Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good, with a steady to higher undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.10/cwt on 562 head.

Average price

$159.10

562 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$191

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

$13.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.15

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	461	172.59	795	11thin
Medium and Large 1	621	158.83	986	551

One grade step is worth $13.77/cwt here — about −$191 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 sale562 hd

159.10

—

NE average10 barns · 14,298 hd

167.24

−8.15

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

19 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 1	—	570	135.98/cwt	134.50–139.00	775	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	159.56/cwt	155.00–165.00	678	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	143.54/cwt	139.00–147.00	754	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	150.77/cwt	145.50–159.50	719	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	965	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	136.47/cwt	136.00–138.50	832	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	894	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	129.28/cwt	128.50–130.00	866	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	176.68/cwt	172.50–190.00	852	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	189.96/cwt	184.00–196.50	733	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	989	138.85/cwt	138.85–138.85	1,373	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,120	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	143.96/cwt	143.50–144.50	999	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	189.40/cwt	180.00–199.00	813	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	163.71/cwt	155.00–172.00	853	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	780	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	152.86/cwt	146.50–162.50	890	192

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 9, 2020

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

Receipts 1,050Last week 3,250Year ago 2,110

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good, with a steady to higher undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	570	134.50–139.00	135.98
36	—	425	155.00–165.00	159.56
62	—	525	139.00–147.00	143.54
78	—	477	145.50–159.50	150.77
12	—	724	133.25	133.25
28	—	610	136.00–138.50	136.47
23	—	670	128.50–130.00	129.28
7	—	914	122.50	122.50
5	—	342	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	643	139.00	139.00
113	—	482	172.50–190.00	176.68
20	—	386	184.00–196.50	189.96
97	—	989	138.85	138.85
41	—	694	143.50–144.50	143.96
30	—	429	180.00–199.00	189.40
52	—	521	155.00–172.00	163.71
192	—	582	146.50–162.50	152.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	496	162.50	162.50
6	—	431	181.00	181.00

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.

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