Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 3.00 lower, and heifers were steady - 7.00 higher. Demand was good all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.55/cwt on 1,194 head.

Average price

$147.55

1,194 head · 721 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,065

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$5.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.17

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	722	147.65	1,066	1,173
Medium and Large 1-2	687	141.93	975	21

One grade step is worth $5.72/cwt here — about $91 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 sale1,194 hd

147.55

—

NE average9 barns · 16,959 hd

156.72

−9.17

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

28 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	—	474	161.49/cwt	155.00–165.00	765	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,028	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	158.26/cwt	156.00–159.50	573	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	160.92/cwt	154.00–168.00	652	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	145.28/cwt	140.00–149.50	818	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	130.33/cwt	128.00–141.50	953	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	153.91/cwt	147.00–157.25	1,011	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,208	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,121	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	142.59/cwt	140.25–144.50	1,048	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,147	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	186.65/cwt	180.00–195.00	700	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	140.98/cwt	139.00–142.75	1,094	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	162.04/cwt	153.00–168.75	928	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	149.95/cwt	142.50–154.50	796	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,013	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	140.01/cwt	138.75–142.00	871	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,097	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	971	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	141.93/cwt	140.75–143.50	975	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	752	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	7,896	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	189.81/cwt	180.00–196.00	835	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	137.50/cwt	130.00–140.00	932	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	743	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	7,616	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	154.25/cwt	148.00–159.00	963	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	178.01/cwt	171.00–184.00	854	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	171.33/cwt	167.50–174.00	891	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	696	8

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 Mar 1, 2021

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

Receipts 2,510Last week 3,110Year ago 990

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 3.00 lower, and heifers were steady - 7.00 higher. Demand was good all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	474	155.00–165.00	161.49
19	—	816	126.00	126.00
26	—	362	156.00–159.50	158.26
26	—	405	154.00–168.00	160.92
56	—	563	140.00–149.50	145.28
89	—	731	128.00–141.50	130.33
96	—	531	142.50–154.50	149.95
121	—	750	135.00	135.00
144	—	622	138.75–142.00	140.01
179	—	881	124.50	124.50
188	—	678	130.00–140.00	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	971	100.00	100.00
8	—	480	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	752	1,050.00	1,050.00
70	—	743	1,025.00	1,025.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	657	147.00–157.25	153.91
182	—	922	131.00	131.00
24	—	883	127.00	127.00
243	—	735	140.25–144.50	142.59
71	—	840	136.50	136.50
19	—	375	180.00–195.00	186.65
205	—	776	139.00–142.75	140.98
81	—	573	153.00–168.75	162.04
34	—	440	180.00–196.00	189.81
62	—	624	148.00–159.00	154.25
35	—	480	171.00–184.00	178.01
43	—	520	167.50–174.00	171.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	687	140.75–143.50	141.93

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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