Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2023-10-23

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 23
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,630 head
▲ 990 vs last sale 1,640▲ 630 vs year ago 2,000 · +31.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 500 lbs and over 600 lbs sold sharply lower on the day. Steers from 500 to 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Most weights of heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower except 400-450 lbs sold 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Sharply lower CME cattle boards today more than likely was the driving force that made Monday's market lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $279.23/cwt on 1,403 head.
Average price
$279.23
1,403 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.64
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560281.931,5781,162
Medium and Large 1-2557266.201,481241
One grade step is worth $15.73/cwt here — about $97 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 sale1,403 hd
279.23
—
NE average12 barns · 17,736 hd
296.86
−17.64
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

26 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322354.23/cwt335.00–370.001,14112
Steers—Medium and Large 1364337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,2279
Steers—Medium and Large 1425312.11/cwt305.00–322.501,32659
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy456331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,50928
Steers—Medium and Large 1462312.18/cwt300.00–319.501,442130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482282.44/cwt281.00–285.001,36129
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy511314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,60538
Steers—Medium and Large 1514296.70/cwt292.00–305.001,525162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534277.14/cwt271.00–287.001,480104
Steers—Medium and Large 1563281.45/cwt274.00–291.001,585354
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589253.18/cwt250.00–264.001,49188
Steers—Medium and Large 1630255.80/cwt248.00–265.001,612187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,55320
Steers—Medium and Large 1687243.64/cwt240.25–253.001,674183
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323309.29/cwt308.00–311.0099925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379293.96/cwt277.50–309.001,11423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed387347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,3437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425301.68/cwt287.00–308.001,282119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445275.22/cwt270.00–279.001,22524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480270.41/cwt260.00–280.001,298123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy514272.92/cwt271.00–273.501,40364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526256.42/cwt244.00–264.001,349240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572249.27/cwt243.00–261.001,426107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,70355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632230.16/cwt227.50–240.001,45532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772231.66/cwt230.50–232.501,788149

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.