Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.25/cwt on 521 head.

Average price

$144.25

521 head · 829 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,196

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$255

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

$10.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.62

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	830	144.35	1,199	516
Medium and Large 1-2	704	134.00	943	5thin

One grade step is worth $10.35/cwt here — about $255 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 sale521 hd

144.25

—

NE average3 barns · 1,200 hd

143.63

+0.62

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	915	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	619	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	943	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	1,069	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	624	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	1,009	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	729	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	1,306	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	120.02/cwt	115.00–123.50	945	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	147.85/cwt	147.85–147.85	1,005	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	784	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	143.50/cwt	142.25–143.75	1,230	366
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	931	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	898	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	827	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	853	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	125.85/cwt	125.85–125.85	1,145	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	933	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	145.20/cwt	140.00–149.50	771	40

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 Jun 7, 2021

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

Receipts 1,065Last week 1,190Year ago 1,276

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	642	142.50	142.50
15	—	726	147.25	147.25
61	—	945	138.25	138.25
45	—	680	147.85	147.85
366	—	857	142.25–143.75	143.50
11	—	517	160.00	160.00
10	—	482	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	704	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	430	144.00	144.00
32	—	757	133.25	133.25
16	—	463	157.50	157.50
34	—	637	141.00	141.00
180	—	910	125.85	125.85
108	—	583	160.00	160.00
40	—	531	140.00–149.50	145.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	446	140.00	140.00
12	—	787	115.00–123.50	120.02
9	—	592	132.50	132.50
5	—	748	124.50	124.50

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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