Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2020-12-28

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2020-12-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-28

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Dec 28

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Dec 21Dec 28Jan 4 →

Receipts

550 head

▼ 1,225 vs last sale 1,775▲ 550 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Short run due to holidays, no comparison.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.57/cwt on 314 head.

Average price

$148.57

314 head · 760 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$0.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.21

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	767	148.66	1,140	279
Medium and Large 1-2	711	147.86	1,051	35

One grade step is worth $0.81/cwt here — about $89 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 sale314 hd

148.57

—

NE average2 barns · 1,836 hd

146.37

+2.21

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

16 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	874	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	160.58/cwt	160.00–161.00	851	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	156.52/cwt	154.00–159.00	880	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	648	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	953	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	153.17/cwt	147.50–156.00	1,002	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,067	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,168	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,194	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,202	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,290	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	178.75/cwt	178.00–179.00	683	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	459	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	753	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	147.99/cwt	144.50–150.50	756	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	134.86/cwt	134.75–135.50	885	49
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	519	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	758	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	608	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	845	5

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Mon Dec 28, 2020

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

Receipts 550Last week 1,775Year ago 0

Short run due to holidays, no comparison.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	721	148.00	148.00
5	—	648	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	784	149.00	149.00
45	—	654	147.50–156.00	153.17
14	—	868	138.50	138.50
12	—	562	154.00–159.00	156.52
19	—	483	181.00	181.00
16	—	530	160.00–161.00	160.58
66	—	838	142.50	142.50
62	—	925	139.50	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	656	134.75–135.50	134.86
26	—	511	144.50–150.50	147.99
24	—	382	178.00–179.00	178.75
10	—	459	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	608	139.00	139.00
5	—	519	146.00	146.00

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.