Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's light run. Monday's steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good on a good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.46/cwt on 845 head.

Average price

$169.46

845 head · 757 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,282

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$4.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.90

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	761	169.59	1,290	821
Medium and Large 1-2	611	165.00	1,009	24

One grade step is worth $4.59/cwt here — about $281 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 sale845 hd

169.46

—

NE average7 barns · 7,875 hd

178.36

−8.90

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

25 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	—	808	155.78/cwt	154.50–157.00	1,259	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	199.91/cwt	193.50–207.00	1,076	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	146.30/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,056	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,361	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	192.09/cwt	185.00–194.00	1,233	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	886	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,066	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,064	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	759	1,235.00/cwt	1,235.00–1,235.00	9,374	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	995	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	748	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	9,350	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	954	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	160.40/cwt	150.00–163.25	1,004	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	888	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	926	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	879	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,142	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	174.06/cwt	169.00–177.00	726	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	159.12/cwt	153.00–163.00	945	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	174.18/cwt	167.00–179.50	813	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	185.75/cwt	185.75–185.75	1,235	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	206.31/cwt	201.00–211.00	891	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,154	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	166.97/cwt	162.00–170.00	1,284	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,129	17

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 Mar 21, 2022

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

Receipts 1,340Last week 575Year ago 1,945

Compared to last week's light run. Monday's steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good on a good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	808	154.50–157.00	155.78
57	—	538	193.50–207.00	199.91
240	—	906	150.25	150.25
106	—	642	185.00–194.00	192.09
79	—	665	185.75	185.75
11	—	432	201.00–211.00	206.31
6	—	710	162.50	162.50
243	—	769	162.00–170.00	166.97
17	—	588	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	171.00	171.00
7	—	706	151.00	151.00
5	—	641	166.00	166.00
6	—	570	174.50	174.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	722	143.00–147.00	146.30
103	—	626	150.00–163.25	160.40
14	—	517	170.00	170.00
16	—	843	135.50	135.50
19	—	417	169.00–177.00	174.06
28	—	594	153.00–163.00	159.12
71	—	467	167.00–179.50	174.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	759	1,235.00	1,235.00
55	—	748	1,250.00	1,250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	728	131.00	131.00
6	—	594	149.50	149.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	523	177.00	177.00

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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