Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 600-900 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher and heifers 500-800 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Near 189 head of slaughter cows and bulls are included in the receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.75/cwt on 902 head.

Average price

$134.75

902 head · 778 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$281

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

$1.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.38

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	573	136.29	781	46
Medium and Large 1	789	134.66	1,062	856

One grade step is worth $1.62/cwt here — about −$281 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 sale902 hd

134.75

—

NE average5 barns · 4,459 hd

142.12

−7.38

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

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1Fleshy	—	619	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	913	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	136.32/cwt	132.00–137.25	1,048	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	855	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,152	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	773	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	146.23/cwt	144.75–150.00	984	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	750	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	863	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	629	157.24/cwt	156.75–159.50	989	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	147.25/cwt	146.75–148.35	1,206	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	816	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	741	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,082	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	148.10/cwt	148.10–148.10	1,382	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	767	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	894	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,064	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	134.12/cwt	133.85–136.75	1,090	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	785	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,021	22
Steers	Large 2	—	827	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	914	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	168.57/cwt	162.00–171.50	1,023	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,105	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	842	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,010	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	134.25/cwt	132.50–139.00	993	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	372	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	639	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	160.08/cwt	159.00–160.50	1,151	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	855	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	680	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	949	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	153.40/cwt	152.75–154.50	957	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	126.29/cwt	125.00–126.75	1,092	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	148.65/cwt	147.50–149.25	705	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	149.62/cwt	149.00–151.50	1,183	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	760	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,201	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	553	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	907	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	120.54/cwt	120.00–121.50	1,172	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	913	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,000	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	159.16/cwt	159.00–159.25	1,050	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	145.80/cwt	143.75–146.50	1,293	479

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 Jul 17, 2019

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

Receipts 2,161Last week 1,738Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	619	147.50	147.50
10	—	894	119.00	119.00
7	—	842	120.00	120.00
7	—	680	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	769	132.00–137.25	136.32
28	—	507	152.50	152.50
93	—	673	144.75–150.00	146.23
78	—	813	133.85–136.75	134.12
56	—	740	132.50–139.00	134.25
42	—	624	152.75–154.50	153.40
188	—	865	125.00–126.75	126.29
31	—	595	152.50	152.50
100	—	972	120.00–121.50	120.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	855	134.75	134.75
22	—	785	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	750	115.00	115.00
8	—	913	109.50	109.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	439	145.50	145.50
15	—	474	147.50–149.25	148.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	629	156.75–159.50	157.24
11	—	741	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	819	146.75–148.35	147.25
62	—	933	148.10	148.10
49	—	607	162.00–171.50	168.57
45	—	719	159.00–160.50	160.08
44	—	791	149.00–151.50	149.62
17	—	660	159.00–159.25	159.16
479	—	887	143.75–146.50	145.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	523	156.00	156.00
11	—	487	157.50	157.50
7	—	795	139.00	139.00
5	—	611	140.00	140.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	827	110.50	110.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	760	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	384	144.00	144.00

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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