Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 2.00 higher, on weights that could be compared. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.43/cwt on 732 head.

Average price

$173.43

732 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$15.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.11

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	174.00	962	705
Medium and Large 1-2	553	158.52	877	27

One grade step is worth $15.49/cwt here — about $85 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 sale732 hd

173.43

—

NE average12 barns · 18,479 hd

175.55

−2.11

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

18 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	—	332	181.92/cwt	176.50–186.00	604	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	169.55/cwt	167.00–175.00	644	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	169.87/cwt	161.00–175.50	737	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	146.38/cwt	131.00–147.50	883	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	162.52/cwt	153.00–166.00	752	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	160.14/cwt	154.50–164.00	822	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	184.38/cwt	175.00–194.00	889	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	207.21/cwt	197.00–218.00	862	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	163.06/cwt	160.00–166.00	951	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	159.46/cwt	154.00–160.50	992	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	179.60/cwt	170.00–185.00	934	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	773	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,160	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	146.58/cwt	140.00–152.00	837	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,176	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	747	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	836	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	938	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	779	12

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 Nov 1, 2021

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

Receipts 1,431Last week 1,785Year ago 3,250

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 2.00 higher, on weights that could be compared. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	332	176.50–186.00	181.92
24	—	380	167.00–175.00	169.55
58	—	434	161.00–175.50	169.87
79	—	603	131.00–147.50	146.38
81	—	463	153.00–166.00	162.52
121	—	513	154.50–164.00	160.14
136	—	571	140.00–152.00	146.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	482	175.00–194.00	184.38
82	—	416	197.00–218.00	207.21
106	—	583	160.00–166.00	163.06
191	—	622	154.00–160.50	159.46
227	—	520	170.00–185.00	179.60
7	—	754	156.00	156.00
9	—	379	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	773	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	516	162.00	162.00
10	—	716	131.00	131.00
12	—	433	180.00	180.00

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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