Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 4.00 higher .Heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.82/cwt on 758 head.

Average price

$159.82

758 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$30.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.63

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	160.18	916	749
Medium and Large 1-2	630	130.00	819	9thin

One grade step is worth $30.18/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 sale758 hd

159.82

—

NE average10 barns · 11,793 hd

163.45

−3.63

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

22 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	—	710	124.50/cwt	123.50–125.00	884	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	170.27/cwt	163.50–172.00	652	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	130.74/cwt	125.00–135.00	816	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	177.89/cwt	168.00–180.00	598	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	142.19/cwt	139.00–145.00	803	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	161.96/cwt	154.50–166.00	692	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	142.39/cwt	140.00–147.00	970	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,147	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	156.01/cwt	149.00–159.00	911	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,193	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,068	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	677	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	167.25/cwt	160.00–170.00	855	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	141.93/cwt	135.00–145.50	879	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	671	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	172.76/cwt	166.00–179.50	838	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,018	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	158.99/cwt	148.00–165.50	736	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	150.87/cwt	139.00–152.00	800	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	196.34/cwt	195.50–197.50	789	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,134	43

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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 1,620Last week 1,050Year ago 2,640

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 4.00 higher .Heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	710	123.50–125.00	124.50
29	—	383	163.50–172.00	170.27
31	—	624	125.00–135.00	130.74
33	—	336	168.00–180.00	177.89
36	—	565	139.00–145.00	142.19
65	—	427	154.50–166.00	161.96
66	—	842	136.25	136.25
190	—	463	148.00–165.50	158.99
210	—	530	139.00–152.00	150.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	564	120.00	120.00
10	—	483	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	681	140.00–147.00	142.39
251	—	584	149.00–159.00	156.01
14	—	990	120.50	120.50
15	—	752	142.00	142.00
51	—	511	160.00–170.00	167.25
57	—	619	135.00–145.50	141.93
246	—	485	166.00–179.50	172.76
8	—	727	140.00	140.00
33	—	402	195.50–197.50	196.34
43	—	831	136.50	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	630	130.00	130.00

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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