Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2022-09-26

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Sep 26
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,030 head
▲ 410 vs last sale 1,620▼ 495 vs year ago 2,525 · −19.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 10.00 lower, heifers were steady - 12.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $213.99/cwt on 991 head.
Average price
$213.99
991 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,096
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$240
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.46
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2394222.0287583
Medium and Large 1523213.261,116908
One grade step is worth $8.76/cwt here — about −$240 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 sale991 hd
213.99
—
NE average7 barns · 9,543 hd
197.53
+16.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1283266.56/cwt256.00–276.0075419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2316242.58/cwt238.00–247.0076730
Steers—Medium and Large 1338258.22/cwt256.00–263.0087327
Steers—Medium and Large 1387232.48/cwt231.00–235.0090023
Steers—Medium and Large 1424230.79/cwt223.00–240.00979139
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430219.19/cwt218.00–220.0094337
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2458190.00/cwt190.00–190.0087016
Steers—Medium and Large 1479222.06/cwt212.00–234.001,064143
Steers—Medium and Large 1519205.90/cwt197.50–216.501,069146
Steers—Medium and Large 1570204.00/cwt197.50–207.001,163253
Steers—Medium and Large 1624199.73/cwt188.00–203.001,246111
Steers—Medium and Large 1654190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,24312
Steers—Medium and Large 1716185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,32519
Steers—Medium and Large 1840174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,46216
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1272210.00/cwt210.00–210.005718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2308190.00/cwt190.00–190.005858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332228.97/cwt228.00–230.0076023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362219.05/cwt212.00–223.0079334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380185.00/cwt185.00–185.007036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2409194.00/cwt194.00–194.0079325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425209.15/cwt202.00–219.00889109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466182.79/cwt180.00–186.0085239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479196.49/cwt190.00–209.00941146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530177.67/cwt174.50–184.0094256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567185.99/cwt175.50–191.501,055160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623179.96/cwt174.50–184.001,12136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1651177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1744170.20/cwt170.00–170.501,26637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1882161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,4249
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508191.00/cwt191.00–191.009708

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.