Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on good selection of cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.93/cwt on 1,037 head.

Average price

$155.93

1,037 head · 896 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,397

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$21.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.27

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	896	156.04	1,399	1,032
Medium and Large 1-2	870	135.00	1,175	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.04/cwt here — about $224 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 sale1,037 hd

155.93

—

NE average4 barns · 9,459 hd

164.21

−8.27

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,175	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	158.10/cwt	158.00–159.00	1,391	603
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	155.60/cwt	155.60–155.60	1,494	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	142.46/cwt	140.00–143.75	1,291	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,169	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,210	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	143.24/cwt	142.75–143.50	1,265	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	143.45/cwt	139.75–144.25	1,201	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	126.79/cwt	124.00–127.50	1,180	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	138.30/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,065	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,049	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,001	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,394	64

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 Jul 12, 2021

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

Receipts 1,400Last week 425Year ago 1,230

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on good selection of cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	870	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
603	—	880	158.00–159.00	158.10
240	—	960	155.60	155.60
50	—	906	140.00–143.75	142.46
40	—	672	174.00	174.00
35	—	791	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,001	139.25	139.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
194	—	883	142.75–143.50	143.24
76	—	837	139.75–144.25	143.45
25	—	931	124.00–127.50	126.79
21	—	770	135.00–140.00	138.30
16	—	731	143.50	143.50

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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