Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough last week to show a comparison. Demand as good all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.86/cwt on 1,581 head.

Average price

$152.86

1,581 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,045

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$13.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.60

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	683	153.28	1,047	1,532
Medium and Large 1-2	701	139.58	978	49

One grade step is worth $13.70/cwt here — about $69 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 sale1,581 hd

152.86

—

NE average8 barns · 17,221 hd

156.46

−3.60

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

33 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 1Fleshy	—	870	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,088	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	560	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	520	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	129.69/cwt	129.00–130.00	892	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	121.25/cwt	121.25–121.25	1,040	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	124.22/cwt	122.00–125.25	976	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	142.36/cwt	138.75–147.00	1,127	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	629	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,145	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,008	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	984	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	672	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	148.52/cwt	142.50–151.75	997	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	164.49/cwt	162.00–165.50	939	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	155.13/cwt	147.00–160.75	970	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	906	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	800	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	768	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	156.67/cwt	154.50–159.50	812	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	842	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	143.48/cwt	138.00–154.00	834	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	182.45/cwt	180.00–185.00	701	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	144.42/cwt	138.00–149.75	1,047	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	138.62/cwt	137.00–141.00	952	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	181.66/cwt	172.00–184.00	959	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	166.79/cwt	162.50–171.00	686	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	189.48/cwt	183.00–192.00	820	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	136.73/cwt	136.00–138.50	1,131	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	180.40/cwt	175.50–186.00	871	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	140.22/cwt	130.50–141.00	1,212	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	126.07/cwt	125.75–126.50	1,039	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	127.83/cwt	123.75–129.50	932	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	138.16/cwt	131.50–141.00	855	115

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 Feb 1, 2021

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

Receipts 2,760Last week 880Year ago 1,400

Not enough last week to show a comparison. Demand as good all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	870	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
168	—	792	138.75–147.00	142.36
15	—	340	185.00	185.00
6	—	912	125.50	125.50
219	—	671	142.50–151.75	148.52
107	—	571	162.00–165.50	164.49
184	—	625	147.00–160.75	155.13
10	—	384	180.00–185.00	182.45
210	—	725	138.00–149.75	144.42
169	—	528	172.00–184.00	181.66
60	—	433	183.00–192.00	189.48
197	—	827	136.00–138.50	136.73
42	—	483	175.50–186.00	180.40
122	—	864	130.50–141.00	140.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	775	130.00	130.00
7	—	729	135.00	135.00
8	—	546	166.00	166.00
17	—	687	137.00–141.00	138.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	352	159.00	159.00
18	—	319	163.00	163.00
33	—	688	129.00–130.00	129.69
33	—	858	121.25	121.25
50	—	786	122.00–125.25	124.22
83	—	518	154.50–159.50	156.67
89	—	494	170.50	170.50
103	—	581	138.00–154.00	143.48
86	—	411	162.50–171.00	166.79
145	—	824	125.75–126.50	126.07
225	—	729	123.75–129.50	127.83
115	—	619	131.50–141.00	138.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	448	150.00	150.00
6	—	595	134.50	134.50
16	—	614	125.00	125.00

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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