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Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2024-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-22

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 22

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Jan 15Jan 22Jan 29 →

Receipts

3,180 head

▲ 2,780 vs last sale 400▲ 2,590 vs year ago 590 · +439.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough last week, to make a comparison. Demand was good to moderate today with a nice selection offered,

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $254.11/cwt on 1,808 head.

Average price

$254.11

1,808 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$306

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$12.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.47

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	584	265.61	1,551	98
Medium and Large 1	733	253.45	1,857	1,710

One grade step is worth $12.16/cwt here — about −$306 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 sale1,808 hd

254.11

—

NE average8 barns · 13,570 hd

268.58

−14.47

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	313	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,099	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	354	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,195	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,421	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,374	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	319.02/cwt	309.00–327.00	1,560	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,712	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	260.94/cwt	259.00–267.00	1,477	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,608	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	260.75/cwt	251.00–263.50	1,609	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	287.63/cwt	277.00–295.50	1,798	346
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,787	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	249.30/cwt	241.00–256.00	1,775	239
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	728	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,722	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	236.03/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,820	348
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	234.82/cwt	229.50–246.00	1,926	325
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	211.17/cwt	209.10–212.00	1,953	218
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,146	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	405	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,256	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	284.26/cwt	279.00–291.00	1,251	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	278.43/cwt	274.00–284.00	1,286	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	295.83/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,494	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,439	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	268.92/cwt	259.00–276.00	1,546	269
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	249.83/cwt	248.00–252.50	1,599	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	239.13/cwt	233.00–242.75	1,628	163
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	236.86/cwt	231.00–238.00	1,677	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	224.17/cwt	223.50–230.00	1,697	96

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Mon Jan 22, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 3,180Last week 400Year ago 590

Not enough last week, to make a comparison. Demand was good to moderate today with a nice selection offered,

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
218	—	925	209.10–212.00	211.17
239	—	712	241.00–256.00	249.30
346	—	625	277.00–295.50	287.63
39	—	686	260.50	260.50
59	—	489	309.00–327.00	319.02
19	—	354	337.50	337.50
5	—	313	351.00	351.00
7	—	415	342.50	342.50
12	—	589	273.00	273.00
325	—	820	229.50–246.00	234.82
348	—	771	230.00–243.00	236.03
62	—	540	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	566	259.00–267.00	260.94
60	—	617	251.00–263.50	260.75
12	—	458	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	728	236.50	236.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
269	—	575	259.00–276.00	268.92
140	—	505	290.00–302.00	295.83
163	—	681	233.00–242.75	239.13
14	—	382	300.00	300.00
29	—	440	279.00–291.00	284.26
52	—	462	274.00–284.00	278.43
81	—	640	248.00–252.50	249.83
81	—	708	231.00–238.00	236.86
96	—	757	223.50–230.00	224.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	541	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	405	310.00	310.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.