Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.03/cwt on 1,446 head.

Average price

$142.03

1,446 head · 790 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,122

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$17.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.62

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	791	142.16	1,124	1,435
Medium and Large 1-2	745	125.00	931	11thin

One grade step is worth $17.16/cwt here — about $193 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 sale1,446 hd

142.03

—

NE average8 barns · 13,537 hd

154.66

−12.62

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	—	487	157.47/cwt	155.00–160.00	767	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	935	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	156.53/cwt	155.00–157.00	808	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	163.31/cwt	159.50–165.00	691	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	142.69/cwt	141.00–143.50	816	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	122.40/cwt	120.25–123.00	1,023	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,249	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	851	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,072	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	983	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	931	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	1,227	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	773	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	177.61/cwt	172.00–182.50	936	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,089	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	152.75/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,014	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	182.78/cwt	182.50–183.00	885	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	132.24/cwt	128.00–135.00	897	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,096	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,354	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	139.74/cwt	137.00–143.25	873	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	803	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,116	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	138.26/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,094	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	760	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	975	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	131.08/cwt	125.00–132.85	1,160	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,148	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	154.91/cwt	152.50–161.00	957	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	931	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	764	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	144.67/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,040	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	657	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	944	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	129.73/cwt	123.50–130.25	939	143

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 8, 2021

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

Receipts 2,525Last week 2,510Year ago 1,360

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 3.00 higher, and heifers were steady. 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
10	—	487	155.00–160.00	157.47
12	—	762	122.75	122.75
21	—	516	155.00–157.00	156.53
25	—	423	159.50–165.00	163.31
40	—	572	141.00–143.50	142.69
77	—	836	120.25–123.00	122.40
103	—	678	128.00–135.00	132.24
169	—	625	137.00–143.25	139.74
143	—	724	123.50–130.25	129.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
207	—	851	126.00	126.00
45	—	760	128.25	128.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	548	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	657	143.75	143.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
181	—	957	130.50	130.50
8	—	554	177.50	177.50
29	—	411	188.00	188.00
64	—	527	172.00–182.50	177.61
8	—	825	132.00	132.00
147	—	664	147.00–157.00	152.75
29	—	484	182.50–183.00	182.78
5	—	1,096	123.50	123.50
160	—	791	130.00–143.00	138.26
264	—	885	125.00–132.85	131.08
37	—	911	126.00	126.00
130	—	618	152.50–161.00	154.91
126	—	719	144.00–146.00	144.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	931	131.75	131.75
58	—	803	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	745	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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