Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher except for heifers 650-750 lbs selling steady to 2.00 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 $144.04/cwt on 3,451 head.

Average price

$144.04

3,451 head · 733 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,056

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$5.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.01

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	736	144.21	1,062	3,348
Medium and Large 1-2	624	138.41	864	103

One grade step is worth $5.80/cwt here — about $198 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 sale3,451 hd

144.04

—

NE average11 barns · 25,058 hd

153.05

−9.01

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

59 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	—	1,035	121.85/cwt	121.75–122.00	1,261	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,138	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,242	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	125.59/cwt	123.50–128.00	1,045	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	892	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	142.46/cwt	139.50–147.75	816	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	936	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	142.28/cwt	134.00–145.50	1,034	528
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	374	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	679	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	632	160.59/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,015	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	802	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	774	128.44/cwt	127.00–130.00	994	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	486	167.20/cwt	166.00–169.00	813	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	161.92/cwt	156.25–166.00	938	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	674	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	907	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	136.01/cwt	130.00–140.25	1,186	413
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	564	170.75/cwt	169.50–171.00	963	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	152.65/cwt	147.00–158.00	949	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	118.59/cwt	118.00–120.50	1,156	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	702	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	911	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	341	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	580	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	498	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	752	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	138.15/cwt	130.75–141.75	1,129	466
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	843	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,054	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	633	130.67/cwt	128.00–133.00	827	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	677	124.07/cwt	120.00–125.75	840	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	535	144.77/cwt	143.00–146.00	775	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	584	135.56/cwt	135.00–137.00	792	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	150.86/cwt	150.00–153.00	717	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	865	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	683	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	144.55/cwt	141.00–147.00	979	462
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,037	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,089	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	720	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	130.09/cwt	126.00–131.00	892	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	784	129.80/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,018	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	776	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	948	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,138	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	144.04/cwt	140.00–145.50	827	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	1,062	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	139.60/cwt	135.50–142.50	726	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	876	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,097	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	130.82/cwt	130.00–132.00	754	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	535	161.40/cwt	158.00–162.00	863	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	176.93/cwt	176.00–179.00	809	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	172.64/cwt	167.50–179.25	898	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	641	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,101	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,277	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	956	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,193	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	158.57/cwt	155.00–163.00	769	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	488	171.22/cwt	170.00–173.00	836	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	148.71/cwt	147.00–151.00	785	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	445	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	792	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	165.25/cwt	164.00–167.00	679	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	129.20/cwt	127.00–131.25	880	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	127.16/cwt	123.50–129.00	907	377
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	127.95/cwt	122.00–129.25	984	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	139.31/cwt	136.00–143.25	1,084	540
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	139.77/cwt	135.00–146.00	865	140

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 Jan 20, 2021

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

Receipts 5,990Last week 5,803Year ago 4,747

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher except for heifers 650-750 lbs selling steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was 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
17	—	1,035	121.75–122.00	121.85
111	—	941	132.00	132.00
528	—	727	134.00–145.50	142.28
280	—	579	156.25–166.00	161.92
413	—	872	130.00–140.25	136.01
153	—	622	147.00–158.00	152.65
466	—	817	130.75–141.75	138.15
462	—	677	141.00–147.00	144.55
13	—	457	176.00–179.00	176.93
46	—	520	167.50–179.25	172.64
6	—	1,101	116.00	116.00
540	—	778	136.00–143.25	139.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	617	144.50	144.50
10	—	578	162.00	162.00
9	—	374	181.50	181.50
40	—	486	166.00–169.00	167.20
5	—	674	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	564	169.50–171.00	170.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	843	125.00	125.00
24	—	784	129.00–130.00	129.80
17	—	948	120.00	120.00
13	—	876	125.25	125.25
48	—	535	158.00–162.00	161.40
16	—	956	124.75	124.75
48	—	488	170.00–173.00	171.22
15	—	445	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	618	140.00	140.00
7	—	1,037	105.00	105.00
12	—	483	149.00	149.00
27	—	686	126.00–131.00	130.09
12	—	517	150.00	150.00
30	—	574	140.00–145.50	144.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	925	123.00	123.00
244	—	832	123.50–128.00	125.59
137	—	573	139.50–147.75	142.46
85	—	975	118.00–120.50	118.59
6	—	865	122.75	122.75
5	—	377	170.00	170.00
16	—	485	155.00–163.00	158.57
43	—	528	147.00–151.00	148.71
14	—	411	164.00–167.00	165.25
254	—	681	127.00–131.25	129.20
377	—	713	123.50–129.00	127.16
280	—	769	122.00–129.25	127.95
140	—	619	135.00–146.00	139.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	632	158.00–163.00	160.59
25	—	774	127.00–130.00	128.44
14	—	702	129.75	129.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	629	127.50	127.50
7	—	341	170.00	170.00
11	—	498	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	633	128.00–133.00	130.67
64	—	677	120.00–125.75	124.07
64	—	535	143.00–146.00	144.77
21	—	584	135.00–137.00	135.56
21	—	475	150.00–153.00	150.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	448	152.50	152.50
37	—	520	135.50–142.50	139.60
20	—	576	130.00–132.00	130.82

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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