Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2020-11-02

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 2
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
3,250 head
▲ 1,185 vs last sale 2,065▲ 1,190 vs year ago 2,060 · +57.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to the weather. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.96/cwt on 1,593 head.
Average price
$157.96
1,593 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$949
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.37
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1604158.499581,535
Medium and Large 1-2514143.8673958
One grade step is worth $14.63/cwt here — about $218 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 sale1,593 hd
157.96
—
NE average11 barns · 16,072 hd
154.59
+3.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1340202.50/cwt202.50–202.5068936
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365139.00/cwt139.00–139.005078
Steers—Medium and Large 1380178.65/cwt170.50–185.0067919
Steers—Medium and Large 1432180.99/cwt174.00–186.50782233
Steers—Medium and Large 1486164.21/cwt157.00–177.50798146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2502148.00/cwt148.00–148.0074322
Steers—Medium and Large 1520164.35/cwt155.00–170.75855256
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy529174.00/cwt174.00–174.0092089
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566142.00/cwt142.00–142.0080428
Steers—Medium and Large 1587149.71/cwt138.00–155.50879120
Steers—Medium and Large 1611144.16/cwt138.75–146.50881230
Steers—Medium and Large 1672138.00/cwt138.00–138.0092710
Steers—Medium and Large 1717138.44/cwt133.00–140.0099322
Steers—Medium and Large 1764149.85/cwt146.75–151.001,14591
Steers—Medium and Large 1841137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,15811
Steers—Medium and Large 1872142.50/cwt139.25–144.251,243147
Steers—Medium and Large 1928138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,281125
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377161.48/cwt153.50–168.0060969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418157.65/cwt151.50–163.00659145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2442133.00/cwt127.50–140.0058823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461140.00/cwt140.00–140.0064511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468151.15/cwt146.50–157.50707222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy486169.50/cwt169.50–169.50824100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522144.72/cwt135.00–154.50755205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581136.44/cwt130.00–138.75793126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625130.79/cwt126.00–134.0081734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660131.72/cwt131.00–132.0086925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725125.00/cwt125.00–125.009069
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2791119.50/cwt119.50–119.5094512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1888122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,08322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1938126.67/cwt120.00–127.001,188189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1950110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,04514
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1469137.81/cwt136.00–141.5064633
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007026

This sale against other markets

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.