Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, market was steady - 2.00 higher. Demand was good, with good selection of precondition calves offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $188.57/cwt on 1,414 head.

Average price

$188.57

1,414 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,109

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$13.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.89

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	587	188.92	1,110	1,378
Medium and Large 1-2	619	175.24	1,084	36

One grade step is worth $13.68/cwt here — about $25 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 sale1,414 hd

188.57

—

NE average7 barns · 11,483 hd

163.68

+24.89

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

23 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,083	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,470	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	542	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	162.50/cwt	160.00–166.00	902	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	176.59/cwt	173.50–187.00	585	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	188.16/cwt	187.00–188.50	739	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	181.02/cwt	173.00–187.00	751	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	219.71/cwt	215.00–222.00	824	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	163.68/cwt	161.25–165.85	1,327	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	196.21/cwt	192.50–202.00	958	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	207.17/cwt	198.50–213.00	893	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	183.96/cwt	180.25–187.50	1,039	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	922	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	941	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,119	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,304	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	168.99/cwt	164.00–171.00	892	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	214.02/cwt	205.00–220.00	691	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,331	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	179.27/cwt	170.50–181.25	853	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,444	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	162.35/cwt	162.35–162.35	1,473	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	193.99/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,015	140

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 30, 2021

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

Receipts 2,227Last week 1,385Year ago 1,575

Compared to last week, market was steady - 2.00 higher. Demand was good, with good selection of precondition calves offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,083	135.75	135.75
11	—	285	190.00	190.00
17	—	555	160.00–166.00	162.50
35	—	331	173.50–187.00	176.59
65	—	393	187.00–188.50	188.16
110	—	415	173.00–187.00	181.02
158	—	528	164.00–171.00	168.99
181	—	984	135.25	135.25
131	—	476	170.50–181.25	179.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	375	215.00–222.00	219.71
127	—	811	161.25–165.85	163.68
209	—	488	192.50–202.00	196.21
246	—	431	198.50–213.00	207.17
224	—	565	180.25–187.50	183.96
7	—	672	166.50	166.50
52	—	323	205.00–220.00	214.02
131	—	890	162.25	162.25
131	—	907	162.35	162.35
140	—	523	190.00–195.00	193.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	485	190.00	190.00
9	—	530	177.50	177.50
13	—	841	155.00	155.00
6	—	449	196.00	196.00

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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