Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.73/cwt on 587 head.

Average price

$189.73

587 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$14.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.02

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	191.72	1,041	506
Medium and Large 1-2	537	177.31	952	81

One grade step is worth $14.41/cwt here — about $90 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 sale587 hd

189.73

—

NE average9 barns · 16,199 hd

185.71

+4.02

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

26 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	149.41/cwt	149.00–150.00	938	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	185.57/cwt	182.00–191.00	679	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	158.59/cwt	148.00–163.50	898	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	808	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	195.64/cwt	183.00–210.00	929	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	171.12/cwt	165.50–178.00	825	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	182.08/cwt	175.00–187.00	974	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	168.25/cwt	154.50–174.00	870	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	179.58/cwt	171.00–185.00	756	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	159.12/cwt	155.25–164.50	1,082	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	165.25/cwt	160.00–170.50	949	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	863	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	935	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	559	168.25/cwt	168.25–168.25	941	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	985	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,130	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,453	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	949	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,433	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	598	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	231.19/cwt	218.00–234.00	881	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	725	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	206.74/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,044	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	178.38/cwt	171.75–185.25	1,052	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	262	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	587	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	208.23/cwt	206.00–212.00	856	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,280	26

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 Dec 6, 2021

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

Receipts 1,100Last week 1,175Year ago 890

No comparison to last week. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	628	149.00–150.00	149.41
11	—	396	204.00	204.00
44	—	535	175.00–187.00	182.08
14	—	574	160.00–170.50	165.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	475	183.00–210.00	195.64
86	—	680	155.25–164.50	159.12
69	—	381	218.00–234.00	231.19
5	—	315	230.00	230.00
117	—	505	195.00–210.00	206.74
136	—	590	171.75–185.25	178.38
14	—	262	224.00	224.00
16	—	411	206.00–212.00	208.23
26	—	818	156.50	156.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	366	182.00–191.00	185.57
72	—	566	148.00–163.50	158.59
92	—	482	165.50–178.00	171.12
58	—	517	154.50–174.00	168.25
56	—	421	171.00–185.00	179.58
32	—	635	147.25	147.25
7	—	650	151.50	151.50
8	—	796	142.00	142.00
9	—	1,045	139.00	139.00
17	—	949	151.00	151.00
19	—	305	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	543	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	559	168.25	168.25

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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