Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers over 650 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.62/cwt on 2,787 head.

Average price

$145.62

2,787 head · 833 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,213

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$3.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.64

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	839	145.78	1,223	2,648
Medium and Large 1-2	713	142.62	1,018	139

One grade step is worth $3.16/cwt here — about $206 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 sale2,787 hd

145.62

—

NE average10 barns · 13,964 hd

147.26

−1.64

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

45 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	—	621	144.27/cwt	142.25–147.50	896	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	714	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	932	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	142.61/cwt	137.25–145.00	1,030	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	833	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	140.81/cwt	139.50–144.50	965	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	154.58/cwt	152.50–158.00	733	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,117	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	150.03/cwt	146.50–154.75	1,158	352
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	783	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,241	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	138.08/cwt	134.50–143.00	1,316	365
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	164.07/cwt	158.00–169.00	853	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	695	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,029	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,022	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	144.30/cwt	140.25–145.75	1,271	589
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	171.40/cwt	163.00–176.50	797	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,015	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,276	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	150.81/cwt	150.50–151.00	965	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	143.23/cwt	135.00–145.10	1,312	601
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	158.36/cwt	151.00–160.00	912	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	783	139.92/cwt	139.50–140.50	1,096	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	143.97/cwt	141.75–146.00	965	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	998	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	156.17/cwt	151.50–157.50	1,068	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	892	136.52/cwt	135.00–137.50	1,218	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	141.46/cwt	139.00–142.50	1,089	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	605	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	992	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	145.63/cwt	140.00–149.35	1,190	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	681	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	618	143.87/cwt	143.25–144.25	889	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	127.83/cwt	126.00–131.75	995	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	139.75/cwt	135.00–144.50	1,093	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	131.31/cwt	126.00–136.25	1,149	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	—	678	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,017	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	435	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	598	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	606	137.10/cwt	136.75–138.00	831	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	776	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	539	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	674	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	687	141.43/cwt	141.00–141.50	972	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	136.41/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,132	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,279	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	881	107.25/cwt	107.25–107.25	945	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	130.13/cwt	126.25–135.25	1,195	84

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 Sep 23, 2020

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

Receipts 4,344Last week 3,505Year ago 3,717

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers over 650 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	621	142.25–147.50	144.27
15	—	437	163.50	163.50
140	—	722	137.25–145.00	142.61
152	—	685	139.50–144.50	140.81
47	—	474	152.50–158.00	154.58
238	—	782	135.00–144.50	139.75
65	—	875	126.00–136.25	131.31
67	—	517	150.00	150.00
6	—	318	187.00	187.00
76	—	830	130.00–138.00	136.41
8	—	1,003	127.50	127.50
84	—	918	126.25–135.25	130.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	734	127.00	127.00
11	—	622	134.00	134.00
25	—	778	126.00–131.75	127.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	678	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	435	137.50	137.50
8	—	539	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	606	136.75–138.00	137.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	687	141.00–141.50	141.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	881	107.25	107.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	856	130.50	130.50
7	—	962	129.00	129.00
10	—	717	142.50	142.50
18	—	640	150.50–151.00	150.81
29	—	670	141.75–146.00	143.97
43	—	770	139.00–142.50	141.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
352	—	772	146.50–154.75	150.03
7	—	445	176.00	176.00
365	—	953	134.50–143.00	138.08
21	—	520	158.00–169.00	164.07
589	—	881	140.25–145.75	144.30
57	—	465	163.00–176.50	171.40
601	—	916	135.00–145.10	143.23
92	—	576	151.00–160.00	158.36
112	—	684	151.50–157.50	156.17
185	—	817	140.00–149.35	145.63
5	—	372	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	695	148.00	148.00
36	—	1,015	125.75	125.75
41	—	783	139.50–140.50	139.92
89	—	892	135.00–137.50	136.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	665	150.00	150.00
45	—	605	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	618	143.25–144.25	143.87

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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