Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

N0 comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good to moderate and got stronger as the day went on. The next feeder sale will be in two weeks.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.28/cwt on 2,182 head.

Average price

$135.28

2,182 head · 895 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,211

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$3.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.72

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	899	135.38	1,217	2,122
Medium and Large 1-2	774	131.82	1,020	60

One grade step is worth $3.57/cwt here — about $197 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 sale2,182 hd

135.28

—

NE average9 barns · 11,778 hd

141.01

−5.72

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

19 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	—	432	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	646	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	686	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	133.11/cwt	132.50–136.00	934	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	133.34/cwt	125.35–136.50	1,157	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	139.53/cwt	138.00–141.00	920	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	132.31/cwt	128.00–135.10	1,113	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	135.15/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,033	302
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	174.25/cwt	174.25–174.25	774	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	854	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	997	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	144.01/cwt	141.50–149.50	914	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	147.09/cwt	143.50–150.00	1,043	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	143.99/cwt	143.50–146.00	1,112	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	142.17/cwt	136.25–145.00	1,179	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	136.27/cwt	130.00–140.35	1,205	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	134.73/cwt	131.35–139.20	1,248	449
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	130.13/cwt	128.60–131.50	1,261	920
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	944	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	130.10/cwt	130.10–130.10	1,059	39

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 Sep 11, 2019

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

Receipts 3,783Last week 2,233Year ago 0

N0 comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good to moderate and got stronger as the day went on. The next feeder sale will be in two weeks.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	432	149.50	149.50
16	—	518	132.50	132.50
41	—	702	132.50–136.00	133.11
108	—	868	125.35–136.50	133.34
185	—	659	138.00–141.00	139.53
224	—	841	128.00–135.10	132.31
302	—	764	133.00–140.00	135.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	444	174.25	174.25
16	—	564	151.50	151.50
29	—	676	147.50	147.50
35	—	635	141.50–149.50	144.01
88	—	709	143.50–150.00	147.09
99	—	772	143.50–146.00	143.99
219	—	829	136.25–145.00	142.17
251	—	884	130.00–140.35	136.27
449	—	926	131.35–139.20	134.73
920	—	969	128.60–131.50	130.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	699	135.00	135.00
39	—	814	130.10	130.10

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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