Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady- 5.00 higher. Demand was good all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.24/cwt on 947 head.

Average price

$155.24

947 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$3.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.83

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	714	155.48	1,110	891
Medium and Large 1-2	584	151.53	885	56

One grade step is worth $3.95/cwt here — about $225 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 sale947 hd

155.24

—

NE average6 barns · 6,247 hd

156.07

−0.83

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

34 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	—	323	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	196	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	353	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	994	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	154.04/cwt	150.00–160.00	736	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	1,019	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	636	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	141.34/cwt	138.50–142.00	1,070	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	159.71/cwt	157.50–162.00	1,011	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,071	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,280	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	527	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	191.33/cwt	178.00–198.00	907	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	197.90/cwt	197.00–200.50	786	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	167.71/cwt	165.75–171.00	934	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	181.43/cwt	177.00–182.50	962	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	299	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	658	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	133.53/cwt	128.75–134.25	1,254	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	149.03/cwt	147.00–151.50	1,076	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	142.54/cwt	140.50–144.00	982	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,130	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	136.89/cwt	133.00–140.75	929	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	131.45/cwt	131.25–131.50	1,023	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	206.56/cwt	200.00–208.00	899	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	149.41/cwt	144.75–151.00	947	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	172.91/cwt	167.00–175.50	730	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	680	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	799	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	145.41/cwt	143.50–147.50	822	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	139.93/cwt	139.85–140.00	1,159	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	497	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	157.20/cwt	151.00–161.00	841	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	637	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	780	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	956	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	132.83/cwt	130.00–135.50	832	14

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 29, 2021

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

Receipts 1,810Last week 1,945Year ago 1,650

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady- 5.00 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
6	—	323	177.00	177.00
13	—	196	180.00	180.00
18	—	837	118.75	118.75
26	—	478	150.00–160.00	154.04
26	—	858	118.75	118.75
27	—	372	171.00	171.00
79	—	679	133.00–140.75	136.89
86	—	778	131.25–131.50	131.45
164	—	634	144.75–151.00	149.41
31	—	422	167.00–175.50	172.91
69	—	565	143.50–147.50	145.41
32	—	281	177.00	177.00
59	—	535	151.00–161.00	157.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	504	135.00	135.00
6	—	412	154.50	154.50
14	—	626	130.00–135.50	132.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	757	138.50–142.00	141.34
80	—	633	157.50–162.00	159.71
6	—	1,071	119.50	119.50
10	—	230	229.00	229.00
22	—	474	178.00–198.00	191.33
23	—	397	197.00–200.50	197.90
45	—	557	165.75–171.00	167.71
67	—	530	177.00–182.50	181.43
38	—	299	220.00	220.00
190	—	939	128.75–134.25	133.53
148	—	722	147.00–151.50	149.03
12	—	689	140.50–144.00	142.54
17	—	869	130.00	130.00
28	—	435	200.00–208.00	206.56
131	—	828	139.85–140.00	139.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	444	180.00	180.00
17	—	557	140.00	140.00
31	—	635	150.50	150.50

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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