Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.64/cwt on 873 head.

Average price

$174.64

873 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$950

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$153

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

$1.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.56

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	457	175.64	803	32
Medium and Large 1	547	174.60	956	841

One grade step is worth $1.04/cwt here — about −$153 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 sale873 hd

174.64

—

NE average7 barns · 8,702 hd

171.08

+3.56

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	—	366	177.38/cwt	171.00–179.00	649	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	162.77/cwt	160.00–164.00	718	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	145.68/cwt	143.00–149.75	845	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	163.07/cwt	153.50–168.50	838	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	165.96/cwt	161.50–169.75	782	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,022	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	192.89/cwt	184.50–197.50	714	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	210.00/cwt	207.50–212.00	664	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	177.49/cwt	170.00–187.00	934	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	166.50/cwt	160.00–171.50	947	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,250	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	189.56/cwt	182.50–198.00	895	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,248	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	983	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	175.64/cwt	175.00–177.50	803	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	149.52/cwt	149.00–150.00	641	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	763	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,129	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	900	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	142.83/cwt	140.00–150.00	693	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	145.58/cwt	141.50–150.00	766	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	185.12/cwt	182.00–187.50	574	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	159.70/cwt	156.50–161.50	992	135

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 Oct 4, 2021

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

Receipts 1,575Last week 2,525Year ago 2,220

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	366	171.00–179.00	177.38
33	—	441	160.00–164.00	162.77
82	—	580	143.00–149.75	145.68
119	—	514	153.50–168.50	163.07
131	—	471	161.50–169.75	165.96
11	—	700	146.00	146.00
18	—	788	143.25	143.25
6	—	643	140.00	140.00
16	—	310	182.00–187.50	185.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	429	149.00–150.00	149.52
30	—	485	140.00–150.00	142.83
34	—	526	141.50–150.00	145.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	370	184.50–197.50	192.89
28	—	316	207.50–212.00	210.00
194	—	526	170.00–187.00	177.49
196	—	569	160.00–171.50	166.50
60	—	767	163.00	163.00
169	—	472	182.50–198.00	189.56
7	—	832	150.00	150.00
8	—	655	150.00	150.00
20	—	419	182.00	182.00
135	—	621	156.50–161.50	159.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	457	175.00–177.50	175.64

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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