Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last steers were steady - 9.00 higher and heifer were steady - 3.00 higher. Demand was good all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $179.15/cwt on 976 head.

Average price

$179.15

976 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$6.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.53

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	179.24	966	962
Medium and Large 1-2	489	172.69	844	14thin

One grade step is worth $6.55/cwt here — about $121 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 sale976 hd

179.15

—

NE average10 barns · 16,904 hd

172.61

+6.53

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	—	470	157.06/cwt	154.00–161.00	738	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	150.82/cwt	143.00–158.50	783	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	188.24/cwt	181.50–195.00	919	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	220.86/cwt	207.50–226.00	835	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	154.91/cwt	150.00–160.00	964	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	145.62/cwt	143.00–146.50	1,098	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	164.61/cwt	162.50–168.00	953	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	182.62/cwt	174.00–190.50	953	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	149.90/cwt	149.50–150.00	988	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	202.99/cwt	186.00–207.00	891	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	467	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	978	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	149.21/cwt	144.50–151.00	837	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,004	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,310	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	172.69/cwt	171.00–175.00	844	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	164.82/cwt	161.50–166.50	715	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	137.54/cwt	135.50–140.00	862	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	177.85/cwt	172.00–181.00	592	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	171.55/cwt	163.00–176.50	636	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,158	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	836	11

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 25, 2021

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

Receipts 1,785Last week 1,465Year ago 0

Compared to last steers were steady - 9.00 higher and heifer were steady - 3.00 higher. Demand was good all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	470	154.00–161.00	157.06
94	—	519	143.00–158.50	150.82
128	—	561	144.50–151.00	149.21
131	—	434	161.50–166.50	164.82
49	—	627	135.50–140.00	137.54
40	—	333	172.00–181.00	177.85
37	—	371	163.00–176.50	171.55
13	—	923	125.50	125.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	488	181.50–195.00	188.24
81	—	378	207.50–226.00	220.86
80	—	622	150.00–160.00	154.91
20	—	754	143.00–146.50	145.62
237	—	579	162.50–168.00	164.61
192	—	522	174.00–190.50	182.62
51	—	659	149.50–150.00	149.90
47	—	439	186.00–207.00	202.99
16	—	1,004	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	467	209.50	209.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	489	171.00–175.00	172.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	615	136.00	136.00

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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