Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2022-12-05

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Dec 5
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,465 head
▲ 715 vs last sale 750▲ 365 vs year ago 1,100 · +33.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 6.00 higher. and heifers were steady. Demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $192.12/cwt on 763 head.
Average price
$192.12
763 head · 677 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,300
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$381
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.40
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1678192.131,303757
Medium and Large 1-2483191.009236thin
One grade step is worth $1.13/cwt here — about $381 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 sale763 hd
192.12
—
NE average8 barns · 13,971 hd
208.52
−16.40
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1363243.00/cwt243.00–243.008827
Steers—Medium and Large 1439219.07/cwt214.00–223.0096230
Steers—Medium and Large 1456245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,11927
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483191.00/cwt191.00–191.009236
Steers—Medium and Large 1537213.30/cwt210.00–227.001,14596
Steers—Medium and Large 1575196.26/cwt195.00–197.001,12816
Steers—Medium and Large 1616193.63/cwt192.50–197.751,19382
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned653192.75/cwt192.75–192.751,259109
Steers—Medium and Large 1675190.74/cwt175.00–193.001,28757
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy690171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,18049
Steers—Medium and Large 1734183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,34340
Steers—Medium and Large 1788179.68/cwt179.00–180.001,416103
Steers—Medium and Large 1807180.25/cwt180.25–180.251,45564
Steers—Medium and Large 1888175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,55860
Steers—Medium and Large 1902170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,53317
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342202.47/cwt201.00–204.0069216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367179.00/cwt179.00–179.006577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377210.50/cwt210.50–210.5079410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426181.00/cwt181.00–181.007718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433200.00/cwt195.00–202.0086620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472195.48/cwt193.00–197.0092359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518187.45/cwt180.00–190.0097154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583170.08/cwt163.00–175.0099225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586181.44/cwt179.00–192.501,06357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement587194.48/cwt192.00–198.001,14237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626177.38/cwt168.50–189.001,110111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,06512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1693173.49/cwt171.50–176.501,20290
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,19613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1899163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,46510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1946166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,5755

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.