Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $179.26/cwt on 1,431 head.

Average price

$179.26

1,431 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,001

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$4.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.74

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	179.38	1,007	1,387
Medium and Large 1-2	476	175.26	834	44

One grade step is worth $4.12/cwt here — about $173 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 sale1,431 hd

179.26

—

NE average5 barns · 7,437 hd

163.52

+15.74

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

26 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	796	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	403	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	729	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	508	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	884	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	584	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	964	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	857	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	588	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	194.20/cwt	186.00–201.00	820	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,333	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	607	184.25/cwt	184.25–184.25	1,118	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	618	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	176.15/cwt	160.00–180.50	1,022	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	162.12/cwt	155.00–166.00	1,004	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	175.26/cwt	175.00–176.00	834	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	192.19/cwt	189.00–196.00	923	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	141.89/cwt	138.50–148.00	656	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	148.27/cwt	139.00–156.50	842	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,216	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	182.16/cwt	172.50–190.00	951	384
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	161.50/cwt	150.50–170.50	837	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	168.46/cwt	160.50–172.50	652	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	156.88/cwt	153.00–167.00	651	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	1,160	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	195.46/cwt	191.00–204.50	747	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,036	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	167.59/cwt	153.00–172.50	806	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	130.13/cwt	125.00–133.00	760	16

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 27, 2021

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

Receipts 2,525Last week 3,000Year ago 3,675

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	496	160.50	160.50
7	—	403	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	508	174.00	174.00
147	—	584	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	635	135.00	135.00
10	—	334	176.00	176.00
86	—	568	139.00–156.50	148.27
92	—	518	150.50–170.50	161.50
49	—	387	160.50–172.50	168.46
65	—	415	153.00–167.00	156.88
134	—	788	147.25	147.25
176	—	481	153.00–172.50	167.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	462	138.50–148.00	141.89
16	—	584	125.00–133.00	130.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	422	186.00–201.00	194.20
65	—	818	163.00	163.00
17	—	312	198.00	198.00
149	—	580	160.00–180.50	176.15
204	—	619	155.00–166.00	162.12
114	—	480	189.00–196.00	192.19
74	—	737	165.00	165.00
384	—	522	172.50–190.00	182.16
32	—	382	191.00–204.50	195.46
13	—	656	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	607	184.25	184.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	476	175.00–176.00	175.26

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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