Name: Tri State Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently reported sale. No comparison is applicable. Demand was good today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.42/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$127.42

90 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$9

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$13.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.34

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	480	137.65	661	23
Medium and Large 2-3	541	123.90	671	67

One grade step is worth $13.75/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale90 hd

127.42

—

IA average7 barns · 1,486 hd

136.76

−9.34

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

49 lots · USDA AMS · Tri-State Feeder Cattle Auction - Sioux Center, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	403	114.45/cwt	114.00–115.00	461	9
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	391	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	422	53
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	540	110.95/cwt	106.00–115.00	599	66
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	632	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	727	76
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	658	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	605	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	706	115.66/cwt	111.00–117.50	817	64
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	634	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	292	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	543	3
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	721	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	411	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	667	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	744	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	709	4
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	763	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	420	10
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	718	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	359	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	766	6
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	143	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	57	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,095	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,161	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	605	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	123.20/cwt	120.00–127.50	659	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	593	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	763	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	743	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	319	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	431	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	667	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	767	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	123.22/cwt	123.00–125.00	768	28
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	506	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	351	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	628	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	704	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	162.65/cwt	157.50–180.00	451	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	263	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	197	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	146.56/cwt	137.00–153.00	673	27
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	594	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	624	7
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	857	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	913	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	566	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	526	7
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	289	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	325	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	748	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	449	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	207	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	207	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,032	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,022	34
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	401	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	411	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	300	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	270	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	273	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	259	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	191	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	172	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	723	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	643	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	429	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	408	20
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	510	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	421	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	322	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	209	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	455	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	353	3

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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

Tri-State Feeder Cattle Auction - Sioux Center, IA

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No recently reported sale. No comparison is applicable. Demand was good today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	403	114.00–115.00	114.45
53	—	391	108.00	108.00
66	—	540	106.00–115.00	110.95
76	—	632	115.00	115.00
64	—	706	111.00–117.50	115.66
7	—	594	105.00	105.00
15	—	857	106.50	106.50
18	—	289	112.50	112.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	658	92.00	92.00
7	—	566	93.00	93.00
18	—	207	100.00	100.00
34	—	1,032	99.00	99.00
3	—	300	90.00	90.00
5	—	273	95.00	95.00
4	—	723	89.00	89.00
20	—	429	95.00	95.00
10	—	510	82.50	82.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	634	46.00	46.00
9	—	721	57.00	57.00
3	—	143	40.00	40.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	263	75.00	75.00
3	—	748	60.00	60.00
7	—	191	90.00	90.00
5	—	322	65.00	65.00
3	—	455	77.50	77.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	124.00	124.00
6	—	667	111.50	111.50
7	—	484	125.00	125.00
7	—	535	120.00–127.50	123.20
3	—	743	106.00	106.00
13	—	319	135.00	135.00
28	—	623	123.00–125.00	123.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	145.00	145.00
9	—	462	136.00	136.00
11	—	514	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	545	130.00	130.00
6	—	580	132.00	132.00
3	—	1,095	106.00	106.00
5	—	370	132.50	132.50
6	—	667	115.00	115.00
4	—	270	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	385	154.00	154.00
9	—	537	142.00	142.00
13	—	277	157.50–180.00	162.65
27	—	459	137.00–153.00	146.56
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	763	55.00	55.00
3	—	718	50.00	50.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	506	100.00	100.00
10	—	401	102.50	102.50

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.

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