Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher except 750 lbs steers sold 10.00 higher. Heifers from 550 to 700 lbs sold 8.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate at the start of the sale with good demand by mid day after the CME cattle boards shot upward and closed the day substantially higher. Some of the top prices of the day came at the end of the sale as buyers battled to fill trucks with adequate weight. Wide variety of cattle on hand for the first week of May sale. Offerings comprised of light weight calves and middle and heavy weight feeders with some top quality replacement heifers in the run. Next week, bred cows and pair special. May 20th will be a special calf and feeder sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.70/cwt on 2,272 head.

Average price

$131.70

2,272 head · 787 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,036

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$160

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

$23.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.46

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	698	134.96	942	179
Medium and Large 1	779	132.98	1,036	1,944
Large 1	992	111.04	1,101	149

One grade step is worth $23.91/cwt here — about −$160 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 sale2,272 hd

131.70

—

NE average5 barns · 6,483 hd

136.16

−4.46

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

65 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 1-2	—	489	131.93/cwt	130.25–135.00	645	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	723	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	998	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	897	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,117	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	969	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	555	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	710	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	804	113.33/cwt	113.00–114.00	911	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	855	105.44/cwt	102.25–110.00	902	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	933	103.75/cwt	103.75–103.75	968	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,004	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	909	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	687	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	787	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	794	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	901	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	962	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	938	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	719	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	996	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	971	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	274	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	562	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	332	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	604	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	121.26/cwt	121.00–122.00	1,009	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	858	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	991	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	909	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	823	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	1,097	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	134.02/cwt	128.00–138.00	835	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	124.62/cwt	118.50–127.85	901	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	119.03/cwt	115.75–121.25	906	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	134.99/cwt	131.00–139.00	779	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	130.11/cwt	130.00–130.25	895	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	140.94/cwt	134.00–143.00	661	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	136.67/cwt	132.50–143.00	731	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	116.84/cwt	116.25–118.00	965	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	615	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	166.34/cwt	165.00–169.75	805	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,054	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	544	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	843	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	850	116.75/cwt	116.75–116.75	992	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,027	108.37/cwt	105.50–111.00	1,113	131
Steers	Large 1	—	736	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	960	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	285	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	455	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	475	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	665	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	342	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	558	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	550	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	754	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	881	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	126.57/cwt	122.50–129.10	799	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	130.19/cwt	130.00–131.00	703	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	888	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	309	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	618	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	162.05/cwt	161.00–164.00	770	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	660	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	617	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	382	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	649	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	747	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	971	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	793	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,067	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	420	187.25/cwt	187.25–187.25	786	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	114.75/cwt	110.85–118.35	1,063	451
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	146.46/cwt	143.00–152.00	981	320
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	135.90/cwt	131.50–138.00	1,060	315
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	119.61/cwt	118.00–120.10	1,037	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	124.04/cwt	120.00–130.25	1,021	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	165.47/cwt	163.00–168.00	884	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	164.03/cwt	161.50–164.50	925	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	152.71/cwt	152.00–153.25	935	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	141.93/cwt	139.50–143.00	1,018	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	518	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,035	10

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 May 6, 2020

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

Receipts 4,718Last week 2,940Year ago 3,167

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	489	130.25–135.00	131.93
191	—	734	120.00	120.00
102	—	631	122.50–129.10	126.57
30	—	540	130.00–131.00	130.19
25	—	779	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	385	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
213	—	723	138.00	138.00
54	—	897	124.50	124.50
48	—	823	133.25	133.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	906	107.00	107.00
5	—	380	154.50	154.50
234	—	623	128.00–138.00	134.02
207	—	723	118.50–127.85	124.62
144	—	761	115.75–121.25	119.03
125	—	577	131.00–139.00	134.99
89	—	688	130.00–130.25	130.11
62	—	469	134.00–143.00	140.94
43	—	535	132.50–143.00	136.67
40	—	826	116.25–118.00	116.84
30	—	403	152.50	152.50
11	—	318	163.00	163.00
10	—	892	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	555	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	804	113.00–114.00	113.33
51	—	855	102.25–110.00	105.44
26	—	933	103.75	103.75
24	—	1,004	90.50	90.50
23	—	687	114.50	114.50
10	—	794	113.50	113.50
5	—	962	97.50	97.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	285	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	475	140.00	140.00
12	—	342	163.25	163.25
8	—	550	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	412	174.50	174.50
9	—	996	97.50	97.50
8	—	274	205.00	205.00
7	—	332	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	832	121.00–122.00	121.26
11	—	550	156.00	156.00
62	—	926	107.00	107.00
53	—	631	144.00	144.00
11	—	475	161.00–164.00	162.05
11	—	437	151.00	151.00
7	—	388	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	484	165.00–169.75	166.34
18	—	976	108.00	108.00
451	—	926	110.85–118.35	114.75
320	—	670	143.00–152.00	146.46
315	—	780	131.50–138.00	135.90
273	—	867	118.00–120.10	119.61
173	—	823	120.00–130.25	124.04
84	—	534	163.00–168.00	165.47
70	—	564	161.50–164.50	164.03
50	—	612	152.00–153.25	152.71
40	—	717	139.50–143.00	141.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	544	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	850	116.75	116.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,027	105.50–111.00	108.37
18	—	736	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	309	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	382	170.00	170.00
6	—	747	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	793	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	420	187.25	187.25

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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