Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.90/cwt on 2,244 head.

Average price

$155.90

2,244 head · 898 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,400

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$2.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.25

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	903	155.98	1,409	2,178
Medium and Large 1-2	740	153.28	1,135	66

One grade step is worth $2.70/cwt here — about $274 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

155.90

—

NE average7 barns · 11,872 hd

161.15

−5.25

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

27 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	—	620	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,004	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	894	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	141.00/cwt	140.75–141.25	1,347	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	147.86/cwt	142.50–150.25	1,363	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	154.91/cwt	152.25–155.25	1,218	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	154.24/cwt	150.25–155.50	1,336	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	934	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	148.78/cwt	148.00–149.75	1,214	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	152.35/cwt	152.35–152.35	1,143	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	820	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,184	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	153.99/cwt	153.75–154.25	1,255	710
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	999	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	160.25/cwt	159.00–163.75	1,098	276
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	259	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,489	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,085	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	153.24/cwt	152.00–154.50	947	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	157.54/cwt	149.50–159.50	1,134	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	851	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	155.13/cwt	151.50–159.50	1,449	1,140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	172.25/cwt	166.75–174.50	1,166	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	157.83/cwt	153.00–160.50	1,313	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	153.39/cwt	151.00–155.25	1,474	461
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	161.75/cwt	161.75–161.75	1,203	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,234	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	149.28/cwt	147.00–151.25	1,317	118

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 Aug 11, 2021

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

Receipts 4,225Last week 3,830Year ago 2,440

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	620	162.00	162.00
12	—	526	170.00	170.00
26	—	955	140.75–141.25	141.00
52	—	922	142.50–150.25	147.86
145	—	786	152.25–155.25	154.91
180	—	866	150.25–155.50	154.24
710	—	815	153.75–154.25	153.99
276	—	685	159.00–163.75	160.25
184	—	720	149.50–159.50	157.54
9	—	235	525.00	525.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	503	163.00	163.00
16	—	832	142.25	142.25
19	—	746	145.50	145.50
16	—	618	152.00–154.50	153.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	568	164.50	164.50
6	—	645	159.50	159.50
22	—	816	148.00–149.75	148.78
30	—	750	152.35	152.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	540	185.00	185.00
9	—	259	575.00	575.00
5	—	448	190.00	190.00
1,140	—	934	151.50–159.50	155.13
69	—	677	166.75–174.50	172.25
274	—	832	153.00–160.50	157.83
461	—	961	151.00–155.25	153.39
89	—	744	161.75	161.75
118	—	882	147.00–151.25	149.28

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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