Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison due to the weather. Demand was good for what made it in.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.78/cwt on 397 head.

Average price

$163.78

397 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$998

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$26.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.41

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	609	164.11	999	392
Medium and Large 1-2	634	138.00	875	5thin

One grade step is worth $26.11/cwt here — about $124 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 sale397 hd

163.78

—

NE average10 barns · 20,057 hd

153.37

+10.41

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

13 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	—	599	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	782	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	812	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	793	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	163.82/cwt	156.00–171.00	624	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	955	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	155.03/cwt	154.00–156.50	752	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	1,198	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	174.30/cwt	172.00–182.00	910	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	854	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,046	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	191.53/cwt	189.00–195.00	814	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	875	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	151.21/cwt	150.00–152.50	950	54

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 25, 2021

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

Receipts 880Last week 2,980Year ago 2,614

Not enough to show a comparison due to the weather. Demand was good for what made it in.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	599	130.50	130.50
25	—	606	134.00	134.00
26	—	549	144.50	144.50
39	—	381	156.00–171.00	163.82
44	—	758	126.00	126.00
101	—	485	154.00–156.50	155.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	839	142.75	142.75
179	—	522	172.00–182.00	174.30
11	—	472	181.00	181.00
20	—	747	140.00	140.00
39	—	425	189.00–195.00	191.53
54	—	628	150.00–152.50	151.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	634	138.00	138.00

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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