Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to the weather. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.96/cwt on 1,593 head.

Average price

$157.96

1,593 head · 601 lb average

Value per head Derived

$949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$14.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.37

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	604	158.49	958	1,535
Medium and Large 1-2	514	143.86	739	58

One grade step is worth $14.63/cwt here — about $218 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 sale1,593 hd

157.96

—

NE average11 barns · 16,072 hd

154.59

+3.37

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

34 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	486	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	824	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	529	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	920	89
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	469	137.81/cwt	136.00–141.50	646	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	906	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,045	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	178.65/cwt	170.50–185.00	679	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	138.44/cwt	133.00–140.00	993	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,083	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	161.48/cwt	153.50–168.00	609	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	689	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	149.85/cwt	146.75–151.00	1,145	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	927	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	1,158	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	164.21/cwt	157.00–177.50	798	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	142.50/cwt	139.25–144.25	1,243	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	149.71/cwt	138.00–155.50	879	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,281	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	164.35/cwt	155.00–170.75	855	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	126.67/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,188	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	144.16/cwt	138.75–146.50	881	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	180.99/cwt	174.00–186.50	782	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	136.44/cwt	130.00–138.75	793	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	144.72/cwt	135.00–154.50	755	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	804	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	645	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	130.79/cwt	126.00–134.00	817	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	157.65/cwt	151.50–163.00	659	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	151.15/cwt	146.50–157.50	707	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	131.72/cwt	131.00–132.00	869	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	945	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	133.00/cwt	127.50–140.00	588	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	507	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	743	22

How this sale compares

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 Nov 2, 2020

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

Receipts 3,250Last week 2,065Year ago 2,060

No comparison to last week, due to the weather. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	486	169.50	169.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	725	125.00	125.00
14	—	950	110.00	110.00
22	—	888	122.00	122.00
69	—	377	153.50–168.00	161.48
189	—	938	120.00–127.00	126.67
126	—	581	130.00–138.75	136.44
205	—	522	135.00–154.50	144.72
34	—	625	126.00–134.00	130.79
145	—	418	151.50–163.00	157.65
222	—	468	146.50–157.50	151.15
25	—	660	131.00–132.00	131.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	461	140.00	140.00
12	—	791	119.50	119.50
23	—	442	127.50–140.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	529	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	380	170.50–185.00	178.65
22	—	717	133.00–140.00	138.44
36	—	340	202.50	202.50
91	—	764	146.75–151.00	149.85
10	—	672	138.00	138.00
11	—	841	137.75	137.75
146	—	486	157.00–177.50	164.21
147	—	872	139.25–144.25	142.50
120	—	587	138.00–155.50	149.71
125	—	928	138.00	138.00
256	—	520	155.00–170.75	164.35
230	—	611	138.75–146.50	144.16
233	—	432	174.00–186.50	180.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	566	142.00	142.00
8	—	365	139.00	139.00
22	—	502	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	585	120.00	120.00
33	—	469	136.00–141.50	137.81

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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