Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.13/cwt on 1,681 head.

Average price

$140.13

1,681 head · 801 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,122

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$4.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.36

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	804	140.28	1,128	1,630
Medium and Large 1-2	702	135.34	950	51

One grade step is worth $4.94/cwt here — about $177 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 sale1,681 hd

140.13

—

NE average7 barns · 11,386 hd

152.50

−12.36

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

29 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	—	455	153.82/cwt	149.00–159.50	700	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,045	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	550	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	123.31/cwt	119.50–124.50	1,004	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	153.61/cwt	150.00–157.00	810	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	164.66/cwt	163.00–172.00	723	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	147.37/cwt	140.50–154.00	993	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	618	143.67/cwt	143.00–147.50	888	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	146.05/cwt	140.50–151.50	1,062	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	145.67/cwt	144.50–149.00	846	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	136.18/cwt	132.00–137.75	937	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	188.56/cwt	181.00–190.00	818	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	162.12/cwt	157.00–169.00	927	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	131.48/cwt	125.00–134.00	952	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	141.43/cwt	140.00–143.50	1,117	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	128.86/cwt	123.50–131.75	1,003	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	180.68/cwt	179.00–182.00	889	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	134.64/cwt	130.00–138.00	852	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,033	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,214	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	133.44/cwt	130.75–135.00	1,102	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	128.21/cwt	124.00–128.50	1,232	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	767	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	928	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,017	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,015	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	897	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	156.69/cwt	152.00–164.00	968	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	133.14/cwt	125.50–136.25	1,154	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	129.59/cwt	126.00–130.50	1,194	178

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 3,110Last week 2,760Year ago 1,679

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	455	149.00–159.50	153.82
11	—	950	110.00	110.00
23	—	348	158.00	158.00
52	—	814	119.50–124.50	123.31
59	—	527	150.00–157.00	153.61
65	—	439	163.00–172.00	164.66
131	—	581	144.50–149.00	145.67
245	—	688	132.00–137.75	136.18
271	—	724	125.00–134.00	131.48
111	—	778	123.50–131.75	128.86
118	—	633	130.00–138.00	134.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	618	143.00–147.50	143.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	698	128.50	128.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	674	140.50–154.00	147.37
214	—	727	140.50–151.50	146.05
65	—	434	181.00–190.00	188.56
30	—	572	157.00–169.00	162.12
132	—	790	140.00–143.50	141.43
16	—	492	179.00–182.00	180.68
24	—	1,033	117.50	117.50
280	—	826	130.75–135.00	133.44
360	—	961	124.00–128.50	128.21
35	—	527	176.00	176.00
99	—	618	152.00–164.00	156.69
97	—	867	125.50–136.25	133.14
178	—	921	126.00–130.50	129.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	548	140.00	140.00
14	—	742	137.00	137.00
23	—	772	131.50	131.50

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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