Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2023-10-02

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 2
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
3,225 head
▲ 1,155 vs last sale 2,070▲ 1,855 vs year ago 1,370 · +135.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week most lots of steers sold steady to 5.00 lower, except 450 lbs and 550 lbs 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Not enough yearlings for a market comparison. 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 $309.36/cwt on 1,619 head.
Average price
$309.36
1,619 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,728
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+37.25
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564309.741,7481,478
Medium and Large 1-2499305.431,524141
One grade step is worth $4.30/cwt here — about $223 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 sale1,619 hd
309.36
—
NE average7 barns · 8,853 hd
272.11
+37.25
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 1-2326345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1258
Steers—Medium and Large 1346373.53/cwt365.00–380.001,29225
Steers—Medium and Large 1394364.78/cwt355.00–372.501,43754
Steers—Medium and Large 1427352.27/cwt342.50–360.001,50493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433331.67/cwt325.00–335.001,43622
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy462365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,68649
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473319.21/cwt310.50–329.001,51066
Steers—Medium and Large 1477347.42/cwt342.50–351.001,657156
Steers—Medium and Large 1529314.84/cwt300.00–320.001,666311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566271.45/cwt265.00–280.001,53616
Steers—Medium and Large 1573303.04/cwt289.00–308.001,736246
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy584311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,81688
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned619262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,62229
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned626283.69/cwt277.00–296.001,776249
Steers—Medium and Large 1655265.41/cwt257.00–274.001,73852
Steers—Medium and Large 1724264.62/cwt253.00–265.751,91699
Steers—Medium and Large 1870240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,08856
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2316307.97/cwt306.00–310.0097312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341328.78/cwt319.00–345.001,12138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,24112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430322.02/cwt313.00–331.001,385177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2447296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,32310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473307.10/cwt297.00–314.001,453250
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508294.67/cwt285.00–304.001,497156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531276.71/cwt271.00–281.501,469147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy575292.03/cwt289.00–293.501,67964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576275.40/cwt268.00–283.001,586173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589258.23/cwt250.00–260.001,52147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1653252.97/cwt247.00–257.501,65281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1797237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,889130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1888231.50/cwt231.50–231.502,05613

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.