Sale reports / Nebraska / Tri-State / 2021-11-15

Tri-State

Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2021-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-15

Feeder Cattle · McCook, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 15

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1855

← Nov 8Nov 15Nov 22 →

Receipts

1,280 head

▼ 1,380 vs last sale 2,660▼ 340 vs year ago 1,620 · −21.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 4.00 - 8.00 higher. Not enough heifers to show comparison. Demand was good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $158.67/cwt on 615 head.

Average price

$158.67

615 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.21

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	618	159.40	985	585
Medium and Large 1-2	495	144.40	715	30

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $270 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 sale615 hd

158.67

—

NE average10 barns · 10,533 hd

157.46

+1.21

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

Every lot

21 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	222.36/cwt	218.00–225.00	843	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	192.14/cwt	190.00–194.00	836	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	177.27/cwt	169.00–180.00	782	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	193.10/cwt	187.00–197.00	929	156
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	172.84/cwt	164.50–178.00	925	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	855	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	146.92/cwt	141.00–155.00	817	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	174.11/cwt	166.50–178.00	989	138
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	154.83/cwt	154.50–155.50	983	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	153.80/cwt	150.50–155.00	1,015	30
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	563	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	175.69/cwt	171.00–179.00	671	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	172.22/cwt	167.00–173.00	759	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	467	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	822	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	161.35/cwt	156.00–166.00	757	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	687	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	157.50/cwt	154.50–165.00	827	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	153.26/cwt	151.00–154.50	857	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	823	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	146.79/cwt	146.00–149.00	906	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,359	176

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 Nov 15, 2021

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

Receipts 1,280Last week 2,660Year ago 1,620

Compared to last week, steers were 4.00 - 8.00 higher. Not enough heifers to show comparison. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	467	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	559	151.00–154.50	153.26
63	—	441	167.00–173.00	172.22
74	—	469	156.00–166.00	161.35
86	—	525	154.50–165.00	157.50
176	—	912	149.00	149.00
6	—	320	176.00	176.00
24	—	382	171.00–179.00	175.69
37	—	617	146.00–149.00	146.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	588	140.00	140.00
24	—	472	145.50	145.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	441	169.00–180.00	177.27
28	—	541	158.00	158.00
34	—	556	141.00–155.00	146.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	379	218.00–225.00	222.36
52	—	535	164.50–178.00	172.84
138	—	568	166.50–178.00	174.11
156	—	481	187.00–197.00	193.10
13	—	435	190.00–194.00	192.14
25	—	635	154.50–155.50	154.83
30	—	660	150.50–155.00	153.80

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.