Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last reported sale was two weeks ago, not enough comparable offerings to establish a trend. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. Around 290 head of slaughter cows and bulls are included in the total receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.44/cwt on 495 head.

Average price

$131.44

495 head · 834 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$45.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.91

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	718	135.09	970	77
Medium and Large 1	845	132.71	1,121	399
Large 1-2	1,072	90.00	965	19thin

One grade step is worth $45.09/cwt here — about $5 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 sale495 hd

131.44

—

NE average6 barns · 3,736 hd

150.35

−18.91

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

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Huss Livestock Market - Kearney, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,068	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	1,052	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	491	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	700	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	937	120.95/cwt	120.50–121.00	1,133	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	711	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,123	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	132.46/cwt	132.25–132.50	966	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	628	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	842	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	839	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,051	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	573	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	968	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	591	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	857	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,102	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	544	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	762	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,072	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	965	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	130.31/cwt	127.00–130.50	1,165	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	716	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	931	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	130.49/cwt	130.00–131.00	769	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	550	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	715	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	147.93/cwt	146.25–150.00	1,096	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	652	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	919	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,025	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	584	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	640	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	800	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,085	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	529	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	846	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	854	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	897	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	588	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	842	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	171.69/cwt	169.00–176.00	714	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,296	1,950.00/cwt	1,950.00–1,950.00	25,272	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,454	1,009.40/cwt	925.00–1,075.00	14,677	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,427	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	14,413	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,406	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	17,927	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,349	1,185.00/cwt	1,185.00–1,185.00	15,986	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,441	1,410.00/cwt	1,410.00–1,410.00	20,318	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,050	27

How this sale compares

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 →

Huss Livestock Market - Kearney, NE

Wed Jun 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,281Last week 1,903Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 56Last week 110Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,068	98.50	98.50
17	—	854	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	491	142.50	142.50
8	—	628	134.00	134.00
7	—	544	140.00	140.00
27	—	588	143.25	143.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	729	132.25–132.50	132.46
14	—	1,030	107.00	107.00
7	—	383	155.00	155.00
6	—	903	113.50	113.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	589	130.00–131.00	130.49
10	—	403	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	550	130.00	130.00
6	—	640	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	937	120.50–121.00	120.95
45	—	839	125.25	125.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	711	158.00	158.00
9	—	573	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	591	145.00	145.00
5	—	716	130.00	130.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,072	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	894	127.00–130.50	130.31
42	—	741	146.25–150.00	147.93
32	—	810	134.00	134.00
15	—	416	169.00–176.00	171.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	652	141.00	141.00
14	—	529	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	913	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	660	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,296	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,441	1,410.00	1,410.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,349	1,185.00	1,185.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	—	1,454	925.00–1,075.00	1,009.40
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	—	1,427	1,010.00	1,010.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	1,406	1,275.00	1,275.00

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.

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