Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.61/cwt on 1,072 head.

Average price

$130.61

1,072 head · 900 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,176

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.30

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	900	130.61	1,176	1,072

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,072 hd

130.61

—

NE average6 barns · 5,581 hd

149.91

−19.30

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

12 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 1-2	—	541	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	736	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	123.97/cwt	123.10–125.00	1,209	642
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,132	370
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	151.90/cwt	151.00–152.50	928	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	912	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	846	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	786	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	986	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	840	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	779	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	835	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	526	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 May 3, 2021

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

Receipts 1,385Last week 660Year ago 1,200

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	541	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	805	122.50	122.50
29	—	609	138.00	138.00
13	—	481	162.00	162.00
7	—	592	141.00	141.00
6	—	320	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
642	—	975	123.10–125.00	123.97
370	—	826	137.00	137.00
35	—	611	151.00–152.50	151.90
10	—	521	175.00	175.00
10	—	478	177.00	177.00
5	—	439	179.00	179.00

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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