Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2022-09-12

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Sep 12
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
3,630 head
▲ 2,485 vs last sale 1,145▼ 870 vs year ago 4,500 · −19.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 15.00 higher. Heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good on nice selection.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $227.56/cwt on 1,865 head.
Average price
$227.56
1,865 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,144
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.54
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500229.801,1501,726
Medium and Large 1-2530199.681,058139
One grade step is worth $30.12/cwt here — about $92 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 sale1,865 hd
227.56
—
NE average7 barns · 9,639 hd
202.01
+25.54
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1275290.51/cwt276.00–304.0079924
Steers—Medium and Large 1331280.63/cwt272.00–284.5092999
Steers—Medium and Large 1380264.86/cwt256.00–276.001,00634
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed415260.41/cwt255.00–261.001,081174
Steers—Medium and Large 1426239.52/cwt230.00–250.501,020226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442207.01/cwt194.00–225.0091521
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy468239.36/cwt238.00–241.001,120189
Steers—Medium and Large 1471221.89/cwt216.00–234.001,045140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2494212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,04724
Steers—Medium and Large 1510222.82/cwt213.00–230.001,136264
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,03842
Steers—Medium and Large 1572211.35/cwt200.00–223.001,209475
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590190.78/cwt190.00–191.501,12652
Steers—Medium and Large 1648174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,1318
Steers—Medium and Large 1662178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,17813
Steers—Medium and Large 1832171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,42316
Steers—Medium and Large 1859179.25/cwt179.25–179.251,54064
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2250203.00/cwt203.00–203.0050822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1253257.00/cwt257.00–257.0065015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318233.68/cwt224.00–238.00743103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2337195.00/cwt195.00–195.0065735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373194.26/cwt190.00–213.0072536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed381219.00/cwt219.00–219.008347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433211.37/cwt203.00–220.00915280
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468196.91/cwt185.00–208.50922193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470181.10/cwt180.00–184.0085123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522202.94/cwt191.50–212.251,059234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement555204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,13290
Heifers—Medium and Large 1556192.27/cwt177.00–195.501,069143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1745164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,22213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,35720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1913162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,47910
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285229.00/cwt229.00–229.0065320
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2378211.00/cwt211.00–211.0079827

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.