Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2021-01-11

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 11
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,870 head
▲ 920 vs last sale 1,950▲ 350 vs year ago 2,520 · +13.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 4.00 higher. Heifers were steady - 5.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate all day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.22/cwt on 1,833 head.
Average price
$148.22
1,833 head · 710 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,053
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$230
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.24
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541152.5982624
Medium and Large 1713148.161,0561,809
One grade step is worth $4.43/cwt here — about −$230 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 sale1,833 hd
148.22
—
NE average11 barns · 30,082 hd
153.46
−5.24
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1364198.00/cwt198.00–198.007215
Steers—Medium and Large 1436168.83/cwt161.00–175.5073636
Steers—Medium and Large 1484180.06/cwt171.00–184.5087163
Steers—Medium and Large 1531172.54/cwt165.50–180.0091662
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541152.59/cwt148.50–161.0082624
Steers—Medium and Large 1581153.25/cwt145.00–158.50890113
Steers—Medium and Large 1619152.95/cwt146.75–156.50947356
Steers—Medium and Large 1681145.14/cwt144.00–146.00988110
Steers—Medium and Large 1722144.71/cwt139.50–150.001,045541
Steers—Medium and Large 1789142.31/cwt137.50–144.001,123151
Steers—Medium and Large 1823140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,15610
Steers—Medium and Large 1880139.28/cwt138.00–140.001,226188
Steers—Medium and Large 1933137.10/cwt137.10–137.101,279110
Steers—Medium and Large 1954136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,30264
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1344178.36/cwt176.00–183.0061418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355171.00/cwt171.00–171.006075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429164.28/cwt157.00–167.0070523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482161.67/cwt159.00–163.5077953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529143.83/cwt138.00–155.00761123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585141.18/cwt135.00–143.00826115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621134.44/cwt130.50–136.50835117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670135.67/cwt125.50–137.00909151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement671145.00/cwt145.00–145.0097340
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720130.72/cwt130.50–131.0094170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1787127.08/cwt125.00–130.001,00057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2822123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,01111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1876131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,15261

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.