Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good on what was offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.41/cwt on 365 head.

Average price

$139.41

365 head · 855 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,191

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$411

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

$34.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.98

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	453	173.00	784	5thin
Medium and Large 1	860	138.95	1,195	360

One grade step is worth $34.05/cwt here — about −$411 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 sale365 hd

139.41

—

NE average8 barns · 3,389 hd

147.39

−7.98

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	794	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	818	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	118.75/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,039	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	160.89/cwt	160.50–162.00	767	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	1,113	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	120.85/cwt	120.85–120.85	1,130	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	507	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	132.38/cwt	132.00–132.50	1,222	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	867	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	149.77/cwt	149.00–152.00	731	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	567	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	929	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	972	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	154.45/cwt	152.00–157.00	596	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	734	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	1,265	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	776	9

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 17, 2021

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

Receipts 800Last week 1,310Year ago 1,115

Not enough to show a comparison. Demand was good on what was offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	505	162.00	162.00
13	—	875	118.00–120.00	118.75
18	—	477	160.50–162.00	160.89
65	—	957	116.25	116.25
180	—	935	120.85	120.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	329	154.00	154.00
24	—	488	149.00–152.00	149.77
28	—	386	152.00–157.00	154.45
5	—	576	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
236	—	923	132.00–132.50	132.38
11	—	507	171.00	171.00
10	—	288	197.00	197.00
12	—	497	187.00	187.00
8	—	707	137.50	137.50
16	—	397	185.00	185.00
58	—	1,065	118.75	118.75
9	—	402	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	453	173.00	173.00

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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