Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week light weight fall calves sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Yearling feeders sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good for all offerings with a large crowd of buyers in attendance. Most lots of cattle some off of summer grass. Next special sale will be August 26.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.20/cwt on 1,271 head.

Average price

$145.20

1,271 head · 835 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,213

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$198

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

$25.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.02

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	745	146.50	1,092	91
Medium and Large 1	839	145.50	1,220	1,161
Large 1	1,066	121.00	1,290	19thin

One grade step is worth $25.50/cwt here — about −$198 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 sale1,271 hd

145.20

—

NE average6 barns · 8,492 hd

147.22

−2.02

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

33 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 1	—	750	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,121	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	140.40/cwt	138.00–143.75	1,234	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	142.81/cwt	139.25–143.75	1,312	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	987	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,040	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	133.75/cwt	131.50–134.00	1,209	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	152.67/cwt	151.50–153.00	928	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,157	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	151.98/cwt	151.00–154.25	847	27
Steers	Large 1	—	1,066	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,290	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	740	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,058	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	847	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,194	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	851	142.54/cwt	141.50–143.75	1,213	318
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	145.94/cwt	145.50–147.50	1,203	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	161.13/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,052	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	163.07/cwt	162.00–165.50	1,035	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,150	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,105	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	154.02/cwt	153.50–154.25	1,132	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	991	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	969	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,305	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,016	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	145.94/cwt	143.00–146.25	1,003	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	990	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	161.51/cwt	159.25–164.00	770	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,316	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,092	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	706	153.79/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,086	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	852	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,161	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	808	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,180	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	668	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	929	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	803	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,016	36

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 Aug 12, 2020

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

Receipts 2,440Last week 1,042Year ago 3,110

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	750	149.50	149.50
242	—	879	138.00–143.75	140.40
265	—	919	139.25–143.75	142.81
36	—	824	145.50–147.50	145.94
32	—	653	160.00–162.00	161.13
89	—	635	162.00–165.50	163.07
72	—	710	162.00	162.00
8	—	575	168.50	168.50
168	—	970	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	642	153.75	153.75
51	—	773	143.00	143.00
23	—	735	153.50–154.25	154.02
10	—	698	142.00	142.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,066	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	706	150.00–156.00	153.79
73	—	852	136.25	136.25
35	—	808	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	779	133.50	133.50
41	—	904	131.50–134.00	133.75
54	—	608	151.50–153.00	152.67
94	—	687	143.00–146.25	145.94
27	—	710	139.50	139.50
23	—	477	159.25–164.00	161.51
18	—	986	133.50	133.50
11	—	800	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	867	133.50	133.50
27	—	557	151.00–154.25	151.98
29	—	765	132.75	132.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	740	143.00	143.00
125	—	847	141.00	141.00
318	—	851	141.50–143.75	142.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	668	139.00	139.00
36	—	803	126.50	126.50

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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