	1,712
Medium and Large 1-2	432	218.44	943	93

One grade step is worth $2.96/cwt here — about $282 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 sale1,805 hd

221.26

—

NE average5 barns · 6,626 hd

193.70

+27.56

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	284	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	727	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	316	266.90/cwt	255.00–277.00	843	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	324	239.83/cwt	231.00–249.00	777	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	359	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	973	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	255.01/cwt	246.00–266.00	969	131
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	411	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,110	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	234.51/cwt	220.00–244.00	997	181
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	226.56/cwt	212.00–233.00	1,078	397
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	224.62/cwt	216.00–225.50	1,161	192
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	206.91/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,188	175
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	186.01/cwt	185.00–187.00	1,088	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	643	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,151	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	644	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,275	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	192.25/cwt	192.25–192.25	1,380	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	190.16/cwt	190.00–190.50	1,559	380
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	272	229.10/cwt	224.00–235.00	623	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	311	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	743	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	314	213.37/cwt	203.00–227.00	670	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	329	201.86/cwt	195.00–206.00	664	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	224.07/cwt	215.00–229.00	827	109
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	374	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	871	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	189.50/cwt	186.00–205.00	726	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	206.09/cwt	197.00–214.00	868	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	846	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	426	226.80/cwt	220.00–235.00	966	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	199.79/cwt	192.50–210.50	951	287
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	490	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,058	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	193.18/cwt	183.00–194.50	1,032	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,036	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	1,181	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	844	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,439	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,031	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,505	30

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Mon Aug 15, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 3,250Last week 1,100Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 11.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 - 9.00 lower. Demand was good on all weights.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	369	215.00–229.00	224.07
110	—	314	203.00–227.00	213.37
30	—	1,031	146.00	146.00
70	—	534	183.00–194.50	193.18
287	—	476	192.50–210.50	199.79
126	—	421	197.00–214.00	206.09
32	—	272	224.00–235.00	229.10
38	—	606	171.00	171.00
71	—	844	170.50	170.50
48	—	676	174.75	174.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	421	201.00	201.00
42	—	383	186.00–205.00	189.50
20	—	329	195.00–206.00	201.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	426	220.00–235.00	226.80
37	—	490	216.00	216.00
42	—	374	233.00	233.00
13	—	311	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	359	271.00	271.00
49	—	411	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	644	198.00	198.00
380	—	820	190.00–190.50	190.16
397	—	476	212.00–233.00	226.56
131	—	380	246.00–266.00	255.01
37	—	718	192.25	192.25
175	—	574	200.00–215.00	206.91
181	—	425	220.00–244.00	234.51
192	—	517	216.00–225.50	224.62
13	—	284	256.00	256.00
80	—	316	255.00–277.00	266.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	585	185.00–187.00	186.01
58	—	324	231.00–249.00	239.83
15	—	643	179.00	179.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.