Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders were steady- 4.00 higher. Steers 950 lbs was 4.00 higher. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.84/cwt on 993 head.

Average price

$143.84

993 head · 779 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,121

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$301

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

$15.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.88

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	530	158.33	840	75
Medium and Large 1	800	142.65	1,141	918

One grade step is worth $15.68/cwt here — about −$301 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 sale993 hd

143.84

—

NE average3 barns · 3,029 hd

148.72

−4.88

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

26 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	993	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	143.93/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,068	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	134.56/cwt	130.50–136.75	1,168	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	768	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,054	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,046	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	1,114	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	885	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	163.44/cwt	154.00–169.50	706	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	957	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	699	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,010	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	128.10/cwt	128.10–128.10	1,220	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,163	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	961	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,015	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	157.73/cwt	152.50–162.00	825	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	947	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	870	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	844	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	793	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	605	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	660	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	918	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	466	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	890	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	810	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	640	10

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 10, 2021

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

Receipts 1,310Last week 1,385Year ago 2,325

Compared to last week, feeders were steady- 4.00 higher. Steers 950 lbs was 4.00 higher. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	611	162.50	162.50
125	—	742	139.00–149.00	143.93
184	—	868	130.50–136.75	134.56
51	—	699	144.50	144.50
303	—	952	128.10	128.10
37	—	912	127.50	127.50
101	—	551	174.50	174.50
9	—	535	177.00	177.00
16	—	444	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	410	161.00	161.00
9	—	635	144.50	144.50
25	—	580	153.50	153.50
34	—	491	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	457	168.00	168.00
7	—	941	112.00	112.00
10	—	1,046	106.50	106.50
20	—	628	141.00	141.00
25	—	432	154.00–169.50	163.44
70	—	695	137.75	137.75
50	—	798	127.25	127.25
56	—	523	152.50–162.00	157.73
64	—	574	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	426	142.00	142.00
10	—	295	158.00	158.00
10	—	464	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	500	158.50	158.50

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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