Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale - BBQ sale. No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Large crowd and nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.65/cwt on 2,536 head.

Average price

$178.65

2,536 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$10.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.99

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	178.77	1,055	2,509
Medium and Large 1-2	532	168.32	896	27

One grade step is worth $10.44/cwt here — about $159 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 sale2,536 hd

178.65

—

NE average7 barns · 8,480 hd

163.66

+14.99

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

27 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 1Thin Fleshed	—	475	202.79/cwt	202.00–203.00	963	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	183.95/cwt	176.00–190.00	975	375
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	171.97/cwt	165.00–180.00	997	436
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	169.70/cwt	169.00–172.00	650	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	164.61/cwt	155.00–170.75	843	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	532	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	207.59/cwt	190.00–212.00	791	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	966	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	173.22/cwt	167.00–180.00	849	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	155.02/cwt	150.00–160.00	665	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	147.77/cwt	144.00–150.50	795	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,184	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,142	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	149.69/cwt	149.50–149.75	1,286	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	197.98/cwt	193.00–213.00	873	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	479	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	841	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	882	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	177.86/cwt	166.00–183.50	576	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	176.98/cwt	170.50–182.00	757	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	161.00/cwt	151.00–166.50	924	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	156.75/cwt	150.00–165.00	738	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	190.24/cwt	181.00–200.00	923	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	157.42/cwt	157.00–160.25	1,270	486
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	171.77/cwt	166.50–179.50	1,089	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	153.56/cwt	143.00–156.25	1,195	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	304	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	681	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,158	47

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 Sep 13, 2021

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

Receipts 4,500Last week 2,227Year ago 4,150

Special Calf & Yearling Sale - BBQ sale. No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Large crowd and nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	475	202.00–203.00	202.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
375	—	530	176.00–190.00	183.95
436	—	580	165.00–180.00	171.97
225	—	381	190.00–212.00	207.59
51	—	716	159.50	159.50
83	—	859	149.50–149.75	149.69
135	—	441	193.00–213.00	197.98
295	—	485	181.00–200.00	190.24
486	—	807	157.00–160.25	157.42
195	—	634	166.50–179.50	171.77
32	—	304	224.00	224.00
47	—	771	150.25	150.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	604	160.00	160.00
17	—	490	167.00–180.00	173.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	383	169.00–172.00	169.70
267	—	512	155.00–170.75	164.61
44	—	814	145.50	145.50
74	—	606	145.50	145.50
80	—	324	166.00–183.50	177.86
119	—	428	170.50–182.00	176.98
195	—	574	151.00–166.50	161.00
225	—	471	150.00–165.00	156.75
327	—	778	143.00–156.25	153.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	337	158.00	158.00
82	—	429	150.00–160.00	155.02
129	—	538	144.00–150.50	147.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	479	175.50	175.50

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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