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

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 1
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
1,431 head
▼ 354 vs last sale 1,785▼ 1,819 vs year ago 3,250 · −56.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were steady - 2.00 higher, on weights that could be compared. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.43/cwt on 732 head.
Average price
$173.43
732 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$959
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.11
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553174.00962705
Medium and Large 1-2553158.5287727
One grade step is worth $15.49/cwt here — about $85 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 sale732 hd
173.43
—
NE average12 barns · 18,479 hd
175.55
−2.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

18 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1379197.00/cwt197.00–197.007479
Steers—Medium and Large 1416207.21/cwt197.00–218.0086282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433180.00/cwt180.00–180.0077912
Steers—Medium and Large 1482184.38/cwt175.00–194.0088954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516162.00/cwt162.00–162.008365
Steers—Medium and Large 1520179.60/cwt170.00–185.00934227
Steers—Medium and Large 1583163.06/cwt160.00–166.00951106
Steers—Medium and Large 1622159.46/cwt154.00–160.50992191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716131.00/cwt131.00–131.0093810
Steers—Medium and Large 1754156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1767
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned773150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,16029
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332181.92/cwt176.50–186.0060412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380169.55/cwt167.00–175.0064424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434169.87/cwt161.00–175.5073758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463162.52/cwt153.00–166.0075281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513160.14/cwt154.50–164.00822121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571146.58/cwt140.00–152.00837136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1603146.38/cwt131.00–147.5088379

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.