Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good with crowd and internet activity.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.72/cwt on 417 head.

Average price

$170.72

417 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$941

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

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

$25.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.21

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	171.03	941	412
Medium and Large 1-2	617	145.50	898	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.53/cwt here — about $44 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 sale417 hd

170.72

—

NE average9 barns · 14,204 hd

166.51

+4.21

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

21 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	—	944	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,057	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	675	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	1,138	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	133.97/cwt	130.00–135.00	861	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	169.09/cwt	166.50–176.50	783	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	181.91/cwt	175.00–187.00	597	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	133.91/cwt	133.00–135.00	915	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	146.42/cwt	145.00–146.75	824	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	898	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	747	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	757	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	874	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	154.79/cwt	148.50–158.50	981	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	174.06/cwt	167.50–178.00	916	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	150.54/cwt	145.50–153.25	787	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,015	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,144	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	148.42/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,018	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	196.81/cwt	182.00–199.50	833	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	161.73/cwt	155.50–165.75	914	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	172.91/cwt	171.00–173.50	721	64

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 Dec 7, 2020

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

Receipts 890Last week 1,520Year ago 2,859

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good with crowd and internet activity.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	944	112.00	112.00
8	—	398	169.50	169.50
17	—	950	119.75	119.75
24	—	643	130.00–135.00	133.97
30	—	463	166.50–176.50	169.09
33	—	328	175.00–187.00	181.91
54	—	683	133.00–135.00	133.91
63	—	563	145.00–146.75	146.42
45	—	523	145.50–153.25	150.54
64	—	417	171.00–173.50	172.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	617	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	353	211.50	211.50
16	—	341	222.00	222.00
17	—	453	193.00	193.00
99	—	634	148.50–158.50	154.79
127	—	526	167.50–178.00	174.06
8	—	712	142.50	142.50
9	—	811	141.00	141.00
24	—	686	147.00–149.00	148.42
39	—	423	182.00–199.50	196.81
58	—	565	155.50–165.75	161.73

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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