Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2023-08-28

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Aug 28
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
805 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 875▼ 2,715 vs year ago 3,520 · −77.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market comparison is not applicable. Demand was good for the light run of calves and yearlings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $260.82/cwt on 506 head.
Average price
$260.82
506 head · 757 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,975
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$497
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$76.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.70
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1753267.972,017454
Medium and Large 1-2791211.321,67119thin
Medium and Large 2796191.001,52033
One grade step is worth $76.97/cwt here — about $497 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 sale506 hd
260.82
—
NE average8 barns · 6,386 hd
258.12
+2.70
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

19 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1324338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,09520
Steers—Medium and Large 1442317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,4015
Steers—Medium and Large 1485293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,42140
Steers—Medium and Large 1540310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,67418
Steers—Medium and Large 1587292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,71452
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,43412
Steers—Medium and Large 1772265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,04660
Steers—Medium and Large 2796191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,52033
Steers—Medium and Large 1802253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,02910
Steers—Medium and Large 1880250.60/cwt248.50–257.002,205249
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,003205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,0567
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314303.00/cwt303.00–303.0095111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1447279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,24742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,41111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,61946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,5447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,99219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1875239.94/cwt235.50–242.752,099108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1943226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,13113

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.