Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2021-01-25

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 25
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
880 head
▼ 2,100 vs last sale 2,980▼ 1,734 vs year ago 2,614 · −66.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison due to the weather. Demand was good for what made it in.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.78/cwt on 397 head.
Average price
$163.78
397 head · 609 lb average
Value per head Derived
$998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.41
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1609164.11999392
Medium and Large 1-2634138.008755thin
One grade step is worth $26.11/cwt here — about $124 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 sale397 hd
163.78
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NE average10 barns · 20,057 hd
153.37
+10.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

13 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1425191.53/cwt189.00–195.0081439
Steers—Medium and Large 1472181.00/cwt181.00–181.0085411
Steers—Medium and Large 1522174.30/cwt172.00–182.00910179
Steers—Medium and Large 1628151.21/cwt150.00–152.5095054
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634138.00/cwt138.00–138.008755
Steers—Medium and Large 1747140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,04620
Steers—Medium and Large 1839142.75/cwt142.75–142.751,19889
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381163.82/cwt156.00–171.0062439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485155.03/cwt154.00–156.50752101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1549144.50/cwt144.50–144.5079326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1599130.50/cwt130.50–130.5078211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606134.00/cwt134.00–134.0081225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758126.00/cwt126.00–126.0095544

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.