Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good for grass cattle and feeder cattle and Red Angus type replacement heifers. Active bidding and buying from the internet and within the sale barn. Next Wednesday will be a Special Calf and Feeder Auction. On the Special note, last year receipts 5,018 head, this large number was due to the light receipts the previous two weeks as the trade area was still feeling the effects from the "bomb cyclone" the first part of March 2019.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.08/cwt on 1,194 head.

Average price

$144.08

1,194 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,014

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$329

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

$49.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.05

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	566	155.16	878	177
Medium and Large 1	737	143.60	1,058	961
Medium 2	505	119.02	601	49
Large 1	1,141	105.75	1,207	7thin

One grade step is worth $49.41/cwt here — about −$329 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 sale1,194 hd

144.08

—

NE average4 barns · 3,365 hd

147.14

−3.05

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

41 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 1Fancy	—	559	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	911	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	805	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	962	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	878	119.85/cwt	119.85–119.85	1,052	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	893	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	1,132	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	713	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	920	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,016	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,219	40
Heifers	Medium 2	—	439	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	534	14
Heifers	Medium 2	—	528	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	636	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,061	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	134.18/cwt	130.00–140.25	774	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	854	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	154.74/cwt	154.00–156.50	648	14
Steers	Medium 2	—	452	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	542	17
Steers	Medium 2	—	533	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	632	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	713	7
Steers	Large 1	—	1,141	105.75/cwt	105.75–105.75	1,207	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	956	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	821	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,130	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	160.75/cwt	160.75–160.75	998	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,114	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	141.58/cwt	136.50–145.50	1,015	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	152.26/cwt	147.50–156.50	886	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	170.38/cwt	160.00–177.00	964	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	146.36/cwt	137.00–148.85	1,003	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	139.05/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,067	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	591	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,007	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	127.45/cwt	123.00–128.25	909	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	138.19/cwt	134.75–143.00	860	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	161.02/cwt	160.50–161.75	604	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	150.00/cwt	145.00–154.00	930	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	160.72/cwt	157.00–162.50	762	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	161.10/cwt	161.00–162.00	859	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	896	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	146.20/cwt	141.50–150.75	708	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	758	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	132.57/cwt	131.50–134.25	878	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	145.34/cwt	141.50–147.25	737	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	125.10/cwt	125.10–125.10	968	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	734	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,108	63

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 25, 2020

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

Receipts 2,170Last week 2,083Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	559	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	805	119.50	119.50
73	—	878	119.85	119.85
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	439	121.75	121.75
22	—	528	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	870	122.00	122.00
76	—	713	123.00–128.25	127.45
96	—	622	134.75–143.00	138.19
55	—	662	131.50–134.25	132.57
62	—	507	141.50–147.25	145.34
71	—	774	125.10	125.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	577	130.00–140.25	134.18
7	—	656	130.25	130.25
14	—	419	154.00–156.50	154.74
14	—	375	160.50–161.75	161.02
20	—	748	119.75	119.75
29	—	484	141.50–150.75	146.20
31	—	545	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	734	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	893	126.75	126.75
5	—	713	129.00	129.00
40	—	1,016	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	452	120.00	120.00
32	—	533	118.50	118.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	417	171.00	171.00
8	—	486	169.00	169.00
34	—	906	124.75	124.75
40	—	621	160.75	160.75
73	—	825	135.00	135.00
142	—	717	136.50–145.50	141.58
124	—	566	160.00–177.00	170.38
193	—	685	137.00–148.85	146.36
212	—	767	137.00–140.00	139.05
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,141	105.75	105.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	695	137.50	137.50
59	—	582	147.50–156.50	152.26
5	—	280	211.00	211.00
8	—	746	135.00	135.00
27	—	620	145.00–154.00	150.00
28	—	474	157.00–162.50	160.72
39	—	533	161.00–162.00	161.10

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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