Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 600-700 lbs steers sold 2.00 higher with steers over 700 lbs selling unevenly steady, heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. 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 $140.24/cwt on 3,297 head.

Average price

$140.24

3,297 head · 786 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,103

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$7.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.97

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	789	140.47	1,109	3,199
Medium and Large 1-2	699	132.84	929	98

One grade step is worth $7.63/cwt here — about $180 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 sale3,297 hd

140.24

—

NE average9 barns · 19,921 hd

153.22

−12.97

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	127.79/cwt	125.50–130.00	998	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	178.49/cwt	174.00–185.00	825	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	164.82/cwt	159.00–169.00	892	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	632	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	132.80/cwt	129.75–136.10	902	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	144.44/cwt	142.00–150.00	822	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	141.62/cwt	135.00–144.50	870	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	128.07/cwt	126.00–129.00	1,032	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	161.74/cwt	159.00–164.25	922	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	718	131.54/cwt	128.00–132.75	944	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,164	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	135.36/cwt	132.00–139.75	1,183	339
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	774	132.51/cwt	129.00–135.50	1,026	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	832	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,129	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	141.10/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,082	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	861	125.78/cwt	124.25–127.75	1,083	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	156.23/cwt	153.50–159.50	967	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	143.35/cwt	138.00–148.25	1,035	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	129.49/cwt	128.25–130.50	1,250	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	714	146.79/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,048	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	126.82/cwt	123.50–128.00	1,101	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	632	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	992	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	672	137.03/cwt	134.00–138.00	921	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	625	140.80/cwt	139.50–142.50	880	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	738	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	974	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	495	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	832	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	605	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	859	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	548	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	795	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	582	138.41/cwt	136.00–139.25	806	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	695	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	883	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	576	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	760	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	741	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	956	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	744	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	900	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	419	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	658	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	526	136.82/cwt	135.00–138.50	720	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	795	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	636	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	875	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	531	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	727	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	827	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,013	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,022	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	858	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,055	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	136.43/cwt	135.00–140.00	872	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	758	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	887	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	478	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	712	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	156.70/cwt	155.00–158.00	740	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	578	151.23/cwt	149.00–153.00	874	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	666	137.12/cwt	135.00–138.00	913	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	633	128.85/cwt	127.00–132.25	816	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	573	147.84/cwt	147.00–149.00	847	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	145.66/cwt	145.00–148.00	768	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	620	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	750	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	897	129.78/cwt	129.75–130.00	1,164	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	787	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	964	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,058	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,254	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	131.96/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,223	371
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	137.66/cwt	134.00–143.25	1,137	631
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,230	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	147.65/cwt	144.00–154.25	991	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	562	152.56/cwt	152.00–153.00	857	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	130.28/cwt	126.00–131.60	929	294

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 Feb 3, 2021

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

Receipts 5,387Last week 1,785Year ago 4,215

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	781	125.50–130.00	127.79
5	—	381	166.00	166.00
223	—	679	129.75–136.10	132.80
105	—	569	142.00–150.00	144.44
279	—	614	135.00–144.50	141.62
186	—	806	126.00–129.00	128.07
14	—	933	124.75	124.75
102	—	868	123.50–128.00	126.82
30	—	472	155.00–158.00	156.70
149	—	527	145.00–148.00	145.66
11	—	1,000	123.00	123.00
294	—	713	126.00–131.60	130.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	718	128.00–132.75	131.54
48	—	774	129.00–135.50	132.51
41	—	861	124.25–127.75	125.78
29	—	672	134.00–138.00	137.03
18	—	625	139.50–142.50	140.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	582	136.00–139.25	138.41
8	—	695	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	744	121.00	121.00
12	—	526	135.00–138.50	136.82
30	—	633	127.00–132.25	128.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	419	157.00	157.00
9	—	531	137.00	137.00
7	—	478	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	631	126.00	126.00
5	—	403	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	758	117.00	117.00
10	—	620	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	462	174.00–185.00	178.49
38	—	541	159.00–169.00	164.82
143	—	570	159.00–164.25	161.74
339	—	874	132.00–139.75	135.36
277	—	767	135.00–144.00	141.10
76	—	619	153.50–159.50	156.23
313	—	722	138.00–148.25	143.35
164	—	965	128.25–130.50	129.49
371	—	927	130.00–136.00	131.96
631	—	826	134.00–143.25	137.66
332	—	671	144.00–154.25	147.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	832	135.75	135.75
90	—	714	140.00–148.00	146.79
26	—	632	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	738	132.00	132.00
14	—	495	168.00	168.00
10	—	605	142.00	142.00
9	—	548	145.00	145.00
40	—	666	135.00–138.00	137.12
21	—	573	147.00–149.00	147.84
147	—	897	129.75–130.00	129.78
63	—	1,058	118.50	118.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	576	132.00	132.00
14	—	741	129.00	129.00
7	—	636	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	827	122.50	122.50
11	—	858	123.00	123.00
9	—	787	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	763	134.00	134.00
26	—	639	135.00–140.00	136.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	578	149.00–153.00	151.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	562	152.00–153.00	152.56

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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