Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2023-02-13

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Feb 13
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,920 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 2,845▲ 160 vs year ago 2,760 · +5.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 2.00 - 12.00 higher , and heifers were steady - 7.00 higher Demand was good on a 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 $198.54/cwt on 1,725 head.
Average price
$198.54
1,725 head · 719 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,427
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.78
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1720198.731,4321,663
Medium and Large 1-2678193.581,31362
One grade step is worth $5.15/cwt here — about $119 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 sale1,725 hd
198.54
—
NE average6 barns · 10,557 hd
196.76
+1.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

23 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 1375235.00/cwt235.00–235.008816
Steers—Medium and Large 1427249.44/cwt245.00–255.001,06531
Steers—Medium and Large 1509240.79/cwt228.00–243.001,22636
Steers—Medium and Large 1565225.40/cwt216.00–237.001,27470
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,19835
Steers—Medium and Large 1624210.63/cwt205.00–215.001,314316
Steers—Medium and Large 1681199.17/cwt197.50–203.001,356262
Steers—Medium and Large 1733194.89/cwt193.50–196.001,429360
Steers—Medium and Large 1753196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,47665
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2821171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,40427
Steers—Medium and Large 1830185.54/cwt181.00–188.351,540475
Steers—Medium and Large 11,003169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,70042
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1337211.00/cwt211.00–211.007115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376191.00/cwt191.00–191.007186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1447193.00/cwt193.00–193.0086313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476194.90/cwt185.00–198.5092847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541190.55/cwt185.50–192.001,03136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565187.79/cwt184.00–192.501,061111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632184.42/cwt180.00–191.001,166128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660182.50/cwt177.50–185.751,205217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy663170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,12728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771174.92/cwt174.00–176.101,349425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1843165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,39114

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.