Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison to last week. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.93/cwt on 652 head.

Average price

$147.93

652 head · 773 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,144

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$279

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

$24.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.32

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	505	172.00	869	11thin
Medium and Large 1	778	147.52	1,148	641

One grade step is worth $24.48/cwt here — about −$279 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 sale652 hd

147.93

—

NE average6 barns · 6,382 hd

160.26

−12.32

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

19 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	—	516	151.08/cwt	147.50–156.00	780	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	858	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	874	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	176.10/cwt	175.00–176.50	715	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	144.05/cwt	142.50–147.00	807	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	167.26/cwt	161.00–171.00	801	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	154.30/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,026	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	831	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	128.96/cwt	125.00–130.00	917	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	968	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	134.83/cwt	133.50–135.10	1,204	375
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	914	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	942	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	126.21/cwt	123.00–128.00	955	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	869	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	156.89/cwt	153.00–158.50	990	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,096	57

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 19, 2021

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

Receipts 1,100Last week 3,100Year ago 1,700

Not enough to show a comparison to last week. Demand was moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	516	147.50–156.00	151.08
19	—	602	142.50	142.50
20	—	672	130.00	130.00
26	—	406	175.00–176.50	176.10
29	—	560	142.50–147.00	144.05
43	—	479	161.00–171.00	167.26
49	—	711	125.00–130.00	128.96
107	—	757	123.00–128.00	126.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	685	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	665	152.00–155.00	154.30
24	—	394	211.00	211.00
5	—	419	196.00	196.00
40	—	532	182.00	182.00
375	—	893	133.50–135.10	134.83
29	—	483	195.00	195.00
43	—	631	153.00–158.50	156.89
57	—	815	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	571	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	505	172.00	172.00

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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