Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough last week to show a comparison. Demand was good today, with active internet and crowd activity.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.75/cwt on 1,597 head.

Average price

$156.75

1,597 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,049

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$8.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.71

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	675	157.40	1,063	1,472
Medium and Large 1-2	603	149.11	898	125

One grade step is worth $8.29/cwt here — about $164 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 sale1,597 hd

156.75

—

NE average9 barns · 14,954 hd

160.46

−3.71

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

28 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	600	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	999	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	771	143.85/cwt	141.50–145.00	1,109	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	900	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	173.31/cwt	168.00–177.50	653	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	133.39/cwt	133.00–133.50	951	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	152.51/cwt	140.00–156.50	741	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,304	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	144.41/cwt	138.00–148.00	823	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	198.63/cwt	190.00–206.00	779	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	180.89/cwt	179.00–184.00	850	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,213	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	152.76/cwt	146.50–156.00	1,083	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	196.23/cwt	195.50–197.00	828	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	176.53/cwt	172.00–179.00	925	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	163.10/cwt	158.00–166.50	922	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	147.74/cwt	142.00–154.50	994	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	161.57/cwt	158.00–171.00	708	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	139.28/cwt	137.25–141.50	875	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	158.94/cwt	157.50–161.00	842	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	874	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	155.84/cwt	151.00–160.00	965	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	743	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	145.78/cwt	141.00–149.50	764	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	1,169	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	149.90/cwt	142.00–153.00	883	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	140.07/cwt	140.00–140.50	947	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	665	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	848	8

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 14, 2020

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

Receipts 2,325Last week 890Year ago 2,777

Not enough last week to show a comparison. Demand was good today, with active internet and crowd activity.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	600	166.50	166.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
198	—	771	141.50–145.00	143.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	874	149.25	149.25
28	—	392	190.00–206.00	198.63
62	—	470	179.00–184.00	180.89
75	—	813	149.25	149.25
213	—	709	146.50–156.00	152.76
37	—	422	195.50–197.00	196.23
159	—	524	172.00–179.00	176.53
100	—	565	158.00–166.50	163.10
146	—	673	142.00–154.50	147.74
181	—	619	151.00–160.00	155.84
60	—	794	147.25	147.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	530	157.50–161.00	158.94
14	—	611	143.00	143.00
36	—	589	142.00–153.00	149.90
42	—	676	140.00–140.50	140.07
8	—	490	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	657	137.00	137.00
51	—	377	168.00–177.50	173.31
54	—	713	133.00–133.50	133.39
74	—	486	140.00–156.50	152.51
134	—	570	138.00–148.00	144.41
78	—	438	158.00–171.00	161.57
80	—	628	137.25–141.50	139.28
116	—	524	141.00–149.50	145.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	542	137.00	137.00
13	—	433	153.50	153.50

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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