Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 650 lbs steady to 4.00 higher and steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, heifers under 800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 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 $149.43/cwt on 3,020 head.

Average price

$149.43

3,020 head · 714 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$250

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

$10.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.41

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	159.57	826	125
Medium and Large 1	722	148.99	1,076	2,895

One grade step is worth $10.57/cwt here — about −$250 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 sale3,020 hd

149.43

—

NE average7 barns · 13,189 hd

159.84

−10.41

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

61 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	—	673	153.44/cwt	152.50–156.50	1,033	318
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	416	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	626	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	135.15/cwt	132.50–139.00	1,242	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	184.90/cwt	180.00–186.00	871	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	194.75/cwt	194.75–194.75	835	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	804	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	141.32/cwt	139.00–147.00	878	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	1,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	134.52/cwt	130.00–136.50	973	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	138.28/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,204	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	130.98/cwt	130.50–132.00	1,269	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	728	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	130.80/cwt	130.00–131.25	1,082	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	150.00/cwt	148.25–152.50	935	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	675	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	548	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	790	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	390	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	601	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	762	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	543	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	851	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	661	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	996	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	145.47/cwt	139.00–149.25	1,110	703
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	466	144.29/cwt	144.00–145.00	672	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	452	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	782	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	766	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,141	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	880	121.72/cwt	121.00–122.00	1,071	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	671	127.61/cwt	125.00–130.00	856	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,073	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,153	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	477	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	720	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	435	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	700	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	793	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	991	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	806	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	450	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	806	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	696	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	360	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	648	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	883	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,148	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	790	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	160.74/cwt	156.25–165.00	948	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	847	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	168.67/cwt	165.00–173.00	870	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	148.37/cwt	146.00–149.00	869	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	156.52/cwt	153.00–160.00	959	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	303	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	494	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	669	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	619	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	828	134.87/cwt	134.25–135.00	1,117	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	568	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	758	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,121	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,019	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,325	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	134.02/cwt	130.50–135.75	1,021	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	656	146.37/cwt	145.50–147.50	960	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	140.51/cwt	139.25–142.50	1,151	322
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	633	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	934	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	153.98/cwt	150.50–157.00	822	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	782	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	152.56/cwt	148.00–158.25	874	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	176.69/cwt	176.00–177.00	560	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	143.32/cwt	139.25–146.75	1,036	405
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	715	132.85/cwt	132.50–133.00	950	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	405	182.75/cwt	182.75–182.75	740	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	137.66/cwt	134.50–139.00	935	301
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	168.33/cwt	167.00–170.00	625	16

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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 4,705Last week 2,658Year ago 4,192

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
318	—	673	152.50–156.50	153.44
109	—	919	132.50–139.00	135.15
111	—	471	180.00–186.00	184.90
52	—	429	194.75	194.75
109	—	871	137.00–140.00	138.28
25	—	969	130.50–132.00	130.98
26	—	381	191.00	191.00
703	—	763	139.00–149.25	145.47
113	—	590	156.25–165.00	160.74
32	—	516	165.00–173.00	168.67
105	—	613	153.00–160.00	156.52
5	—	323	207.00	207.00
8	—	1,019	130.00	130.00
322	—	819	139.25–142.50	140.51
405	—	723	139.25–146.75	143.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	623	148.25–152.50	150.00
9	—	428	178.00	178.00
31	—	543	156.75	156.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	661	150.75	150.75
153	—	766	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	474	170.00	170.00
25	—	513	154.00	154.00
5	—	601	141.00	141.00
48	—	586	146.00–149.00	148.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	450	179.00	179.00
9	—	360	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	883	130.00	130.00
80	—	828	134.25–135.00	134.87
37	—	656	145.50–147.50	146.37
12	—	633	147.50	147.50
27	—	715	132.50–133.00	132.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	416	150.50	150.50
14	—	572	140.50	140.50
43	—	548	144.25	144.25
11	—	390	154.00	154.00
18	—	466	144.00–145.00	144.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	621	139.00–147.00	141.32
5	—	1,043	119.25	119.25
116	—	723	130.00–136.50	134.52
78	—	827	130.00–131.25	130.80
28	—	404	167.00	167.00
10	—	874	128.25	128.25
193	—	762	130.50–135.75	134.02
38	—	534	150.50–157.00	153.98
41	—	474	165.00	165.00
122	—	573	148.00–158.25	152.56
19	—	317	176.00–177.00	176.69
301	—	679	134.50–139.00	137.66
16	—	371	167.00–170.00	168.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	452	173.00	173.00
76	—	405	182.75	182.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	880	121.00–122.00	121.72
27	—	671	125.00–130.00	127.61
15	—	1,073	107.50	107.50
6	—	477	151.00	151.00
6	—	435	161.00	161.00
5	—	793	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	487	143.00	143.00
5	—	303	163.00	163.00
6	—	442	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	133.50	133.50

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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