Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good today on nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.72/cwt on 2,391 head.

Average price

$155.72

2,391 head · 908 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,415

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$6.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.50

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	910	155.88	1,419	2,331
Medium and Large 1-2	847	149.68	1,268	60

One grade step is worth $6.20/cwt here — about $151 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 sale2,391 hd

155.72

—

NE average4 barns · 5,554 hd

157.22

−1.50

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

24 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	—	596	164.63/cwt	161.00–170.00	981	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,060	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	143.77/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,337	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,214	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	157.33/cwt	157.00–158.00	974	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	838	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,173	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	996	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,330	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	745	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,257	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	598	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	981	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,006	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,534	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,029	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	140.33/cwt	140.25–140.50	1,239	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,022	142.59/cwt	142.00–144.25	1,457	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	159.98/cwt	153.50–161.25	1,384	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	159.24/cwt	155.00–164.50	1,312	322
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	156.47/cwt	149.75–159.00	1,446	573
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	167.02/cwt	163.75–168.50	1,216	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	149.98/cwt	149.00–150.50	1,179	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	155.15/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,112	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	149.63/cwt	148.00–152.00	1,249	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	153.84/cwt	152.00–154.85	1,481	707
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,239	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,400	14

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 Jul 28, 2021

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

Receipts 3,830Last week 2,550Year ago 3,110

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good today on nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	596	161.00–170.00	164.63
188	—	1,022	142.00–144.25	142.59
216	—	865	153.50–161.25	159.98
322	—	824	155.00–164.50	159.24
573	—	924	149.75–159.00	156.47
113	—	728	163.75–168.50	167.02
707	—	963	152.00–154.85	153.84
45	—	750	165.25	165.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	677	156.50	156.50
19	—	930	140.00–148.00	143.77
12	—	752	161.50	161.50
14	—	998	140.25	140.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,006	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	619	157.00–158.00	157.33
7	—	996	133.50	133.50
10	—	460	162.00	162.00
16	—	924	136.00	136.00
20	—	598	164.00	164.00
37	—	663	155.25	155.25
98	—	883	140.25–140.50	140.33
211	—	786	149.00–150.50	149.98
223	—	717	149.00–158.00	155.15
274	—	835	148.00–152.00	149.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	838	140.00	140.00

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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