Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show comparisons. Demand was good, in house and internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.82/cwt on 586 head.

Average price

$165.82

586 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$8.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.64

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	712	166.93	1,189	513
Medium and Large 1-2	594	158.00	939	73

One grade step is worth $8.93/cwt here — about $251 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 sale586 hd

165.82

—

NE average9 barns · 12,135 hd

173.46

−7.64

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

21 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	—	982	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,424	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	160.93/cwt	160.00–163.00	742	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	165.42/cwt	165.00–166.00	733	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	140.87/cwt	140.00–143.00	859	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,199	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	149.17/cwt	147.50–152.00	846	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,284	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	939	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	155.02/cwt	154.50–155.50	991	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,363	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	702	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	156.60/cwt	152.50–164.50	833	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	171.78/cwt	165.00–176.00	989	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	922	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	151.41/cwt	150.00–155.50	1,043	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	149.68/cwt	148.50–152.00	1,395	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	682	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	178.32/cwt	175.00–188.50	860	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	169.25/cwt	169.25–169.25	1,347	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,465	131

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 1,175Last week 1,280Year ago 1,485

Not enough to show comparisons. Demand was good, in house and internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	982	145.00	145.00
17	—	461	160.00–163.00	160.93
24	—	443	165.00–166.00	165.42
34	—	610	140.00–143.00	140.87
41	—	776	154.50	154.50
55	—	567	147.50–152.00	149.17
127	—	826	165.00	165.00
64	—	532	152.50–164.50	156.60
92	—	932	148.50–152.00	149.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	491	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	815	157.50	157.50
29	—	639	154.50–155.50	155.02
144	—	576	165.00–176.00	171.78
19	—	527	175.00	175.00
23	—	689	150.00–155.50	151.41
5	—	392	174.00	174.00
5	—	425	181.00	181.00
33	—	482	175.00–188.50	178.32
112	—	796	169.25	169.25
131	—	910	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	594	158.00	158.00

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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