Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. The consignments sheet was shorter than expected due to a winter storm within the trade area over the last couple days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.54/cwt on 890 head.

Average price

$146.54

890 head · 723 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$141

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

$27.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.89

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	571	154.87	885	70
Medium and Large 1	734	146.38	1,075	796
Large 1	806	127.25	1,026	24

One grade step is worth $27.62/cwt here — about −$141 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 sale890 hd

146.54

—

NE average8 barns · 15,156 hd

157.43

−10.89

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

38 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	Large 1Fleshy	—	700	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	868	6
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	6
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	855	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,094	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	652	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	844	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	745	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	916	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	608	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	803	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	140.98/cwt	136.00–142.25	1,107	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	130.96/cwt	130.50–131.25	1,201	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,193	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	130.70/cwt	130.00–131.50	946	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	723	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,005	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	130.32/cwt	125.00–130.75	988	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	976	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	670	140.14/cwt	139.50–141.00	939	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	889	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	147.12/cwt	142.00–152.50	1,080	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	154.58/cwt	152.00–156.75	966	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	142.92/cwt	137.00–144.50	875	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	125.88/cwt	125.75–126.00	1,084	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	563	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	828	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	637	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	936	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	808	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	712	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	149.50/cwt	145.50–150.25	863	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	772	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,019	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	431	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	776	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	145.38/cwt	145.00–146.00	980	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	536	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	890	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	887	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,272	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	680	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	918	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	746	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	849	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	882	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,169	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	815	131.06/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,068	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	611	164.12/cwt	163.85–165.00	1,003	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	136.44/cwt	131.25–138.50	916	243

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 27, 2021

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

Receipts 1,785Last week 5,990Year ago 5,150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	700	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	652	129.50	129.50
17	—	745	123.00	123.00
19	—	608	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	990	120.50	120.50
176	—	724	130.00–131.50	130.70
82	—	758	125.00–130.75	130.32
93	—	612	137.00–144.50	142.92
48	—	861	125.75–126.00	125.88
8	—	537	150.50	150.50
9	—	444	160.25	160.25
39	—	577	145.50–150.25	149.50
243	—	671	131.25–138.50	136.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	723	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	537	139.00	139.00
10	—	696	122.00	122.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	660	125.00	125.00
18	—	855	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	785	136.00–142.25	140.98
34	—	917	130.50–131.25	130.96
16	—	586	166.50	166.50
368	—	734	142.00–152.50	147.12
54	—	625	152.00–156.75	154.58
18	—	674	145.00–146.00	145.38
5	—	493	180.00	180.00
8	—	1,020	124.75	124.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	670	139.50–141.00	140.14
9	—	772	132.00	132.00
25	—	882	132.50	132.50
52	—	815	130.00–134.00	131.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	723	123.00	123.00
5	—	422	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	563	147.00	147.00
19	—	637	147.00	147.00
13	—	431	180.00	180.00
14	—	536	166.00	166.00
6	—	680	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	611	163.85–165.00	164.12

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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