Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers 400-600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, over 650 lbs sold sold steady to 2.00 higher and heifers 400-700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $149.80/cwt on 2,158 head.

Average price

$149.80

2,158 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,058

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$3.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.62

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	709	149.86	1,063	2,114
Medium and Large 1-2	584	146.85	857	44

One grade step is worth $3.00/cwt here — about $205 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 sale2,158 hd

149.80

—

NE average5 barns · 12,115 hd

160.42

−10.62

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

48 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 1Fancy	—	404	174.81/cwt	174.50–175.00	706	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	741	142.15/cwt	141.75–142.50	1,053	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	418	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	828	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	753	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,146	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	732	152.19/cwt	150.50–153.50	1,114	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	668	158.44/cwt	158.00–159.00	1,058	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	604	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	966	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	460	158.46/cwt	157.00–160.00	729	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	724	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,008	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	800	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,078	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	130.63/cwt	130.00–133.75	1,007	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	135.65/cwt	134.00–137.25	916	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	148.90/cwt	145.25–151.00	1,240	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	160.20/cwt	156.50–164.00	910	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	148.92/cwt	144.50–153.00	931	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	150.65/cwt	144.00–154.00	795	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	145.64/cwt	140.75–149.50	1,043	270
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	131.07/cwt	130.00–133.00	941	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,311	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	147.52/cwt	144.50–150.00	987	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	143.23/cwt	137.00–147.00	1,109	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	166.97/cwt	162.75–171.00	873	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	143.76/cwt	140.25–144.85	1,245	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,142	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	162.54/cwt	159.00–169.50	697	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	143.06/cwt	138.50–149.00	824	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	138.87/cwt	136.00–140.00	873	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	586	151.13/cwt	150.75–152.50	886	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	841	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,173	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	894	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	558	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	151.43/cwt	149.00–153.00	736	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	179.36/cwt	175.00–183.00	829	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	809	127.02/cwt	126.00–129.75	1,028	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	613	140.97/cwt	140.00–142.50	864	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	980	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,294	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	677	140.79/cwt	140.00–142.75	953	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	742	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,009	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	524	158.24/cwt	156.00–159.50	829	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	880	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	911	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,137	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	783	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,064	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,160	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	739	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	816	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,032	14

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 Dec 2, 2020

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

Receipts 3,772Last week 3,056Year ago 4,016

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	404	174.50–175.00	174.81
131	—	741	141.75–142.50	142.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	460	157.00–160.00	158.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	724	139.25	139.25
29	—	800	134.75	134.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	771	130.00–133.75	130.63
155	—	675	134.00–137.25	135.65
227	—	528	144.00–154.00	150.65
41	—	718	130.00–133.00	131.07
57	—	875	130.50	130.50
34	—	429	159.00–169.50	162.54
229	—	576	138.50–149.00	143.06
165	—	629	136.00–140.00	138.87
5	—	312	179.00	179.00
26	—	486	149.00–153.00	151.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	809	126.00–129.75	127.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	690	127.50	127.50
10	—	732	124.50	124.50
13	—	917	124.00	124.00
6	—	582	134.50	134.50
6	—	1,064	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	418	198.00	198.00
27	—	753	152.25	152.25
78	—	732	150.50–153.50	152.19
101	—	668	158.00–159.00	158.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	604	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	833	145.25–151.00	148.90
207	—	568	156.50–164.00	160.20
249	—	625	144.50–153.00	148.92
5	—	405	186.00	186.00
270	—	716	140.75–149.50	145.64
146	—	904	145.00	145.00
164	—	669	144.50–150.00	147.52
170	—	774	137.00–147.00	143.23
62	—	523	162.75–171.00	166.97
119	—	866	140.25–144.85	143.76
43	—	462	175.00–183.00	179.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	586	150.75–152.50	151.13
65	—	841	139.50	139.50
36	—	613	140.00–142.50	140.97
38	—	980	132.00	132.00
44	—	677	140.00–142.75	140.79
15	—	742	136.00	136.00
23	—	524	156.00–159.50	158.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	474	156.00	156.00
5	—	561	145.50	145.50
14	—	788	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	805	111.00	111.00

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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