Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were 1.00 - 5.00 higher. Demand was good on all the offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.87/cwt on 1,522 head.

Average price

$170.87

1,522 head · 720 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$381

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

$0.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.70

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	722	170.87	1,234	1,511
Medium and Large 1-2	500	170.50	853	11thin

One grade step is worth $0.37/cwt here — about $381 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 sale1,522 hd

170.87

—

NE average8 barns · 15,178 hd

177.56

−6.70

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

30 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 1Fleshy	—	642	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	928	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	563	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	833	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	176.42/cwt	174.00–179.00	677	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	184.35/cwt	183.00–185.00	594	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	162.76/cwt	162.00–166.00	775	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	731	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	199.72/cwt	197.00–200.00	929	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	174.17/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,008	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,446	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,293	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	740	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	914	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	169.05/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,057	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	168.64/cwt	166.00–169.60	1,218	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	162.33/cwt	154.00–163.50	1,368	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,395	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	190.75/cwt	184.00–198.00	1,011	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	164.62/cwt	162.50–165.50	1,098	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,281	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,194	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	158.13/cwt	157.50–159.00	969	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	209.87/cwt	200.00–216.00	795	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	853	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	167.23/cwt	167.00–167.50	1,288	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	164.69/cwt	156.00–172.00	870	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	155.89/cwt	153.50–158.00	1,021	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	696	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	829	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	147.93/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,068	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	161.32/cwt	154.00–169.00	916	99

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 20, 2021

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

Receipts 2,800Last week 1,280Year ago 1,775

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were 1.00 - 5.00 higher. Demand was good on all the offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	642	144.50	144.50
31	—	563	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	384	174.00–179.00	176.42
28	—	322	183.00–185.00	184.35
37	—	476	162.00–166.00	162.76
40	—	404	181.00	181.00
175	—	882	145.25	145.25
62	—	808	147.75	147.75
95	—	613	157.50–159.00	158.13
120	—	528	156.00–172.00	164.69
125	—	655	153.50–158.00	155.89
183	—	722	145.00–150.00	147.93
99	—	568	154.00–169.00	161.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	531	131.00	131.00
15	—	588	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	465	197.00–200.00	199.72
110	—	579	170.00–180.00	174.17
122	—	905	159.75	159.75
10	—	1,010	128.00	128.00
13	—	338	219.00	219.00
30	—	435	210.00	210.00
142	—	625	167.00–170.00	169.05
172	—	722	166.00–169.60	168.64
245	—	843	154.00–163.50	162.33
266	—	860	162.25	162.25
73	—	530	184.00–198.00	190.75
74	—	667	162.50–165.50	164.62
42	—	379	200.00–216.00	209.87
126	—	770	167.00–167.50	167.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	500	170.50	170.50

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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