Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher and heifers sold fully 2.00 higher. Demand was good from start to finish. Several day numbers were passed out to farmer/feeder buyers with the normal crowd of order buyers on the seats. Majority of the offering displayed a minimal amount of tag as pens are frozen due to cold temps across the trade area. Next Wednesday, February 12, expecting 3000 head of calves and feeder cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.54/cwt on 2,319 head.

Average price

$150.54

2,319 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,091

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$7.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.73

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	726	151.54	1,099	2,025
Medium and Large 1-2	721	143.66	1,036	294

One grade step is worth $7.88/cwt here — about $63 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 sale2,319 hd

150.54

—

NE average8 barns · 15,575 hd

160.27

−9.73

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

46 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 1Fleshy	—	570	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	932	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	823	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,101	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	640	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,141	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	155.92/cwt	152.00–160.50	731	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	134.79/cwt	130.00–136.50	904	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	134.60/cwt	134.60–134.60	1,096	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	134.49/cwt	130.25–136.75	1,036	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	140.06/cwt	137.50–144.50	1,077	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	169.96/cwt	161.00–177.50	989	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	141.79/cwt	138.25–143.75	1,219	385
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	866	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	162.32/cwt	155.00–168.10	1,015	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	134.13/cwt	130.00–135.25	1,239	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	152.07/cwt	150.00–153.00	970	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	134.76/cwt	133.50–135.50	1,040	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	168.60/cwt	164.00–177.00	870	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	139.72/cwt	139.50–140.00	1,125	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	808	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,033	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	146.52/cwt	141.00–148.00	998	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,178	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	170.65/cwt	167.00–174.00	747	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	700	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	980	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	600	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	885	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	595	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	803	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	666	165.10/cwt	165.10–165.10	1,100	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	566	178.04/cwt	177.50–180.00	1,008	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	762	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,154	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	696	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	981	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	715	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	958	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	157.01/cwt	151.00–160.50	812	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	148.64/cwt	140.00–154.00	623	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	691	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	125.51/cwt	124.50–127.00	970	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	131.50/cwt	128.00–136.50	882	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	134.93/cwt	133.00–137.50	854	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	921	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	783	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	146.59/cwt	139.50–152.50	853	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	134.75/cwt	132.00–137.25	976	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	141.85/cwt	135.50–145.00	838	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	142.16/cwt	139.00–148.00	886	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	154.89/cwt	148.00–160.50	1,039	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	143.70/cwt	140.00–149.25	1,042	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	154.17/cwt	148.50–162.00	868	17

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 Feb 5, 2020

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

Receipts 4,215Last week 5,150Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	570	163.50	163.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	823	133.75	133.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	769	137.50–144.50	140.06
179	—	582	161.00–177.50	169.96
385	—	860	138.25–143.75	141.79
9	—	477	181.50	181.50
102	—	625	155.00–168.10	162.32
139	—	924	130.00–135.25	134.13
68	—	516	164.00–177.00	168.60
81	—	805	139.50–140.00	139.72
284	—	671	148.00–160.50	154.89
212	—	725	140.00–149.25	143.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	638	150.00–153.00	152.07
47	—	772	133.50–135.50	134.76
6	—	508	159.00	159.00
6	—	738	140.00	140.00
78	—	681	141.00–148.00	146.52
78	—	891	132.25	132.25
17	—	438	167.00–174.00	170.65
17	—	563	148.50–162.00	154.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	700	140.00	140.00
14	—	600	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	666	165.10	165.10
167	—	566	177.50–180.00	178.04
79	—	762	151.50	151.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	390	164.00	164.00
15	—	881	129.50	129.50
55	—	469	152.00–160.50	155.92
71	—	671	130.00–136.50	134.79
71	—	814	134.60	134.60
81	—	770	130.25–136.75	134.49
182	—	517	151.00–160.50	157.01
272	—	582	139.50–152.50	146.59
269	—	724	132.00–137.25	134.75
240	—	623	139.00–148.00	142.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	595	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	696	141.00	141.00
10	—	715	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	419	140.00–154.00	148.64
21	—	467	148.00	148.00
12	—	773	124.50–127.00	125.51
47	—	671	128.00–136.50	131.50
36	—	633	133.00–137.50	134.93
16	—	717	128.50	128.50
13	—	531	147.50	147.50
75	—	591	135.50–145.00	141.85

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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