Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-12-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings for a market comparison. Several consignments cancelled due to heavy snow accumulation and drifting snow in areas North and West of Kearney. However, there was several order buyers and some farmer feeder buyers on the seats trying to procure cattle on the last day of the year. Most lots were in medium flesh with some fleshy lots in the run. Some cattle displayed tag after this weeks rain and snow storm. Expecting 5000 head next Wednesday January 8th starting at 9:00 AM.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.14/cwt on 884 head.

Average price

$153.14

884 head · 727 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$215

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

$3.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

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	595	156.25	929	129
Medium and Large 1	750	152.60	1,145	755

One grade step is worth $3.64/cwt here — about −$215 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 sale884 hd

153.14

—

NE average1 barns · 884 hd

153.14

+0.00

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

34 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	—	729	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	979	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	628	138.27/cwt	136.50–140.25	868	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	785	133.22/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,046	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	751	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,089	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,002	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	924	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	801	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	145.17/cwt	141.00–146.50	697	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	144.57/cwt	136.00–146.10	999	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	146.37/cwt	143.50–150.00	918	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	144.05/cwt	141.75–147.00	1,265	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	147.12/cwt	145.00–148.50	1,212	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	155.89/cwt	155.50–156.75	1,121	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,160	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	807	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	973	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	162.63/cwt	162.50–162.75	994	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	170.27/cwt	170.10–170.50	954	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	173.84/cwt	173.50–175.00	861	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	869	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	632	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	891	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,330	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	803	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	158.33/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,092	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	140.81/cwt	138.25–143.50	1,007	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	151.99/cwt	147.00–155.25	877	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,213	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	155.87/cwt	150.00–159.75	796	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	147.54/cwt	146.00–150.00	611	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	773	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	701	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,030	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	652	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	971	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	821	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,133	45

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

Tue Dec 31, 2019

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

Receipts 1,720Last week 4,192Year 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
17	—	729	134.25	134.25
19	—	628	136.50–140.25	138.27
31	—	785	133.00–134.00	133.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	751	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	554	144.50	144.50
32	—	480	141.00–146.50	145.17
8	—	414	146.00–150.00	147.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	691	136.00–146.10	144.57
153	—	627	143.50–150.00	146.37
87	—	715	138.25–143.50	140.81
72	—	577	147.00–155.25	151.99
25	—	871	139.25	139.25
13	—	511	150.00–159.75	155.87
9	—	491	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	670	149.50	149.50
40	—	576	160.50	160.50
15	—	489	165.00	165.00
11	—	634	153.50	153.50
7	—	540	161.00	161.00
7	—	395	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	878	141.75–147.00	144.05
143	—	824	145.00–148.50	147.12
66	—	719	155.50–156.75	155.89
48	—	758	153.00	153.00
76	—	611	162.50–162.75	162.63
28	—	560	170.10–170.50	170.27
26	—	495	173.50–175.00	173.84
5	—	515	173.00	173.00
18	—	950	140.00	140.00
9	—	446	180.00	180.00
118	—	690	154.00–160.00	158.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	701	147.00	147.00
7	—	652	149.00	149.00
45	—	821	138.00	138.00

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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