Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2023-07-24

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jul 24
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
875 head
▲ 475 vs last sale 400▼ 65 vs year ago 940 · −6.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand ws good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $253.66/cwt on 518 head.
Average price
$253.66
518 head · 821 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,084
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$689
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$27.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.05
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500281.001,4059thin
Medium and Large 1827253.182,094509
One grade step is worth $27.82/cwt here — about −$689 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 sale518 hd
253.66
—
NE average3 barns · 2,705 hd
255.71
−2.05
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

13 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1240348.28/cwt343.00–353.0083613
Steers—Medium and Large 1472284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,3408
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,4059
Steers—Medium and Large 1597277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,65445
Steers—Medium and Large 1795250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,98833
Steers—Medium and Large 1815248.73/cwt248.50–250.502,027147
Steers—Medium and Large 1917246.35/cwt246.35–246.352,259263
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1215600.00/head600.00–600.006006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1446276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,23120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,46731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1796225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,79518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,78414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1880229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,015179

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.