Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 650-900 lbs sold 3.00-4.00 higher and heifers 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 $145.71/cwt on 1,350 head.

Average price

$145.71

1,350 head · 762 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$10.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.54

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	762	145.81	1,111	1,338
Medium and Large 1-2	714	135.00	964	12thin

One grade step is worth $10.81/cwt here — about $147 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 sale1,350 hd

145.71

—

NE average2 barns · 1,664 hd

146.25

−0.54

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

34 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 1Fleshy	—	640	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	886	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	569	140.10/cwt	139.00–142.00	797	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	479	152.29/cwt	152.00–153.00	729	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	677	130.56/cwt	130.00–131.00	884	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	725	133.83/cwt	132.50–135.00	970	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	582	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	889	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	144.93/cwt	141.50–145.75	884	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	147.49/cwt	145.00–149.00	869	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	132.38/cwt	131.25–133.50	1,099	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	140.90/cwt	135.00–143.00	958	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	151.56/cwt	150.00–153.50	1,014	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	158.36/cwt	156.50–162.00	980	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	145.27/cwt	143.50–149.00	1,129	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	134.48/cwt	134.00–134.75	1,225	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	140.23/cwt	139.00–141.25	990	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	136.21/cwt	134.00–137.25	1,045	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	149.95/cwt	146.75–152.00	1,095	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	130.05/cwt	129.00–130.50	1,129	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	526	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	871	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	823	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,132	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	527	164.07/cwt	160.00–167.00	865	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	631	154.05/cwt	152.50–154.50	972	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	140.27/cwt	134.50–142.50	1,227	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	168.50/cwt	165.00–169.50	940	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	125.53/cwt	125.00–126.00	979	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	730	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	694	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	979	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	719	141.35/cwt	139.00–142.50	1,016	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	722	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	145.22/cwt	144.00–147.25	1,176	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	833	134.64/cwt	132.50–136.50	1,122	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	777	140.91/cwt	135.00–141.50	1,095	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	964	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	849	5

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 30, 2020

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

Receipts 2,403Last week 2,530Year ago 1,720

Compared to last week steers 650-900 lbs sold 3.00-4.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	640	138.50	138.50
14	—	569	139.00–142.00	140.10
17	—	479	152.00–153.00	152.29
25	—	677	130.00–131.00	130.56
68	—	725	132.50–135.00	133.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	610	141.50–145.75	144.93
91	—	589	145.00–149.00	147.49
59	—	830	131.25–133.50	132.38
236	—	680	135.00–143.00	140.90
104	—	706	139.00–141.25	140.23
211	—	767	134.00–137.25	136.21
24	—	868	129.00–130.50	130.05
6	—	457	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	780	125.00–126.00	125.53
5	—	500	146.00	146.00
5	—	679	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	582	152.75	152.75
12	—	527	160.00–167.00	164.07
34	—	631	152.50–154.50	154.05
6	—	694	141.00	141.00
52	—	719	139.00–142.50	141.35
72	—	833	132.50–136.50	134.64
213	—	777	135.00–141.50	140.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	669	150.00–153.50	151.56
80	—	619	156.50–162.00	158.36
50	—	777	143.50–149.00	145.27
25	—	911	134.00–134.75	134.48
272	—	730	146.75–152.00	149.95
218	—	875	134.50–142.50	140.27
28	—	558	165.00–169.50	168.50
152	—	810	144.00–147.25	145.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	526	165.50	165.50
33	—	823	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	714	135.00	135.00

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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