Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 9.00 lower with some grass type cattle trading 10.00 to 12.00 lower. Most decline on Wednesday's market is in conjunction with the sharply lower CME cattle boards from Monday's trading. Many buyers were reluctant to jump in the market in the early rounds of the sale. But, as the sale progressed demand improved immensely. Flesh scores were from thin to fleshy with most offerings displaying a lot of "tag" throughout the day. Pen conditions are slick and muddy in a big area. Some pens will hopefully dry, with weekend forecast to be in the 50's in central Nebraska.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.92/cwt on 2,504 head.

Average price

$146.92

2,504 head · 718 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,055

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$100

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

$0.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.03

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	656	146.99	964	235
Medium and Large 1	724	146.92	1,064	2,269

One grade step is worth $0.07/cwt here — about −$100 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 sale2,504 hd

146.92

—

NE average9 barns · 19,289 hd

162.95

−16.03

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

40 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 1Fancy	—	762	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,120	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	596	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	852	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	733	129.19/cwt	128.50–129.75	947	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	846	131.99/cwt	130.00–132.50	1,117	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	731	139.64/cwt	138.00–140.50	1,021	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	784	135.37/cwt	135.00–140.25	1,061	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	166.42/cwt	163.00–170.00	729	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,035	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,061	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	155.28/cwt	154.00–162.00	753	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	145.98/cwt	143.50–148.00	774	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	969	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	149.94/cwt	146.50–154.00	1,011	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	169.26/cwt	167.50–172.00	833	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	135.89/cwt	134.00–138.75	1,117	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	140.19/cwt	137.75–143.00	1,093	379
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	711	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,218	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	167.69/cwt	164.50–177.00	897	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	169.90/cwt	163.00–175.50	967	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,087	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,069	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	134.98/cwt	132.50–136.50	1,161	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	155.11/cwt	152.00–157.50	965	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	161.07/cwt	151.00–165.50	925	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,035	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	133.38/cwt	129.00–135.50	963	631
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	155.71/cwt	155.00–158.50	654	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	134.18/cwt	132.75–134.50	914	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	142.08/cwt	140.00–143.00	938	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	149.01/cwt	148.50–150.00	946	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	147.28/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,052	477
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	136.73/cwt	132.50–142.25	845	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	156.74/cwt	153.50–163.00	818	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	131.07/cwt	126.50–133.75	1,005	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	153.13/cwt	146.25–159.00	870	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	143.29/cwt	138.75–147.50	900	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	134.79/cwt	130.00–142.25	910	466
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	661	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,058	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	601	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,010	59

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 Jan 29, 2020

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	762	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	846	130.00–132.50	131.99
88	—	731	138.00–140.50	139.64
96	—	784	135.00–140.25	135.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	674	146.50–154.00	149.94
32	—	492	167.50–172.00	169.26
234	—	822	134.00–138.75	135.89
379	—	780	137.75–143.00	140.19
41	—	902	135.00	135.00
69	—	535	164.50–177.00	167.69
158	—	569	163.00–175.50	169.90
85	—	860	132.50–136.50	134.98
124	—	622	152.00–157.50	155.11
477	—	714	143.00–150.00	147.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	426	167.00	167.00
14	—	813	133.75	133.75
16	—	783	136.50	136.50
33	—	574	151.00–165.50	161.07
34	—	742	139.50	139.50
56	—	660	140.00–143.00	142.08
68	—	635	148.50–150.00	149.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	661	160.00	160.00
59	—	601	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	596	143.00	143.00
59	—	733	128.50–129.75	129.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	438	163.00–170.00	166.42
17	—	815	127.00	127.00
29	—	856	124.00	124.00
45	—	485	154.00–162.00	155.28
631	—	722	129.00–135.50	133.38
89	—	522	153.50–163.00	156.74
139	—	767	126.50–133.75	131.07
227	—	568	146.25–159.00	153.13
292	—	628	138.75–147.50	143.29
466	—	675	130.00–142.25	134.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	530	143.50–148.00	145.98
18	—	769	126.00	126.00
19	—	420	155.00–158.50	155.71
38	—	681	132.75–134.50	134.18
64	—	618	132.50–142.25	136.73

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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