Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 6.00 higher. Heifers were mostly steady. Demand was good, on nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.46/cwt on 912 head.

Average price

$154.46

912 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$43

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

$15.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.10

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	689	155.91	1,074	829
Medium and Large 1-2	798	139.93	1,117	83

One grade step is worth $15.98/cwt here — about −$43 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 sale912 hd

154.46

—

NE average7 barns · 14,180 hd

161.56

−7.10

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

23 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	—	392	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	690	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,051	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	160.81/cwt	156.00–164.50	687	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	146.72/cwt	144.00–147.25	782	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	155.38/cwt	152.00–162.00	743	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	132.20/cwt	132.00–132.25	961	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	177.27/cwt	173.00–181.00	826	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	166.92/cwt	161.00–170.50	953	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	815	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	148.46/cwt	148.00–148.75	1,148	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	153.42/cwt	142.50–155.00	1,060	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	138.55/cwt	135.00–142.50	950	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	143.14/cwt	136.00–145.50	913	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,197	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	143.20/cwt	140.00–145.00	826	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	849	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	792	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,206	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	820	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	895	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	176.23/cwt	170.50–178.00	938	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	152.32/cwt	151.50–155.50	984	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	151.35/cwt	143.00–155.00	1,090	120

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 21, 2020

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

Receipts 1,775Last week 2,325Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 6.00 higher. Heifers were mostly steady. Demand was good, on nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	392	176.00	176.00
13	—	938	112.00	112.00
23	—	427	156.00–164.50	160.81
36	—	533	144.00–147.25	146.72
45	—	478	152.00–162.00	155.38
59	—	727	132.00–132.25	132.20
174	—	686	135.00–142.50	138.55
69	—	638	136.00–145.50	143.14
202	—	577	140.00–145.00	143.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	631	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	466	173.00–181.00	177.27
64	—	571	161.00–170.50	166.92
40	—	449	181.50	181.50
200	—	773	148.00–148.75	148.46
115	—	691	142.50–155.00	153.42
120	—	830	144.25	144.25
11	—	398	199.00	199.00
76	—	532	170.50–178.00	176.23
72	—	646	151.50–155.50	152.32
120	—	720	143.00–155.00	151.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	570	149.00	149.00
60	—	866	139.25	139.25
14	—	653	137.00	137.00

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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