Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last eek, steers and heifers were steady - 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.79/cwt on 830 head.

Average price

$177.79

830 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$16

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

$21.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.37

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	178.00	917	822
Medium and Large 1-2	596	156.50	933	8thin

One grade step is worth $21.50/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale830 hd

177.79

—

NE average10 barns · 14,670 hd

173.42

+4.37

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

20 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	—	312	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	568	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	542	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,233	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	138.50/cwt	138.25–138.75	855	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	144.59/cwt	144.50–145.00	808	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	724	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	174.35/cwt	170.00–182.00	921	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	933	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	151.09/cwt	145.00–153.00	780	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	159.31/cwt	155.00–164.00	752	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	150.23/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,011	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	192.81/cwt	180.00–197.00	829	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,073	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	166.87/cwt	160.00–170.50	951	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	401	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	838	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	665	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	189.97/cwt	185.00–197.00	737	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	178.53/cwt	170.00–183.00	852	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	172.48/cwt	165.00–178.50	664	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	162.22/cwt	159.00–167.00	693	70

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 18, 2021

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

Receipts 1,465Last week 2,888Year ago 2,065

Compared to last eek, steers and heifers were steady - 6.00 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
7	—	312	182.00	182.00
9	—	281	193.00	193.00
13	—	1,045	118.00	118.00
14	—	617	138.25–138.75	138.50
38	—	559	144.50–145.00	144.59
96	—	516	145.00–153.00	151.09
170	—	472	155.00–164.00	159.31
80	—	385	165.00–178.50	172.48
70	—	427	159.00–167.00	162.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	496	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	528	170.00–182.00	174.35
42	—	673	150.00–152.00	150.23
86	—	430	180.00–197.00	192.81
91	—	615	174.50	174.50
136	—	570	160.00–170.50	166.87
12	—	318	209.00	209.00
24	—	388	185.00–197.00	189.97
175	—	477	170.00–183.00	178.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	596	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	401	209.00	209.00

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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