Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers over 750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher, with not offerings last week on the bawling calves to establish a trend. Demand was good on the yearling offerings and moderate to good on the bawling calves. Near 190 head of slaughter cows and bulls are included in the receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.65/cwt on 1,467 head.

Average price

$153.65

1,467 head · 724 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,113

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$9

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

$30.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.76

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	731	155.94	1,139	1,218
Medium and Large 1-2	648	145.77	945	208
Large 1-2	915	125.54	1,148	41

One grade step is worth $30.40/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale1,467 hd

153.65

—

NE average9 barns · 13,680 hd

154.41

−0.76

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

39 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	150.10/cwt	150.10–150.10	1,384	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	620	141.10/cwt	135.00–145.00	875	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	140.72/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,154	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	719	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	140.50/cwt	132.50–142.50	1,075	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	157.35/cwt	150.00–160.00	600	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	147.36/cwt	145.50–150.00	844	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,041	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	903	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,011	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	648	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,027	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	654	157.39/cwt	149.75–159.25	1,029	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	161.35/cwt	155.50–163.00	908	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	150.92/cwt	149.75–151.00	1,337	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	151.37/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,250	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	163.78/cwt	162.00–165.50	835	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	148.14/cwt	145.75–154.50	1,083	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	176.93/cwt	175.00–180.00	819	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	156.35/cwt	156.00–156.50	1,029	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	155.72/cwt	152.00–160.00	1,191	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	177.25/cwt	173.00–183.00	688	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	737	9
Steers	Large 1-2	—	891	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,132	33
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,013	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,211	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	711	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	607	132.98/cwt	128.50–135.50	807	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	139.01/cwt	133.50–143.00	1,062	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	148.70/cwt	141.00–152.00	769	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	140.24/cwt	139.00–143.00	867	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	136.47/cwt	135.75–137.50	1,198	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	147.23/cwt	143.00–148.00	995	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	151.86/cwt	146.50–154.00	718	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	150.25/cwt	148.50–151.00	846	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	151.46/cwt	150.00–154.50	651	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	137.82/cwt	136.75–141.00	985	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	138.11/cwt	136.75–138.75	1,168	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	136.13/cwt	134.75–136.50	1,323	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	631	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	682	138.15/cwt	136.50–139.00	942	18

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 Oct 9, 2019

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

Receipts 3,010Last week 1,454Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
229	—	922	150.10	150.10
209	—	563	155.50–163.00	161.35
175	—	886	149.75–151.00	150.92
174	—	826	150.00–157.00	151.37
76	—	510	162.00–165.50	163.78
73	—	731	145.75–154.50	148.14
52	—	463	175.00–180.00	176.93
28	—	658	156.00–156.50	156.35
17	—	765	152.00–160.00	155.72
14	—	388	173.00–183.00	177.25
9	—	436	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	620	135.00–145.00	141.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	820	140.00–141.00	140.72
31	—	464	155.00	155.00
25	—	765	132.50–142.50	140.50
21	—	381	150.00–160.00	157.35
20	—	573	145.50–150.00	147.36
13	—	745	139.75	139.75
8	—	600	150.50	150.50
7	—	681	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	648	158.50	158.50
67	—	654	149.75–159.25	157.39
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	891	127.00	127.00
8	—	1,013	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	560	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	607	128.50–135.50	132.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	764	133.50–143.00	139.01
123	—	517	141.00–152.00	148.70
111	—	618	139.00–143.00	140.24
87	—	878	135.75–137.50	136.47
78	—	676	143.00–148.00	147.23
77	—	473	146.50–154.00	151.86
58	—	563	148.50–151.00	150.25
54	—	430	150.00–154.50	151.46
52	—	715	136.75–141.00	137.82
50	—	846	136.75–138.75	138.11
23	—	972	134.75–136.50	136.13
5	—	379	166.50	166.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	682	136.50–139.00	138.15

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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