Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to the weather. Demand was good all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.57/cwt on 1,112 head.

Average price

$145.57

1,112 head · 772 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,125

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$19

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

$14.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.07

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	761	147.28	1,121	977
Medium and Large 1-2	856	133.21	1,140	135

One grade step is worth $14.07/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale1,112 hd

145.57

—

NE average5 barns · 5,354 hd

150.64

−5.07

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	913	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	167.20/cwt	158.00–170.00	769	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	145.51/cwt	139.50–149.00	847	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	125.74/cwt	123.50–127.00	966	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	158.07/cwt	153.50–161.50	841	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	128.08/cwt	125.00–131.00	941	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	200.82/cwt	198.00–203.00	827	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	400	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	756	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	142.62/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,011	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	155.24/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,034	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	703	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	680	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	848	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	138.04/cwt	136.00–139.25	1,189	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	183.10/cwt	180.00–187.00	945	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	138.49/cwt	134.25–140.00	921	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	155.94/cwt	152.50–157.25	984	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	135.95/cwt	135.25–136.75	1,142	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	140.16/cwt	135.00–141.50	1,099	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	170.39/cwt	170.00–171.00	584	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	165.10/cwt	164.50–166.00	682	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	660	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	167.71/cwt	163.50–177.00	979	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	734	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	1,165	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	920	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	612	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	134.05/cwt	134.00–134.10	1,206	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	689	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	6,201	41

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 1,945Last week 2,525Year ago 690

No comparison to last week, due to the weather. Demand was good all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	713	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	460	158.00–170.00	167.20
48	—	582	139.50–149.00	145.51
67	—	768	123.50–127.00	125.74
81	—	532	153.50–161.50	158.07
97	—	735	125.00–131.00	128.08
127	—	665	134.25–140.00	138.49
13	—	343	170.00–171.00	170.39
13	—	413	164.50–166.00	165.10
11	—	360	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	455	145.00	145.00
8	—	786	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	689	900.00	900.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	412	198.00–203.00	200.82
55	—	709	140.00–146.00	142.62
61	—	666	155.00–156.00	155.24
5	—	364	193.00	193.00
12	—	336	202.50	202.50
10	—	456	186.00	186.00
205	—	861	136.00–139.25	138.04
46	—	516	180.00–187.00	183.10
49	—	631	152.50–157.25	155.94
47	—	840	135.25–136.75	135.95
135	—	784	135.00–141.50	140.16
87	—	584	163.50–177.00	167.71
240	—	900	134.00–134.10	134.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	400	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	456	161.00	161.00
124	—	891	130.75	130.75

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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