Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2021-11-08

Tri-State

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 8
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855
Receipts
2,660 head
▲ 1,229 vs last sale 1,431▲ 1,610 vs year ago 1,050 · +153.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady to 5.00 higher and heifers were mostly steady, instances 8.00 higher on 500 lbs offerings. Demand was good on weights.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.61/cwt on 1,403 head.
Average price
$172.61
1,403 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$83
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.38
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525172.7590665
Medium and Large 1573172.609891,338
One grade step is worth $0.15/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale1,403 hd
172.61
—
NE average10 barns · 18,948 hd
176.99
−4.38
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 1336222.00/cwt222.00–222.0074610
Steers—Medium and Large 1371223.08/cwt219.00–227.0082838
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377195.00/cwt195.00–195.0073516
Steers—Medium and Large 1428204.52/cwt201.00–206.0087581
Steers—Medium and Large 1476189.53/cwt181.00–194.5090299
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2491179.00/cwt179.00–179.0087927
Steers—Medium and Large 1520178.43/cwt170.00–186.50928281
Steers—Medium and Large 1579165.87/cwt160.00–175.00960377
Steers—Medium and Large 1636164.12/cwt156.50–167.751,044252
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644150.00/cwt150.00–150.0096614
Steers—Medium and Large 1665153.02/cwt147.00–156.001,018117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2724147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0648
Steers—Medium and Large 1765156.91/cwt147.00–159.251,20061
Steers—Medium and Large 1828155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,28322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327186.00/cwt186.00–186.0060812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369175.69/cwt170.00–178.0064866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419168.95/cwt167.00–174.0070846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464169.52/cwt160.00–174.00787142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485155.40/cwt148.00–157.5075498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518160.78/cwt154.00–166.00833133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561155.45/cwt149.00–160.50872168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570144.03/cwt142.50–146.0082176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618145.72/cwt140.50–146.0090196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650151.50/cwt151.50–151.5098534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727136.00/cwt136.00–136.009895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825147.25/cwt147.25–147.251,21565
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,018128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,30320

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.