Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 800 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 lower, heifers 700-800 lbs sold 2.00 higher and heifers over 800 lbs sold 5.00-6.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.61/cwt on 1,859 head.

Average price

$157.61

1,859 head · 864 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$3.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.95

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	874	157.84	1,379	1,744
Medium and Large 1-2	714	154.00	1,100	115

One grade step is worth $3.84/cwt here — about $279 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 sale1,859 hd

157.61

—

NE average7 barns · 7,397 hd

160.56

−2.95

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

36 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 1Fleshy	—	838	156.44/cwt	155.50–157.00	1,311	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	975	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,443	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	156.72/cwt	151.00–157.75	1,465	369
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	154.17/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,129	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	164.12/cwt	159.25–168.50	1,351	232
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	993	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	866	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	155.74/cwt	155.00–156.50	889	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	155.53/cwt	152.50–157.50	1,176	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	156.84/cwt	156.00–157.50	1,062	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	147.21/cwt	145.00–150.00	927	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,463	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	147.36/cwt	140.00–147.85	1,474	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	163.62/cwt	159.50–168.75	1,265	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	155.47/cwt	153.50–158.75	1,356	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	170.15/cwt	170.00–170.25	1,150	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	893	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,311	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	161.83/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,020	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	150.73/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,191	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	154.19/cwt	153.50–155.00	1,022	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	168.54/cwt	161.00–172.00	1,237	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	596	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	906	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	865	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,226	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	766	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,187	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	147.31/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,277	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	601	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	928	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,346	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	820	151.65/cwt	150.50–153.25	1,244	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	736	148.50/cwt	147.85–154.50	1,093	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,164	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	782	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	154.32/cwt	152.00–157.00	929	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	147.80/cwt	143.75–150.75	1,230	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	148.08/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,353	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	140.36/cwt	137.00–145.75	1,370	38

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 Sep 8, 2021

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

Receipts 3,053Last week 2,844Year ago 3,505

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 800 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 lower, heifers 700-800 lbs sold 2.00 higher and heifers over 800 lbs sold 5.00-6.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	838	155.50–157.00	156.44
126	—	975	148.00	148.00
5	—	766	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
369	—	935	151.00–157.75	156.72
232	—	823	159.25–168.50	164.12
106	—	950	154.00	154.00
128	—	1,000	140.00–147.85	147.36
289	—	773	159.50–168.75	163.62
338	—	872	153.50–158.75	155.47
22	—	676	170.00–170.25	170.15
83	—	734	161.00–172.00	168.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	551	162.00	162.00
20	—	898	146.00	146.00
21	—	630	157.00–165.00	161.83
21	—	790	145.00–155.00	150.73
46	—	663	153.50–155.00	154.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	732	151.00–156.00	154.17
8	—	541	160.00	160.00
22	—	571	155.00–156.50	155.74
28	—	756	152.50–157.50	155.53
38	—	677	156.00–157.50	156.84
59	—	867	147.00–150.00	147.31
29	—	602	152.00–157.00	154.32
90	—	832	143.75–150.75	147.80
218	—	914	141.00–150.00	148.08
38	—	976	137.00–145.75	140.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	630	145.00–150.00	147.21
16	—	848	137.25	137.25
7	—	508	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	596	152.00	152.00
30	—	865	141.75	141.75
6	—	601	155.00	155.00
43	—	928	145.00	145.00
70	—	820	150.50–153.25	151.65
138	—	736	147.85–154.50	148.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	692	143.50	143.50

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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