Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2021-07-12

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Jul 12
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,400 head
▲ 975 vs last sale 425▲ 170 vs year ago 1,230 · +13.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on good selection of cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.93/cwt on 1,037 head.
Average price
$155.93
1,037 head · 896 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,397
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.27
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1896156.041,3991,032
Medium and Large 1-2870135.001,1755thin
One grade step is worth $21.04/cwt here — about $224 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 sale1,037 hd
155.93
—
NE average4 barns · 9,459 hd
164.21
−8.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

12 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 1672174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,16940
Steers—Medium and Large 1791153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,21035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2870135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1755
Steers—Medium and Large 1880158.10/cwt158.00–159.001,391603
Steers—Medium and Large 1906142.46/cwt140.00–143.751,29150
Steers—Medium and Large 1960155.60/cwt155.60–155.601,494240
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,001139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,39464
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,04916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770138.30/cwt135.00–140.001,06521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1837143.45/cwt139.75–144.251,20176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1883143.24/cwt142.75–143.501,265194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1931126.79/cwt124.00–127.501,18025

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.