Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

On compared classes , steers were steady - 6.00 higher and heifers were steady - 4.00 lower. Demand was good in the house and on the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.67/cwt on 1,620 head.

Average price

$171.67

1,620 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,075

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$10.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.62

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	626	171.76	1,076	1,605
Medium and Large 1-2	622	161.60	1,005	15thin

One grade step is worth $10.16/cwt here — about $71 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 sale1,620 hd

171.67

—

NE average11 barns · 16,295 hd

171.05

+0.62

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 1	—	747	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,016	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,011	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	635	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	464	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	181.11/cwt	170.00–183.00	657	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	158.98/cwt	155.50–163.50	749	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	603	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	161.35/cwt	159.75–163.00	1,239	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	157.30/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,071	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	184.72/cwt	180.00–193.50	877	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	184.57/cwt	180.00–188.00	951	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,410	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	146.61/cwt	142.75–148.50	921	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	706	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	165.86/cwt	163.00–173.00	967	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,215	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	159.16/cwt	157.50–160.10	1,374	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	189.06/cwt	182.50–189.75	809	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	837	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	165.05/cwt	161.50–170.00	1,025	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	163.14/cwt	160.25–166.00	1,323	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	140.35/cwt	140.35–140.35	1,258	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	153.83/cwt	148.50–157.50	877	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	159.05/cwt	153.00–162.00	846	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	167.59/cwt	158.50–171.50	729	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,197	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	205.33/cwt	197.00–207.50	747	97

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 11, 2021

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

Receipts 2,888Last week 1,575Year ago 2,515

On compared classes , steers were steady - 6.00 higher and heifers were steady - 4.00 lower. Demand was good in the house and on the internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	747	136.00	136.00
9	—	695	145.50	145.50
25	—	336	189.00	189.00
32	—	266	174.50	174.50
82	—	363	170.00–183.00	181.11
86	—	471	155.50–163.50	158.98
105	—	628	142.75–148.50	146.61
176	—	896	140.35	140.35
181	—	570	148.50–157.50	153.83
198	—	532	153.00–162.00	159.05
93	—	435	158.50–171.50	167.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	620	135.00	135.00
8	—	540	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	283	213.00	213.00
32	—	768	159.75–163.00	161.35
72	—	681	155.00–160.00	157.30
240	—	475	180.00–193.50	184.72
122	—	515	180.00–188.00	184.57
182	—	904	156.00	156.00
219	—	583	163.00–173.00	165.86
22	—	741	164.00	164.00
101	—	863	157.50–160.10	159.16
55	—	428	182.50–189.75	189.06
313	—	621	161.50–170.00	165.05
120	—	811	160.25–166.00	163.14
97	—	364	197.00–207.50	205.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	392	180.00	180.00
8	—	823	145.50	145.50

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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