Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 650-850 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers 600-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 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 $170.65/cwt on 1,984 head.

Average price

$170.65

1,984 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,198

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$18.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.15

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	718	170.97	1,227	1,717
Medium and Large 1-2	573	170.96	979	233
Large 1	783	152.50	1,194	34

One grade step is worth $18.47/cwt here — about $33 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 sale1,984 hd

170.65

—

NE average10 barns · 18,067 hd

185.80

−15.15

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

63 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 1Thin Fleshed	—	411	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	929	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	178.06/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,093	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	515	208.11/cwt	206.00–209.00	1,072	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	179.93/cwt	176.00–184.00	948	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	165.63/cwt	164.35–167.00	1,433	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	412	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	824	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	582	179.19/cwt	178.50–180.00	1,043	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	165.43/cwt	161.00–169.00	1,279	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	174.64/cwt	169.00–178.25	1,196	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	628	168.32/cwt	165.00–170.50	1,057	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	160.75/cwt	160.75–160.75	1,571	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	976	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	167.45/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,033	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	166.24/cwt	163.75–171.00	1,381	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	169.75/cwt	163.00–174.50	974	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	159.44/cwt	158.00–160.00	997	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	711	156.75/cwt	156.50–157.25	1,114	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	162.86/cwt	155.25–167.25	1,070	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	710	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,086	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	869	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	168.29/cwt	165.75–171.00	1,212	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	193.85/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,027	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	758	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,129	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	796	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	677	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,009	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	722	151.35/cwt	151.00–152.50	1,093	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	839	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,225	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	423	170.17/cwt	169.00–171.00	720	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	682	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,023	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	641	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	968	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	156.10/cwt	156.10–156.10	1,264	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	156.18/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,226	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,448	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	154.88/cwt	150.00–160.00	874	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	163.14/cwt	156.25–165.75	1,025	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	164.70/cwt	160.00–169.00	799	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	177.99/cwt	172.00–183.00	755	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	174.27/cwt	172.00–178.00	826	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	181.75/cwt	181.75–181.75	718	14
Heifers	Large 1	—	673	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,025	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	158.77/cwt	155.00–160.00	846	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	775	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,128	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	805	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,272	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	460	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	731	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	553	170.89/cwt	169.00–173.00	945	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	871	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	642	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	684	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	657	163.60/cwt	163.50–164.00	1,075	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	190.41/cwt	184.00–194.50	1,074	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	867	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	159.04/cwt	155.50–163.00	911	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	161.59/cwt	156.00–166.25	1,104	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	172.33/cwt	166.00–176.00	910	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	176.88/cwt	170.00–181.00	858	18
Steers	Large 1	—	783	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,194	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	407	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	652	155.30/cwt	142.00–158.00	1,013	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	158.39/cwt	155.25–162.00	1,126	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	155.11/cwt	149.50–160.25	974	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	161.25/cwt	161.25–161.25	1,167	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,486	36

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 8, 2021

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

Receipts 4,010Last week 3,153Year ago 2,658

Compared to last week steers 650-850 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers 600-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. 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 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	411	226.00	226.00
43	—	515	206.00–209.00	208.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	614	175.00–180.00	178.06
239	—	865	164.35–167.00	165.63
226	—	773	161.00–169.00	165.43
189	—	685	169.00–178.25	174.64
10	—	977	160.75	160.75
9	—	467	209.00	209.00
154	—	831	163.75–171.00	166.24
5	—	410	212.00	212.00
232	—	720	165.75–171.00	168.29
45	—	530	190.00–197.00	193.85
44	—	564	184.00–194.50	190.41
8	—	396	219.00	219.00
36	—	920	161.50	161.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	527	176.00–184.00	179.93
82	—	574	163.00–174.50	169.75
33	—	625	158.00–160.00	159.44
8	—	408	195.00	195.00
5	—	386	195.00	195.00
18	—	485	170.00–181.00	176.88
29	—	724	161.25	161.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	412	200.00	200.00
80	—	582	178.50–180.00	179.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	628	165.00–170.50	168.32
17	—	805	158.00	158.00
26	—	657	163.50–164.00	163.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	617	165.00–169.00	167.45
71	—	711	156.50–157.25	156.75
52	—	657	155.25–167.25	162.86
5	—	758	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	710	153.00	153.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	783	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	407	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	677	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	722	151.00–152.50	151.35
12	—	839	146.00	146.00
12	—	423	169.00–171.00	170.17
11	—	682	150.00	150.00
6	—	641	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	810	156.10	156.10
94	—	785	153.00–160.00	156.18
13	—	934	155.00	155.00
234	—	628	156.25–165.75	163.14
71	—	424	172.00–183.00	177.99
18	—	474	172.00–178.00	174.27
14	—	395	181.75	181.75
93	—	573	155.50–163.00	159.04
197	—	683	156.00–166.25	161.59
166	—	528	166.00–176.00	172.33
126	—	711	155.25–162.00	158.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	564	150.00–160.00	154.88
21	—	485	160.00–169.00	164.70
55	—	533	155.00–160.00	158.77
9	—	609	143.00	143.00
12	—	380	169.00	169.00
6	—	411	166.50	166.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	673	152.25	152.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	775	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	460	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	553	169.00–173.00	170.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	652	142.00–158.00	155.30
48	—	628	149.50–160.25	155.11

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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