Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, over 750 lbs sold 5.00 lower except 800-850 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold 2.00 lower except 850-900 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.68/cwt on 1,497 head.

Average price

$153.68

1,497 head · 695 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,068

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$9.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	703	154.39	1,085	1,385
Medium and Large 1-2	600	144.91	870	112

One grade step is worth $9.48/cwt here — about $215 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 sale1,497 hd

153.68

—

NE average10 barns · 17,529 hd

154.43

−0.75

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

39 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	—	777	143.01/cwt	142.00–149.25	1,111	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	710	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,129	54
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	840	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	165.26/cwt	164.00–169.75	716	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	135.45/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,172	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	139.38/cwt	136.50–145.00	1,017	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	148.91/cwt	139.00–151.50	1,004	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	142.77/cwt	133.00–148.25	805	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	135.70/cwt	135.50–136.75	1,101	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	157.71/cwt	153.00–168.00	910	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	168.39/cwt	160.00–172.75	866	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	702	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,144	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	932	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	734	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	880	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	156.09/cwt	153.00–161.00	737	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	152.07/cwt	146.00–155.00	794	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	752	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,083	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	648	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	133.79/cwt	132.50–135.00	950	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	835	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	135.66/cwt	132.50–141.50	1,058	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	149.24/cwt	142.50–150.25	1,218	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	142.60/cwt	142.00–144.25	1,233	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	920	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,286	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	143.06/cwt	134.25–146.75	888	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	671	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	151.91/cwt	146.00–155.25	934	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	731	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	140.61/cwt	140.00–141.00	844	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	128.55/cwt	126.00–131.50	1,198	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	139.82/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,310	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	180.85/cwt	178.25–183.00	794	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	150.59/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,099	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	848	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,141	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	178.04/cwt	170.25–186.00	839	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	157.18/cwt	145.50–160.25	1,085	138

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 Oct 7, 2020

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

Receipts 2,795Last week 4,344Year ago 3,010

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	777	142.00–149.25	143.01
155	—	577	153.00–168.00	157.71
151	—	514	160.00–172.75	168.39
203	—	816	142.50–150.25	149.24
213	—	865	142.00–144.25	142.60
11	—	978	131.50	131.50
117	—	615	146.00–155.25	151.91
15	—	396	184.50	184.50
79	—	937	135.00–141.00	139.82
20	—	439	178.25–183.00	180.85
90	—	730	150.00–152.00	150.59
67	—	471	170.25–186.00	178.04
138	—	690	145.50–160.25	157.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	710	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	702	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	666	140.00	140.00
5	—	496	148.00	148.00
11	—	583	151.00	151.00
15	—	381	170.00	170.00
25	—	710	132.50–135.00	133.79
6	—	546	153.00	153.00
26	—	600	140.00–141.00	140.61
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	840	59.00	59.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	433	164.00–169.75	165.26
22	—	865	135.00–136.00	135.45
35	—	730	136.50–145.00	139.38
78	—	674	139.00–151.50	148.91
82	—	564	133.00–148.25	142.77
213	—	811	135.50–136.75	135.70
91	—	472	153.00–161.00	156.09
143	—	522	146.00–155.00	152.07
155	—	780	132.50–141.50	135.66
82	—	621	134.25–146.75	143.06
12	—	375	179.00	179.00
17	—	932	126.00–131.50	128.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	752	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	146.00	146.00
8	—	684	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	848	134.50	134.50

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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