Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 7.00 higher, heifers were 4.00 - 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.30/cwt on 859 head.

Average price

$157.30

859 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$0.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.68

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	614	157.31	966	846
Medium and Large 1-2	513	156.92	804	13thin

One grade step is worth $0.39/cwt here — about $161 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 sale859 hd

157.30

—

NE average9 barns · 12,812 hd

160.98

−3.68

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	—	623	132.70/cwt	131.00–133.50	827	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	164.19/cwt	153.00–166.50	630	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	137.60/cwt	133.00–144.50	804	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	154.45/cwt	152.00–155.00	714	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	143.50/cwt	139.00–145.50	768	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	165.81/cwt	165.00–167.00	552	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	157.18/cwt	154.75–160.00	894	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	147.38/cwt	141.00–154.25	923	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	764	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	143.22/cwt	137.25–143.50	1,273	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	853	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,092	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	164.01/cwt	157.25–166.50	853	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	179.26/cwt	173.00–181.50	859	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	157.49/cwt	154.25–168.00	688	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	192.40/cwt	192.00–195.50	802	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	140.22/cwt	137.00–141.50	935	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	197.85/cwt	192.00–200.10	750	32

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 23, 2020

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

Receipts 1,485Last week 1,620Year ago 2,420

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 7.00 higher, heifers were 4.00 - 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	623	131.00–133.50	132.70
42	—	384	153.00–166.50	164.19
88	—	584	133.00–144.50	137.60
106	—	462	152.00–155.00	154.45
189	—	535	139.00–145.50	143.50
12	—	333	165.00–167.00	165.81
41	—	437	154.25–168.00	157.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	637	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	569	154.75–160.00	157.18
272	—	626	141.00–154.25	147.38
131	—	889	137.25–143.50	143.22
15	—	780	140.00	140.00
120	—	520	157.25–166.50	164.01
77	—	479	173.00–181.50	179.26
43	—	417	192.00–195.50	192.40
28	—	667	137.00–141.50	140.22
32	—	379	192.00–200.10	197.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	588	145.00	145.00
5	—	392	176.00	176.00

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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