Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2022-08-22

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-22

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Aug 22

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Aug 15Aug 22Aug 29 →

Receipts

2,820 head

▼ 430 vs last sale 3,250▲ 1,435 vs year ago 1,385 · +103.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were both 4.00 - 20.00 higher. Demand was good on a good selection offered. They had 630 weigh cows and bulls.

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 $243.45/cwt on 1,399 head.

Average price

$243.45

1,399 head · 449 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$20.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+39.28

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	449	244.61	1,098	1,321
Medium and Large 1-2	450	223.82	1,008	78

One grade step is worth $20.79/cwt here — about $90 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 sale1,399 hd

243.45

—

NE average7 barns · 5,670 hd

204.17

+39.28

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

Every lot

26 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	282	271.00/cwt	264.00–282.00	764	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	261.35/cwt	255.00–264.00	865	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	361	250.21/cwt	248.00–255.00	903	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	275.09/cwt	262.00–282.00	1,045	342
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	962	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	237.66/cwt	232.50–249.00	1,043	131
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	474	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,168	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	234.51/cwt	222.00–244.00	1,112	428
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	211.34/cwt	211.00–214.00	1,052	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	214.01/cwt	210.00–215.25	1,147	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	208.51/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,178	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,217	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	234	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	604	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	265	242.00/cwt	232.00–260.00	641	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	309	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	791	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	336	221.33/cwt	217.00–225.00	744	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	239.94/cwt	223.00–245.00	871	166
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	214.87/cwt	207.50–220.00	806	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	227.17/cwt	212.00–230.50	968	235
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	196.82/cwt	186.00–205.00	860	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	217.86/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,007	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	193.86/cwt	187.00–200.00	915	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	195.14/cwt	180.00–199.50	1,011	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,186	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,482	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,443	10

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 22, 2022

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

Receipts 2,820Last week 3,250Year ago 1,385

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were both 4.00 - 20.00 higher. Demand was good on a good selection offered. They had 630 weigh cows and bulls.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	710	167.00	167.00
10	—	234	258.00	258.00
10	—	925	156.00	156.00
14	—	309	256.00	256.00
21	—	265	232.00–260.00	242.00
166	—	363	223.00–245.00	239.94
235	—	426	212.00–230.50	227.17
142	—	462	210.00–226.00	217.86
147	—	518	180.00–199.50	195.14
74	—	864	171.50	171.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	437	186.00–205.00	196.82
11	—	336	217.00–225.00	221.33
73	—	375	207.50–220.00	214.87
54	—	472	187.00–200.00	193.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	536	210.00–215.25	214.01
131	—	439	232.50–249.00	237.66
10	—	676	180.00	180.00
17	—	331	255.00–264.00	261.35
97	—	565	207.00–210.00	208.51
428	—	474	222.00–244.00	234.51
58	—	282	264.00–282.00	271.00
342	—	380	262.00–282.00	275.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	498	211.00–214.00	211.34
19	—	361	248.00–255.00	250.21
15	—	424	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	474	246.50	246.50

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.