Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2022-11-21

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 21
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,055 head
▼ 315 vs last sale 1,370▼ 120 vs year ago 1,175 · −10.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, on comparable offerings steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good throughout the day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $223.38/cwt on 487 head.
Average price
$223.38
487 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,098
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.93
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492224.341,105469
Medium and Large 1-2474198.3794018thin
One grade step is worth $25.97/cwt here — about $165 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 sale487 hd
223.38
—
NE average8 barns · 10,773 hd
205.45
+17.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

17 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1333258.00/cwt258.00–258.0085937
Steers—Medium and Large 1350265.00/cwt265.00–265.0092811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440203.69/cwt200.00–208.0089611
Steers—Medium and Large 1442245.98/cwt240.00–255.001,087182
Steers—Medium and Large 1490194.00/cwt194.00–194.0095119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0017
Steers—Medium and Large 1533213.26/cwt205.00–223.001,137140
Steers—Medium and Large 1595183.61/cwt181.00–184.001,09238
Steers—Medium and Large 1661177.76/cwt171.00–180.501,17542
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300215.00/cwt215.00–215.0064518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1396210.00/cwt210.00–210.0083223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1402203.84/cwt195.00–206.0081982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425190.00/cwt190.00–190.008086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1494193.64/cwt183.50–197.00957125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543174.00/cwt174.00–174.0094535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1598166.00/cwt166.00–166.009936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1898172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,545184

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.