Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough last week, to show a comparison. Demand was good on all offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.31/cwt on 967 head.

Average price

$147.31

967 head · 719 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.89

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	719	147.31	1,060	967

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale967 hd

147.31

—

NE average3 barns · 3,389 hd

145.42

+1.89

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	—	475	159.72/cwt	152.00–162.50	759	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	951	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,135	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	777	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	145.74/cwt	140.00–148.50	994	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	139.71/cwt	135.00–140.50	1,097	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	172.34/cwt	166.50–176.00	903	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	141.04/cwt	135.00–142.50	1,032	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	149.63/cwt	143.50–151.00	952	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	140.36/cwt	135.00–141.25	1,144	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	130.82/cwt	126.00–134.00	950	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	139.99/cwt	132.00–143.00	864	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	140.22/cwt	140.00–140.25	1,199	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	198.49/cwt	196.00–200.00	746	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	151.86/cwt	147.50–153.50	800	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	144.97/cwt	142.50–147.00	851	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	131.24/cwt	131.00–131.50	883	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	724	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,029	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	789	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	848	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	784	5

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 Jan 4, 2021

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

Receipts 1,950Last week 550Year ago 1,965

Not enough last week, to show a comparison. Demand was good on all offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	475	152.00–162.50	159.72
179	—	883	128.50	128.50
269	—	726	126.00–134.00	130.82
187	—	617	132.00–143.00	139.99
63	—	527	147.50–153.50	151.86
52	—	587	142.50–147.00	144.97
21	—	673	131.00–131.50	131.24
20	—	431	168.00	168.00
8	—	768	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	593	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	580	164.00	164.00
176	—	682	140.00–148.50	145.74
150	—	785	135.00–140.50	139.71
103	—	524	166.50–176.00	172.34
101	—	732	135.00–142.50	141.04
77	—	636	143.50–151.00	149.63
238	—	815	135.00–141.25	140.36
74	—	855	140.00–140.25	140.22
17	—	376	196.00–200.00	198.49
5	—	444	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	415	190.00	190.00
5	—	514	165.00	165.00
5	—	490	160.00	160.00

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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