Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 550 were steady - 5.00 lower. Steers over 550 was 3.00 - 7.00 higher. Heifers were 1.00 - 6.00 lower, except 450 lbs was 9.00 higher. Demand was good in the crowd and the internet. Buyers like the pre-condition shots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.03/cwt on 1,626 head.

Average price

$177.03

1,626 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,038

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$15.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.90

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	178.21	1,041	1,505
Medium and Large 1-2	618	162.43	1,005	121

One grade step is worth $15.77/cwt here — about $36 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 sale1,626 hd

177.03

—

NE average6 barns · 7,674 hd

164.13

+12.90

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

28 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 1Fancy	—	609	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,044	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	666	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,369	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	929	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	170.40/cwt	161.00–175.00	722	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	650	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	166.33/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,065	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	181.35/cwt	168.00–185.00	1,046	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	152.48/cwt	146.00–155.75	1,343	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	164.32/cwt	161.00–167.25	974	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,130	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	192.58/cwt	184.00–195.50	811	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	569	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,067	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	504	194.52/cwt	192.50–195.50	980	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	141.23/cwt	140.00–142.50	1,291	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,219	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,160	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	181.04/cwt	174.00–187.50	943	346
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	724	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	165.49/cwt	160.00–169.50	784	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	213.81/cwt	212.00–216.00	678	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	194.97/cwt	193.00–196.00	749	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,107	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	159.14/cwt	151.00–165.50	926	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	177.27/cwt	176.50–181.50	695	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	160.14/cwt	152.00–166.00	826	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	185.43/cwt	180.00–198.00	872	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	920	14

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 20, 2021

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

Receipts 3,000Last week 4,500Year ago 2,425

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	609	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	317	210.00	210.00
33	—	951	144.00	144.00
65	—	609	152.50	152.50
103	—	424	161.00–175.00	170.40
255	—	474	160.00–169.50	165.49
70	—	748	148.00	148.00
78	—	582	151.00–165.50	159.14
119	—	392	176.50–181.50	177.27
252	—	516	152.00–166.00	160.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	409	159.00	159.00
11	—	481	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	640	161.00–167.00	166.33
198	—	577	168.00–185.00	181.35
180	—	881	146.00–155.75	152.48
125	—	685	165.00	165.00
187	—	421	184.00–195.50	192.58
14	—	914	140.00–142.50	141.23
65	—	747	163.25	163.25
346	—	521	174.00–187.50	181.04
20	—	317	212.00–216.00	213.81
41	—	384	193.00–196.00	194.97
81	—	470	180.00–198.00	185.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	593	161.00–167.25	164.32
21	—	773	150.00	150.00
14	—	543	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	569	187.50	187.50
96	—	504	192.50–195.50	194.52

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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