Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. 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 $176.25/cwt on 666 head.

Average price

$176.25

666 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$23.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.08

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	587	177.97	1,044	617
Medium and Large 1-2	608	154.68	940	49

One grade step is worth $23.28/cwt here — about $104 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 sale666 hd

176.25

—

NE average12 barns · 17,867 hd

173.17

+3.08

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,202	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,125	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	170.65/cwt	169.50–171.00	727	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	170.03/cwt	167.50–170.85	1,085	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	773	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	153.13/cwt	150.00–156.00	861	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	585	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	863	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	425	161.51/cwt	160.00–163.00	686	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	158.26/cwt	158.00–159.00	1,170	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	192.39/cwt	190.00–195.50	904	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,295	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	143.32/cwt	140.00–145.00	889	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	566	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,036	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	155.37/cwt	153.00–161.00	976	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	180.55/cwt	176.50–186.50	937	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	196.32/cwt	193.00–201.00	850	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	177.33/cwt	175.00–178.75	1,018	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	154.51/cwt	151.00–158.50	862	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	158.25/cwt	155.50–160.00	812	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	813	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	164.24/cwt	162.00–166.00	775	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,253	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,357	62

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 Oct 13, 2021

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

Receipts 1,318Last week 2,272Year ago 2,650

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	364	175.00	175.00
7	—	796	151.00	151.00
18	—	738	152.50	152.50
26	—	426	169.50–171.00	170.65
92	—	558	151.00–158.50	154.51
110	—	513	155.50–160.00	158.25
38	—	472	162.00–166.00	164.24
47	—	819	153.00	153.00
62	—	887	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	585	147.50	147.50
30	—	425	160.00–163.00	161.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	620	140.00–145.00	143.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	581	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	638	167.50–170.85	170.03
8	—	370	209.00	209.00
23	—	739	158.00–159.00	158.26
54	—	470	190.00–195.50	192.39
55	—	838	154.50	154.50
58	—	519	176.50–186.50	180.55
59	—	433	193.00–201.00	196.32
72	—	574	175.00–178.75	177.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	562	150.00–156.00	153.13
34	—	628	153.00–161.00	155.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	566	183.00	183.00

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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