Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2020-11-23

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 23
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,485 head
▼ 135 vs last sale 1,620▼ 935 vs year ago 2,420 · −38.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 7.00 higher, heifers were 4.00 - 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.30/cwt on 859 head.
Average price
$157.30
859 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$963
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.68
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1614157.31966846
Medium and Large 1-2513156.9280413thin
One grade step is worth $0.39/cwt here — about $161 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 sale859 hd
157.30
—
NE average9 barns · 12,812 hd
160.98
−3.68
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

19 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1379197.85/cwt192.00–200.1075032
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2392176.00/cwt176.00–176.006905
Steers—Medium and Large 1417192.40/cwt192.00–195.5080243
Steers—Medium and Large 1479179.26/cwt173.00–181.5085977
Steers—Medium and Large 1520164.01/cwt157.25–166.50853120
Steers—Medium and Large 1569157.18/cwt154.75–160.00894128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588145.00/cwt145.00–145.008538
Steers—Medium and Large 1626147.38/cwt141.00–154.25923272
Steers—Medium and Large 1667140.22/cwt137.00–141.5093528
Steers—Medium and Large 1780140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,09215
Steers—Medium and Large 1889143.22/cwt137.25–143.501,273131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333165.81/cwt165.00–167.0055212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384164.19/cwt153.00–166.5063042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437157.49/cwt154.25–168.0068841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462154.45/cwt152.00–155.00714106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535143.50/cwt139.00–145.50768189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584137.60/cwt133.00–144.5080488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623132.70/cwt131.00–133.5082725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637120.00/cwt120.00–120.0076410

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.