Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Due to no feeder sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $181.93/cwt on 804 head.

Average price

$181.93

804 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$68

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

$17.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.00

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	643	183.57	1,181	728
Medium and Large 1-2	751	166.21	1,249	76

One grade step is worth $17.36/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale804 hd

181.93

—

NE average7 barns · 5,532 hd

165.93

+16.00

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

22 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	—	426	207.25/cwt	201.00–210.50	883	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	942	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	821	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	172.49/cwt	162.50–177.00	847	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	164.45/cwt	153.50–167.00	1,031	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	873	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	183.70/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,027	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	167.95/cwt	160.00–173.00	712	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	755	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,485	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	192.18/cwt	181.00–194.50	994	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	159.60/cwt	159.60–159.60	1,317	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	978	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	712	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	166.87/cwt	166.00–167.75	1,375	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	168.74/cwt	162.00–170.00	575	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,209	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,204	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,090	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,266	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	569	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 Aug 23, 2021

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

Receipts 1,385Last week 500Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Due to no feeder sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	426	201.00–210.50	207.25
21	—	488	193.00	193.00
63	—	559	180.00–185.00	183.70
178	—	908	163.50	163.50
178	—	517	181.00–194.50	192.18
19	—	356	200.00	200.00
120	—	824	166.00–167.75	166.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	428	195.00	195.00
60	—	825	159.60	159.60
8	—	523	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	419	196.00	196.00
50	—	491	162.50–177.00	172.49
92	—	627	153.50–167.00	164.45
71	—	526	166.00	166.00
31	—	341	162.00–170.00	168.74
13	—	806	150.00	150.00
12	—	787	153.00	153.00
9	—	708	154.00	154.00
6	—	870	145.50	145.50
6	—	379	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	424	160.00–173.00	167.95
10	—	481	157.00	157.00

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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