Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2021-09-27

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-27

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Sep 27

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Sep 20Sep 27Oct 4 →

Receipts

2,525 head

▼ 475 vs last sale 3,000▼ 1,150 vs year ago 3,675 · −31.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings.

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 $179.26/cwt on 1,431 head.

Average price

$179.26

1,431 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,001

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$4.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.74

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	179.38	1,007	1,387
Medium and Large 1-2	476	175.26	834	44

One grade step is worth $4.12/cwt here — about $173 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 sale1,431 hd

179.26

—

NE average5 barns · 7,437 hd

163.52

+15.74

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

Every lot

26 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	312	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	618	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	195.46/cwt	191.00–204.50	747	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	194.20/cwt	186.00–201.00	820	143
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	175.26/cwt	175.00–176.00	834	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	192.19/cwt	189.00–196.00	923	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	182.16/cwt	172.50–190.00	951	384
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	176.15/cwt	160.00–180.50	1,022	149
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	607	184.25/cwt	184.25–184.25	1,118	192
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	162.12/cwt	155.00–166.00	1,004	204
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,036	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,216	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,333	65
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	588	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	168.46/cwt	160.50–172.50	652	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	156.88/cwt	153.00–167.00	651	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	141.89/cwt	138.50–148.00	656	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	167.59/cwt	153.00–172.50	806	176
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	508	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	884	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	161.50/cwt	150.50–170.50	837	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	148.27/cwt	139.00–156.50	842	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	584	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	964	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	130.13/cwt	125.00–133.00	760	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	857	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	1,160	134
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	403	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	729	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	496	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	796	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 Sep 27, 2021

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

Receipts 2,525Last week 3,000Year ago 3,675

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 8.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	496	160.50	160.50
7	—	403	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	508	174.00	174.00
147	—	584	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	635	135.00	135.00
10	—	334	176.00	176.00
86	—	568	139.00–156.50	148.27
92	—	518	150.50–170.50	161.50
49	—	387	160.50–172.50	168.46
65	—	415	153.00–167.00	156.88
134	—	788	147.25	147.25
176	—	481	153.00–172.50	167.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	462	138.50–148.00	141.89
16	—	584	125.00–133.00	130.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	422	186.00–201.00	194.20
65	—	818	163.00	163.00
17	—	312	198.00	198.00
149	—	580	160.00–180.50	176.15
204	—	619	155.00–166.00	162.12
114	—	480	189.00–196.00	192.19
74	—	737	165.00	165.00
384	—	522	172.50–190.00	182.16
32	—	382	191.00–204.50	195.46
13	—	656	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	607	184.25	184.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	476	175.00–176.00	175.26

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.