Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, grass cattle sold unevenly steady with feeder cattle trading 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate on grass cattle with light demand on feeder cattle. Another day of lower CME boards spilled over to Wednesday's cattle market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.19/cwt on 1,885 head.

Average price

$134.19

1,885 head · 774 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$141

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

$5.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.21

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	649	139.23	903	81
Medium and Large 1	780	133.97	1,044	1,804

One grade step is worth $5.26/cwt here — about −$141 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 sale1,885 hd

134.19

—

NE average9 barns · 10,773 hd

158.40

−24.21

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

36 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 1	—	733	125.74/cwt	125.25–126.00	922	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	113.60/cwt	113.60–113.60	954	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	133.95/cwt	130.50–135.00	901	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	150.57/cwt	147.00–155.00	855	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	955	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	152.52/cwt	147.00–154.50	930	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	142.63/cwt	135.50–147.00	944	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	140.45/cwt	137.00–140.75	986	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	170.87/cwt	162.00–176.00	977	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	134.23/cwt	131.75–136.00	1,040	397
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	123.66/cwt	121.50–126.50	1,065	724
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	737	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,090	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	838	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	712	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	840	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	843	108.75/cwt	108.75–108.75	917	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	513	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	652	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	907	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,034	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	789	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	978	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	895	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,083	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	708	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	691	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	116.10/cwt	116.10–116.10	987	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	800	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	165.44/cwt	160.00–167.00	880	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	128.17/cwt	123.50–128.75	1,042	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	121.08/cwt	120.50–121.75	1,112	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	138.79/cwt	138.25–140.00	847	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	834	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	121.80/cwt	119.00–125.50	931	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	131.51/cwt	124.00–133.25	878	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	891	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	823	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	432	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	652	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	527	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	754	9

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 Mar 11, 2020

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

Receipts 2,083Last week 3,109Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	733	125.25–126.00	125.74
26	—	840	113.60	113.60
8	—	475	149.00	149.00
10	—	426	162.25	162.25
12	—	850	116.10	116.10
16	—	529	151.25	151.25
27	—	610	138.25–140.00	138.79
46	—	582	143.25	143.25
60	—	764	119.00–125.50	121.80
127	—	668	124.00–133.25	131.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	530	139.00	139.00
5	—	810	110.00	110.00
15	—	664	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	712	118.00	118.00
40	—	843	108.75	108.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	513	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	432	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	386	170.00	170.00
22	—	673	130.50–135.00	133.95
23	—	568	147.00–155.00	150.57
30	—	745	128.25	128.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	610	147.00–154.50	152.52
89	—	662	135.50–147.00	142.63
90	—	702	137.00–140.75	140.45
123	—	572	162.00–176.00	170.87
397	—	775	131.75–136.00	134.23
724	—	861	121.50–126.50	123.66
13	—	960	113.50	113.50
19	—	459	182.50	182.50
49	—	532	160.00–167.00	165.44
66	—	813	123.50–128.75	128.17
68	—	918	120.50–121.75	121.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	907	114.00	114.00
27	—	789	124.00	124.00
27	—	895	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	527	143.00	143.00

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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