Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers under 650 lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher, over 650 lbs steady. Heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher excepts 650 lbs heifers sold 1.00 higher. Demand was good from start to finish with a large crowd of buyers. Some loads going out of state to feed or graze on winter wheat. Offering comprised of yearling feeders, weaned and bawling calves with most of the cattle having precondition shots. Next week December 8th is a special yearling, wean and bawling calf sale starting at 10:00 sharp.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.93/cwt on 1,777 head.

Average price

$171.93

1,777 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,186

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$464

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$15.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.33

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	691	173.24	1,197	1,542
Medium and Large 1-2	611	164.49	1,005	197
Large 1	1,056	157.36	1,661	38

One grade step is worth $15.88/cwt here — about −$464 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 sale1,777 hd

171.93

—

NE average4 barns · 11,903 hd

179.25

−7.33

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

44 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 1Fleshy	—	551	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	871	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,282	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,763	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	166.75/cwt	163.00–168.00	787	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,068	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	153.26/cwt	152.50–153.75	901	18
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,040	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	172.40/cwt	168.00–175.00	1,009	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	205.32/cwt	205.00–206.00	891	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	183.81/cwt	180.00–192.00	971	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	173.20/cwt	164.50–178.75	1,160	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	563	180.22/cwt	180.00–180.25	1,015	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	725	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,117	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	169.34/cwt	164.50–171.00	1,306	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	1,634	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	179.06/cwt	171.00–184.00	859	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,263	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	163.01/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,496	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,382	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	173.10/cwt	165.00–179.50	1,252	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	164.96/cwt	161.50–168.00	1,359	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	756	157.63/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,192	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	485	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	781	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	174.16/cwt	163.00–179.00	1,075	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	196.68/cwt	191.00–203.50	936	56
Steers	Large 1	—	1,075	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,688	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	159.59/cwt	158.00–163.50	1,007	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	168.28/cwt	161.00–173.00	714	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	730	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	165.91/cwt	165.50–166.50	1,093	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	166.45/cwt	165.00–168.25	970	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	831	174.85/cwt	174.85–174.85	1,453	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	683	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,059	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	160.48/cwt	158.75–162.75	993	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	156.59/cwt	154.00–158.25	1,146	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	928	5
Steers	Large 1	—	993	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,574	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	160.62/cwt	155.00–165.25	1,054	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	160.02/cwt	155.75–162.75	1,250	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	166.42/cwt	163.50–170.50	880	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	159.65/cwt	155.50–161.50	1,304	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	971	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,476	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	161.91/cwt	157.00–167.75	908	117
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,133	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,552	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	153.78/cwt	153.00–156.00	826	49

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 Dec 1, 2021

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

Receipts 3,153Last week 3,272Year ago 3,772

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	551	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,282	137.50	137.50
5	—	1,040	145.00	145.00
5	—	1,133	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	472	163.00–168.00	166.75
30	—	424	161.00–173.00	168.28
9	—	378	193.00	193.00
197	—	619	158.75–162.75	160.48
71	—	732	154.00–158.25	156.59
139	—	656	155.00–165.25	160.62
166	—	781	155.75–162.75	160.02
106	—	529	163.50–170.50	166.42
63	—	817	155.50–161.50	159.65
9	—	971	152.00	152.00
117	—	561	157.00–167.75	161.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	676	158.00	158.00
18	—	588	152.50–153.75	153.26
49	—	537	153.00–156.00	153.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	585	168.00–175.00	172.40
9	—	434	205.00–206.00	205.32
99	—	528	180.00–192.00	183.81
264	—	670	164.50–178.75	173.20
58	—	771	164.50–171.00	169.34
60	—	986	165.75	165.75
12	—	918	161.00–164.00	163.01
14	—	852	162.25	162.25
138	—	723	165.00–179.50	173.10
200	—	824	161.50–168.00	164.96
272	—	617	163.00–179.00	174.16
56	—	476	191.00–203.50	196.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	563	180.00–180.25	180.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	725	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	480	171.00–184.00	179.06
21	—	815	155.00	155.00
63	—	631	158.00–163.50	159.59
22	—	659	165.50–166.50	165.91
48	—	583	165.00–168.25	166.45
5	—	535	173.50	173.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	756	149.00–159.00	157.63
12	—	683	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	485	161.00	161.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,075	157.00	157.00
9	—	993	158.50	158.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	831	174.85	174.85

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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