Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough last week for a comparison. Demand was good today on a nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.22/cwt on 1,725 head.

Average price

$145.22

1,725 head · 826 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,199

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$348

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

$29.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.29

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	494	174.04	859	53
Medium and Large 1	836	144.30	1,207	1,672

One grade step is worth $29.74/cwt here — about −$348 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 sale1,725 hd

145.22

—

NE average7 barns · 10,926 hd

162.51

−17.29

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

31 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	—	396	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	675	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	180.15/cwt	179.00–181.00	551	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	137.35/cwt	135.00–140.00	920	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	167.17/cwt	164.00–173.00	779	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	175.71/cwt	175.50–176.00	761	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	158.62/cwt	155.00–165.00	839	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	181.02/cwt	180.00–182.00	959	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	697	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	147.03/cwt	146.25–148.25	1,128	298
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	151.61/cwt	145.50–157.00	872	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	134.79/cwt	133.35–138.50	1,243	485
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	127.60/cwt	127.60–127.60	1,168	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	159.63/cwt	157.00–164.00	1,052	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,002	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	148.27/cwt	143.00–150.75	1,066	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	188.51/cwt	186.00–190.00	903	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	155.07/cwt	147.50–156.85	971	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	143.35/cwt	140.50–145.25	1,167	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	136.76/cwt	135.00–137.50	983	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	133.10/cwt	129.50–143.25	1,071	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	808	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	836	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	636	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	174.65/cwt	173.50–175.50	992	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	777	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	994	131.12/cwt	127.60–133.10	1,303	442
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	821	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	128.60/cwt	128.60–128.60	1,100	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,021	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,169	6

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 Apr 12, 2021

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

Receipts 3,100Last week 1,810Year ago 0

Not enough last week for a comparison. Demand was good today on a nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	396	170.50	170.50
14	—	306	179.00–181.00	180.15
17	—	670	135.00–140.00	137.35
24	—	466	164.00–173.00	167.17
26	—	433	175.50–176.00	175.71
56	—	529	155.00–165.00	158.62
79	—	575	145.50–157.00	151.61
179	—	915	127.60	127.60
114	—	626	147.50–156.85	155.07
190	—	719	135.00–137.50	136.76
233	—	805	129.50–143.25	133.10
65	—	855	128.60	128.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	511	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	530	180.00–182.00	181.02
7	—	354	197.00	197.00
298	—	767	146.25–148.25	147.03
485	—	922	133.35–138.50	134.79
6	—	340	218.00	218.00
97	—	659	157.00–164.00	159.63
5	—	626	160.00	160.00
42	—	719	143.00–150.75	148.27
53	—	479	186.00–190.00	188.51
100	—	814	140.50–145.25	143.35
22	—	402	208.00	208.00
80	—	568	173.50–175.50	174.65
442	—	994	127.60–133.10	131.12
6	—	869	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	431	187.50	187.50
5	—	331	192.00	192.00
30	—	461	178.00	178.00
11	—	697	146.50	146.50

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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