Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold 4.00-9.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 $147.36/cwt on 979 head.

Average price

$147.36

979 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$889

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$3.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.85

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	609	147.65	899	902
Medium and Large 1-2	543	144.07	782	77

One grade step is worth $3.58/cwt here — about $117 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 sale979 hd

147.36

—

NE average9 barns · 14,859 hd

157.22

−9.85

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

27 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	—	769	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,104	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	174.32/cwt	171.00–176.00	746	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	158.03/cwt	154.00–160.50	831	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,165	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	655	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	141.33/cwt	140.50–142.00	807	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	949	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	539	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	128.99/cwt	128.00–137.50	1,081	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	128.73/cwt	125.50–131.50	807	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	151.75/cwt	147.50–154.00	868	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	147.18/cwt	146.00–147.50	752	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	654	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	622	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	986	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	481	157.05/cwt	154.50–159.00	755	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	653	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	131.53/cwt	129.00–134.00	869	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	123.54/cwt	123.00–124.00	872	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	134.79/cwt	134.75–135.00	1,039	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	172.29/cwt	171.00–176.00	794	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	132.87/cwt	130.00–138.00	764	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	139.17/cwt	137.00–143.00	742	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	141.15/cwt	134.50–146.00	679	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	136.55/cwt	128.00–139.50	985	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	138.23/cwt	134.50–141.50	911	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	140.02/cwt	135.00–148.00	864	205

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 21, 2020

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

Receipts 1,970Last week 2,650Year ago 3,058

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold 4.00-9.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	769	143.50	143.50
30	—	428	171.00–176.00	174.32
153	—	526	154.00–160.50	158.03
9	—	866	134.50	134.50
12	—	362	181.00	181.00
108	—	572	147.50–154.00	151.75
19	—	461	171.00–176.00	172.29
133	—	721	128.00–139.50	136.55
134	—	659	134.50–141.50	138.23
205	—	617	135.00–148.00	140.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	571	140.50–142.00	141.33
12	—	759	125.00	125.00
43	—	511	146.00–147.50	147.18
5	—	360	162.00	162.00
6	—	436	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	622	158.50	158.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	481	154.50–159.00	157.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	374	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	838	128.00–137.50	128.99
112	—	627	125.50–131.50	128.73
7	—	441	148.00	148.00
22	—	661	129.00–134.00	131.53
45	—	706	123.00–124.00	123.54
82	—	771	134.75–135.00	134.79
140	—	575	130.00–138.00	132.87
141	—	533	137.00–143.00	139.17
144	—	481	134.50–146.00	141.15

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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