Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2023-09-18

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Sep 18
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,250 head
▲ 1,300 vs last sale 950▲ 630 vs year ago 1,620 · +38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good, with a nice offering of spring calves offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $307.99/cwt on 1,248 head.
Average price
$307.99
1,248 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$219
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+43.06
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1577308.481,7801,016
Medium and Large 1-2510305.841,561232
One grade step is worth $2.64/cwt here — about $219 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 sale1,248 hd
307.99
—
NE average9 barns · 9,820 hd
264.93
+43.06
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1349364.07/cwt358.00–375.001,27114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2392342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,34315
Steers—Medium and Large 1396370.80/cwt367.50–375.001,46818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434320.56/cwt318.00–327.501,39140
Steers—Medium and Large 1445353.55/cwt353.00–354.001,57327
Steers—Medium and Large 1482342.29/cwt334.00–355.001,650138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,52469
Steers—Medium and Large 1523318.50/cwt308.00–325.001,666291
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,61542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572292.48/cwt285.00–295.001,67348
Steers—Medium and Large 1576315.08/cwt303.00–318.001,815142
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned617289.26/cwt284.00–299.001,785274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned624274.33/cwt273.00–275.001,71218
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned657271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,78010
Steers—Medium and Large 1659265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,74615
Steers—Medium and Large 1877247.06/cwt240.50–250.002,16787
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1337331.09/cwt323.00–337.001,11614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426316.25/cwt309.00–320.001,347114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428286.52/cwt281.00–300.001,22653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489293.85/cwt290.50–300.001,437106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520288.76/cwt279.00–299.001,502244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567281.88/cwt276.00–293.001,598153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned604260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,57374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1654265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,73314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,82612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,84726
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,014221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,24133

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.