Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Several buyers at the auction on a bitter cold day. Arctic temperatures in the heartland this week caused a few cattle to stay at home and has also taken some condition off the cattle. Most off the offering sold in medium flesh with some fleshy cattle in the mix. Buyers didn't bulk at some of the flesh as the cattle quality was very good. Most lots sold with weighing conditions in the buyers favor. Next Wednesday, Feb 17, will be a special calf and feeder auction with 3500 head on the books.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.98/cwt on 2,244 head.

Average price

$140.98

2,244 head · 766 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$157

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

$5.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.53

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	632	146.60	926	61
Medium and Large 1	769	140.82	1,083	2,183

One grade step is worth $5.78/cwt here — about −$157 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 sale2,244 hd

140.98

—

NE average8 barns · 11,021 hd

151.51

−10.53

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

31 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	—	713	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	898	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	947	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,222	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	807	131.35/cwt	131.35–131.35	1,060	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	684	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	910	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	775	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,027	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	744	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	133.36/cwt	131.85–134.75	1,167	458
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,199	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	141.50/cwt	139.00–143.00	884	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,237	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	132.19/cwt	129.25–134.00	954	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	138.54/cwt	135.25–141.75	1,078	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	160.84/cwt	158.00–164.00	934	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	123.24/cwt	122.00–126.50	1,097	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	136.79/cwt	135.50–138.00	1,127	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	145.82/cwt	144.25–148.00	853	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	142.85/cwt	141.00–146.25	1,049	321
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	130.60/cwt	128.50–131.50	996	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	738	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	1,017	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	141.02/cwt	140.50–141.50	945	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	153.05/cwt	152.00–156.00	955	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	874	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	135.69/cwt	134.75–138.00	927	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	163.94/cwt	160.00–167.00	789	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	146.93/cwt	144.00–149.60	996	415
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	770	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	165.10/cwt	162.00–166.00	877	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	913	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	149.94/cwt	147.00–153.50	774	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	711	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	126.61/cwt	125.50–129.00	1,029	132

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 10, 2021

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

Receipts 3,517Last week 5,387Year ago 4,216

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	713	126.00	126.00
27	—	947	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	156.00	156.00
117	—	625	139.00–143.00	141.50
138	—	722	129.25–134.00	132.19
46	—	890	122.00–126.50	123.24
110	—	585	144.25–148.00	145.82
51	—	763	128.50–131.50	130.60
203	—	683	134.75–138.00	135.69
26	—	516	147.00–153.50	149.94
132	—	813	125.50–129.00	126.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	738	137.75	137.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	637	137.25	137.25
5	—	554	139.00	139.00
10	—	490	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	807	131.35	131.35
7	—	684	133.00	133.00
24	—	775	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
458	—	875	131.85–134.75	133.36
35	—	961	124.75	124.75
108	—	937	132.00	132.00
290	—	778	135.25–141.75	138.54
86	—	581	158.00–164.00	160.84
258	—	824	135.50–138.00	136.79
321	—	734	141.00–146.25	142.85
119	—	624	152.00–156.00	153.05
415	—	678	144.00–149.60	146.93
33	—	531	162.00–166.00	165.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	670	140.50–141.50	141.02
7	—	481	160.00–167.00	163.94
12	—	585	156.00	156.00

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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