Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 400-600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower over 600 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher, heifers 400-600 lbs sold 2.00-4.00 higher over 600 lbs sold 3.00 lower. 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 $146.19/cwt on 1,688 head.

Average price

$146.19

1,688 head · 715 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$4.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.67

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	721	146.40	1,055	1,609
Medium and Large 1-2	605	141.91	858	79

One grade step is worth $4.49/cwt here — about $196 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 sale1,688 hd

146.19

—

NE average10 barns · 14,403 hd

153.86

−7.67

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 1Fleshy	—	836	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	1,089	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	778	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,066	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	963	124.45/cwt	123.50–125.00	1,198	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	878	126.17/cwt	123.50–130.50	1,108	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	721	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,034	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,210	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	167.54/cwt	167.00–168.00	620	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	168.66/cwt	164.00–174.00	562	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	160.77/cwt	155.75–167.00	860	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	190.57/cwt	190.00–191.00	625	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,056	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,251	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	167.66/cwt	165.50–171.50	793	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	145.97/cwt	141.00–147.50	1,044	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	149.42/cwt	142.00–154.50	913	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	150.17/cwt	148.00–153.00	632	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	881	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	648	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,015	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	133.51/cwt	131.00–135.00	834	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	148.11/cwt	145.00–154.50	840	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	146.26/cwt	144.00–150.50	689	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	987	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	952	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	983	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	125.84/cwt	124.00–126.25	1,033	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	142.53/cwt	135.00–146.75	753	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	718	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	144.44/cwt	143.75–149.00	1,095	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	807	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	157.27/cwt	155.00–159.00	744	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	137.79/cwt	133.00–138.50	798	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	147.85/cwt	147.85–147.85	964	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	129.54/cwt	129.00–129.75	979	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	138.04/cwt	135.50–138.85	1,259	319
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	173.72/cwt	168.00–182.00	752	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	142.94/cwt	135.50–144.85	1,192	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,068	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,039	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,283	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	858	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 Oct 28, 2020

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

Receipts 2,736Last week 1,970Year ago 2,500

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	836	130.25	130.25
15	—	778	137.00	137.00
28	—	963	123.50–125.00	124.45
36	—	878	123.50–130.50	126.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
223	—	535	155.75–167.00	160.77
11	—	328	190.00–191.00	190.57
29	—	1,056	118.50	118.50
30	—	473	165.50–171.50	167.66
130	—	715	141.00–147.50	145.97
208	—	611	142.00–154.50	149.42
96	—	567	145.00–154.50	148.11
9	—	388	185.00	185.00
219	—	758	143.75–149.00	144.44
74	—	652	147.85	147.85
319	—	912	135.50–138.85	138.04
38	—	433	168.00–182.00	173.72
96	—	834	135.50–144.85	142.94
8	—	1,039	123.50	123.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	688	128.00	128.00
9	—	405	160.00	160.00
16	—	716	133.00	133.00
16	—	786	125.00	125.00
9	—	591	136.50	136.50
24	—	473	155.00–159.00	157.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	515	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,034	117.00	117.00
11	—	370	167.00–168.00	167.54
20	—	333	164.00–174.00	168.66
44	—	421	148.00–153.00	150.17
74	—	625	131.00–135.00	133.51
97	—	471	144.00–150.50	146.26
33	—	821	124.00–126.25	125.84
260	—	528	135.00–146.75	142.53
115	—	579	133.00–138.50	137.79
29	—	756	129.00–129.75	129.54
52	—	883	121.00	121.00
10	—	660	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	940	108.00	108.00
11	—	885	111.50	111.50

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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