Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady to 5.00 higher and heifers were mostly steady, instances 8.00 higher on 500 lbs offerings. Demand was good on weights.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.61/cwt on 1,403 head.

Average price

$172.61

1,403 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$83

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

$0.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.38

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	525	172.75	906	65
Medium and Large 1	573	172.60	989	1,338

One grade step is worth $0.15/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale1,403 hd

172.61

—

NE average10 barns · 18,948 hd

176.99

−4.38

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

27 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	—	727	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	989	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	608	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,303	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	985	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	168.95/cwt	167.00–174.00	708	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	223.08/cwt	219.00–227.00	828	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	156.91/cwt	147.00–159.25	1,200	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	735	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	144.03/cwt	142.50–146.00	821	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	155.45/cwt	149.00–160.50	872	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	145.72/cwt	140.50–146.00	901	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	746	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,283	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	204.52/cwt	201.00–206.00	875	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	1,215	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	178.43/cwt	170.00–186.50	928	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	165.87/cwt	160.00–175.00	960	377
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	966	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	160.78/cwt	154.00–166.00	833	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	153.02/cwt	147.00–156.00	1,018	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	164.12/cwt	156.50–167.75	1,044	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	879	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,064	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	189.53/cwt	181.00–194.50	902	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	169.52/cwt	160.00–174.00	787	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	175.69/cwt	170.00–178.00	648	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	155.40/cwt	148.00–157.50	754	98

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 8, 2021

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

Receipts 2,660Last week 1,431Year ago 1,050

Compared to last week, steers were steady to 5.00 higher and heifers were mostly steady, instances 8.00 higher on 500 lbs offerings. Demand was good on weights.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	727	136.00	136.00
12	—	327	186.00	186.00
20	—	1,018	128.00	128.00
34	—	650	151.50	151.50
46	—	419	167.00–174.00	168.95
168	—	561	149.00–160.50	155.45
96	—	618	140.50–146.00	145.72
65	—	825	147.25	147.25
133	—	518	154.00–166.00	160.78
142	—	464	160.00–174.00	169.52
66	—	369	170.00–178.00	175.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	570	142.50–146.00	144.03
98	—	485	148.00–157.50	155.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	371	219.00–227.00	223.08
61	—	765	147.00–159.25	156.91
10	—	336	222.00	222.00
22	—	828	155.00	155.00
81	—	428	201.00–206.00	204.52
281	—	520	170.00–186.50	178.43
377	—	579	160.00–175.00	165.87
117	—	665	147.00–156.00	153.02
252	—	636	156.50–167.75	164.12
99	—	476	181.00–194.50	189.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	377	195.00	195.00
14	—	644	150.00	150.00
27	—	491	179.00	179.00
8	—	724	147.00	147.00

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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