Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good for grass type cattle and feeder cattle. Bulk of the sale sold in packages with some load lots in the mix.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.43/cwt on 1,831 head.

Average price

$133.43

1,831 head · 747 lb average

Value per head Derived

$997

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$200

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

$11.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.82

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	561	143.97	808	115
Medium and Large 1	760	132.72	1,008	1,716

One grade step is worth $11.25/cwt here — about −$200 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 sale1,831 hd

133.43

—

NE average8 barns · 10,238 hd

141.24

−7.82

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

48 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 1-2	—	665	148.91/cwt	142.00–152.00	990	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	621	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	512	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	860	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	395	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	774	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	158.28/cwt	153.00–163.00	885	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,022	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	153.87/cwt	153.00–155.00	812	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	435	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	827	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	148.29/cwt	146.00–151.00	673	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	149.43/cwt	145.50–151.50	940	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	137.75/cwt	137.00–138.50	1,007	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	144.24/cwt	142.00–147.00	825	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	147.64/cwt	145.00–149.25	784	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	858	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	137.98/cwt	132.25–140.75	930	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	140.89/cwt	136.50–144.50	885	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	126.72/cwt	122.00–133.00	1,042	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	1,122	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	790	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	153.51/cwt	150.00–155.00	875	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	146.46/cwt	140.25–149.25	1,055	313
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	127.25/cwt	125.00–127.60	1,110	489
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	128.58/cwt	125.75–129.10	1,011	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	130.61/cwt	127.00–136.75	948	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	161.31/cwt	159.50–162.10	1,061	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	158.98/cwt	153.00–162.50	992	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	165.13/cwt	163.00–168.00	943	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	126.36/cwt	125.25–126.75	1,209	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	170.14/cwt	167.75–173.00	929	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	131.93/cwt	126.50–134.00	1,146	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	169.53/cwt	167.50–171.00	792	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	565	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	983	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	769	128.76/cwt	128.50–129.00	990	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	692	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	967	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	135.09/cwt	133.25–136.75	1,120	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	139.52/cwt	136.50–141.00	1,074	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	756	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	649	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	902	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	889	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	503	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	830	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	400	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	648	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	530	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	954	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,160	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	789	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,065	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	930	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,139	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	836	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,058	8
Steers	Large 1	—	1,053	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	1,261	23

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 Mar 10, 2021

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

Receipts 3,768Last week 4,240Year ago 2,083

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	665	142.00–152.00	148.91
17	—	559	153.00–163.00	158.28
11	—	811	126.00	126.00
39	—	629	145.50–151.50	149.43
34	—	731	137.00–138.50	137.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	512	168.00	168.00
7	—	395	196.00	196.00
22	—	435	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
313	—	720	140.25–149.25	146.46
133	—	658	159.50–162.10	161.31
118	—	624	153.00–162.50	158.98
64	—	571	163.00–168.00	165.13
54	—	957	125.25–126.75	126.36
24	—	546	167.75–173.00	170.14
82	—	869	126.50–134.00	131.93
15	—	467	167.50–171.00	169.53
6	—	413	185.00	185.00
300	—	829	133.25–136.75	135.09
143	—	770	136.50–141.00	139.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	565	174.00	174.00
52	—	530	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	649	139.00	139.00
14	—	526	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	789	135.00	135.00
9	—	930	122.50	122.50
8	—	836	126.50	126.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,053	119.75	119.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	386	161.00	161.00
25	—	528	153.00–155.00	153.87
206	—	674	132.25–140.75	137.98
163	—	628	136.50–144.50	140.89
98	—	822	122.00–133.00	126.72
80	—	907	123.75	123.75
33	—	495	159.50	159.50
27	—	570	150.00–155.00	153.51
489	—	872	125.00–127.60	127.25
254	—	786	125.75–129.10	128.58
225	—	726	127.00–136.75	130.61
6	—	955	121.50	121.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	454	146.00–151.00	148.29
66	—	572	142.00–147.00	144.24
23	—	531	145.00–149.25	147.64
15	—	640	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	769	128.50–129.00	128.76
33	—	692	139.75	139.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	491	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	503	165.00	165.00
11	—	400	162.00	162.00

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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