Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2023-09-25

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Sep 25
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,070 head
▼ 180 vs last sale 2,250▲ 40 vs year ago 2,030 · +2.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 12.00 higher. Except steers weighing 550 was 18.00 lower. Not enough for comparison for weights over 650 lbs. Demand was good .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $285.82/cwt on 1,138 head.
Average price
$285.82
1,138 head · 695 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.19
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1701287.932,020960
Medium and Large 1-2658274.421,805178
One grade step is worth $13.52/cwt here — about $214 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 sale1,138 hd
285.82
—
NE average5 barns · 4,976 hd
265.63
+20.19
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1346390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,34914
Steers—Medium and Large 1385371.05/cwt356.00–380.001,42928
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2412330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3606
Steers—Medium and Large 1440354.71/cwt347.00–362.501,56138
Steers—Medium and Large 1487340.53/cwt334.00–343.001,65894
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,53520
Steers—Medium and Large 1524327.23/cwt324.00–335.001,715123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526308.00/cwt300.00–310.001,62047
Steers—Medium and Large 1587293.53/cwt288.00–298.001,723120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610263.23/cwt260.00–267.501,60616
Steers—Medium and Large 1637270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,72011
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned659268.81/cwt267.50–269.001,77139
Steers—Medium and Large 1783250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9589
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2790246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,94789
Steers—Medium and Large 1805261.04/cwt257.00–261.752,101148
Steers—Medium and Large 1895254.50/cwt254.50–254.502,278326
Steers—Medium and Large 1968230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,22610
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,11218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368327.34/cwt317.50–337.001,20533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,3219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481305.63/cwt293.00–313.001,470198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527285.87/cwt280.00–288.001,50780
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564285.02/cwt282.50–294.001,60869
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,56713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned616262.10/cwt261.00–263.001,61524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626246.13/cwt245.00–247.501,54126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711251.25/cwt251.25–251.251,78663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2792228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,80673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1838233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,953181

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.