Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2022-10-24

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,000 head
▲ 415 vs last sale 1,585▲ 215 vs year ago 1,785 · +12.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 8.00 higher and heifers were 1.00 - 6.00 higher. Demand was good on nice selection offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $211.62/cwt on 1,101 head.
Average price
$211.62
1,101 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,134
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.16
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534213.671,1411,011
Medium and Large 1-2554188.571,04490
One grade step is worth $25.10/cwt here — about $97 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 sale1,101 hd
211.62
—
NE average11 barns · 14,361 hd
206.45
+5.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1332250.99/cwt243.00–256.0083343
Steers—Medium and Large 1391247.91/cwt244.00–249.0096927
Steers—Medium and Large 1430226.17/cwt216.00–237.00973117
Steers—Medium and Large 1479220.20/cwt211.00–226.001,055183
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2498196.00/cwt196.00–196.0097611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy507230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,16690
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,02824
Steers—Medium and Large 1523211.43/cwt200.00–220.001,106129
Steers—Medium and Large 1568205.32/cwt194.00–209.501,166291
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580182.97/cwt179.00–188.001,06155
Steers—Medium and Large 1631190.67/cwt188.00–193.001,20368
Steers—Medium and Large 1886176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,55963
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313205.80/cwt203.00–214.0064429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378196.77/cwt190.00–210.0074451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429198.93/cwt195.50–201.00853196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434170.00/cwt170.00–170.007387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480191.73/cwt180.00–198.00920138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490172.79/cwt172.00–174.0084743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520187.14/cwt180.00–191.50973118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561179.56/cwt166.00–186.501,00777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578154.62/cwt153.00–156.0089413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1875161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,40929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1969159.20/cwt158.00–160.001,54315
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,052159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,67321
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1404228.00/cwt228.00–228.0092113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1491197.00/cwt197.00–197.0096722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1584162.29/cwt162.00–162.5094821

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.