Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to a bred heifer and cow auction being held last week. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.65/cwt on 2,045 head.

Average price

$156.65

2,045 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,075

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$12.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.06

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	695	158.70	1,103	1,706
Medium and Large 1-2	643	146.33	940	339

One grade step is worth $12.37/cwt here — about $162 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 sale2,045 hd

156.65

—

NE average6 barns · 11,308 hd

162.71

−6.06

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

67 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	—	764	149.17/cwt	142.50–152.50	1,140	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	466	159.91/cwt	152.00–165.00	745	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	725	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,015	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	354	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	559	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	493	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	690	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	364	207.35/cwt	205.00–208.50	755	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	806	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,037	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,447	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	989	144.09/cwt	135.00–144.85	1,425	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	152.67/cwt	149.00–155.25	1,105	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	737	144.71/cwt	140.00–149.50	1,067	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	682	146.45/cwt	143.75–149.00	999	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	171.86/cwt	168.00–179.00	894	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	144.10/cwt	141.00–146.00	954	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	383	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	720	133.86/cwt	130.00–137.50	964	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	614	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	884	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	792	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	150.49/cwt	149.00–153.50	783	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	173.45/cwt	170.00–174.00	673	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	139.27/cwt	134.00–140.25	1,092	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	142.94/cwt	135.50–145.00	1,041	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	416	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	707	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	641	130.58/cwt	130.00–131.00	837	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	627	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	169.49/cwt	168.00–169.75	871	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	142.25/cwt	135.00–145.50	1,286	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	310	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	487	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,213	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	136.36/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,238	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	173.58/cwt	163.50–175.00	755	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	300	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	551	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	373	167.46/cwt	140.00–179.00	625	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	517	152.30/cwt	144.00–155.70	787	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	842	147.60/cwt	147.60–147.60	1,243	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	766	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	589	162.98/cwt	158.00–167.00	960	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	476	179.49/cwt	173.00–181.50	854	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,240	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	750	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	795	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,270	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	182.51/cwt	179.00–186.50	792	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	158.59/cwt	154.25–162.00	975	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	620	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	138.81/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,058	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	426	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	643	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	559	151.70/cwt	145.00–153.00	848	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,052	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,273	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	545	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	137.11/cwt	136.00–138.00	908	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	143.57/cwt	136.25–145.50	893	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	142.28/cwt	136.00–143.85	1,249	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	767	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,139	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	684	128.13/cwt	125.00–131.00	876	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	139.82/cwt	134.50–144.50	863	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	142.80/cwt	136.00–149.50	818	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	938	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	521	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	735	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	330	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	716	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,002	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,247	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	154.84/cwt	154.00–160.00	889	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	155.80/cwt	149.25–159.10	1,352	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	368	190.05/cwt	189.50–191.00	699	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	141.89/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,229	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	530	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	848	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	628	145.62/cwt	143.50–148.00	914	75

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 Dec 4, 2019

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

Receipts 4,016Last week 5,292Year ago 0

No comparison to last week due to a bred heifer and cow auction being held last week. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	764	142.50–152.50	149.17
32	—	422	191.00	191.00
54	—	1,037	139.50	139.50
100	—	989	135.00–144.85	144.09
197	—	724	149.00–155.25	152.67
7	—	330	190.00	190.00
35	—	514	168.00–169.75	169.49
65	—	904	135.00–145.50	142.25
20	—	625	160.25	160.25
41	—	815	153.00	153.00
93	—	574	154.00–160.00	154.84
176	—	868	149.25–159.10	155.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	364	205.00–208.50	207.35
11	—	330	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	737	140.00–149.50	144.71
77	—	682	143.75–149.00	146.45
215	—	520	168.00–179.00	171.86
138	—	589	158.00–167.00	162.98
48	—	476	173.00–181.50	179.49
25	—	434	179.00–186.50	182.51
95	—	615	154.25–162.00	158.59
14	—	368	189.50–191.00	190.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	662	141.00–146.00	144.10
24	—	500	153.25	153.25
11	—	443	140.00	140.00
30	—	762	135.00–140.00	138.81
50	—	866	135.00–144.00	141.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	383	171.00	171.00
31	—	720	130.00–137.50	133.86
10	—	426	151.00	151.00
47	—	559	145.00–153.00	151.70
31	—	530	160.00	160.00
75	—	628	143.50–148.00	145.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	795	159.75	159.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	466	152.00–165.00	159.91
8	—	416	170.00	170.00
5	—	300	183.50	183.50
49	—	373	140.00–179.00	167.46
145	—	517	144.00–155.70	152.30
17	—	684	125.00–131.00	128.13
56	—	617	134.50–144.50	139.82
156	—	573	136.00–149.50	142.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	725	140.00	140.00
101	—	842	147.60	147.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	354	158.00	158.00
17	—	493	140.00	140.00
21	—	641	130.00–131.00	130.58
8	—	310	157.00	157.00
9	—	521	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	550	144.00	144.00
28	—	520	149.00–153.50	150.49
51	—	388	170.00–174.00	173.45
73	—	784	134.00–140.25	139.27
137	—	728	135.50–145.00	142.94
50	—	835	145.25	145.25
71	—	908	135.00–137.00	136.36
110	—	435	163.50–175.00	173.58
7	—	954	130.00	130.00
19	—	490	153.00	153.00
6	—	1,052	121.00	121.00
14	—	313	174.00	174.00
32	—	662	136.00–138.00	137.11
58	—	622	136.25–145.50	143.57
75	—	878	136.00–143.85	142.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	767	148.50	148.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	736	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	614	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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