Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2023-01-23

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2023-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-23

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 23

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Jan 16Jan 23Jan 30 →

Receipts

590 head

▼ 2,367 vs last sale 2,957▼ 1,160 vs year ago 1,750 · −66.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher on a thin test, with 775 lbs steers trading steady. Heifers sold unevenly steady also on a thin test. Demand was moderate to good. Snowy pens and slick roads in the trade area cut receipts for Monday's sale.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $198.48/cwt on 375 head.

Average price

$198.48

375 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$414

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$3.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.64

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	432	201.45	871	31
Medium and Large 1	648	198.21	1,285	344

One grade step is worth $3.24/cwt here — about −$414 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 sale375 hd

198.48

—

NE average6 barns · 7,924 hd

191.84

+6.64

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

18 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	308	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	557	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	872	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	232.22/cwt	225.00–244.00	1,022	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,081	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	222.50/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,177	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	552	210.68/cwt	210.00–211.00	1,163	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,127	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,171	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,253	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	180.97/cwt	180.00–181.75	1,404	148
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	541	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	809	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	446	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	923	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	819	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	496	194.02/cwt	190.00–197.00	962	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	999	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	552	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,032	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,081	9

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Mon Jan 23, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 590Last week 2,957Year ago 1,750

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	523	191.00	191.00
6	—	391	207.00	207.00
9	—	655	165.00	165.00
26	—	496	190.00–197.00	194.02
27	—	552	187.00	187.00
45	—	446	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	338	160.00	160.00
16	—	479	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	656	178.50	178.50
44	—	552	210.00–211.00	210.68
68	—	529	220.00–233.00	222.50
148	—	776	180.00–181.75	180.97
10	—	733	171.00	171.00
18	—	440	225.00–244.00	232.22
23	—	476	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	308	181.00	181.00
6	—	593	190.00	190.00
20	—	415	210.00	210.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.