Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-12-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 500-650 lbs sold 3.00 higher and steers 650-850 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, heifers 500-750 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to 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 $167.14/cwt on 2,141 head.

Average price

$167.14

2,141 head · 722 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,206

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$7.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.43

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	722	167.30	1,209	2,098
Medium and Large 1-2	677	159.72	1,082	43

One grade step is worth $7.58/cwt here — about $127 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 sale2,141 hd

167.14

—

NE average6 barns · 12,603 hd

175.58

−8.43

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

53 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 1-2	—	650	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,011	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	200.72/cwt	196.50–204.00	943	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	795	153.82/cwt	153.50–154.00	1,223	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	209.23/cwt	207.00–216.00	885	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	518	184.17/cwt	183.00–185.00	954	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,156	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	189.57/cwt	189.00–192.00	1,010	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,212	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	155.49/cwt	154.25–158.50	1,334	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	165.71/cwt	160.00–166.75	1,281	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	166.50/cwt	163.00–172.50	1,129	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	778	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	166.82/cwt	162.50–170.25	1,204	388
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	160.22/cwt	157.75–167.00	1,330	479
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	182.86/cwt	179.00–186.50	1,055	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	163.15/cwt	158.00–165.00	1,031	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	678	154.51/cwt	150.00–156.50	1,048	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	785	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,162	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,450	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	609	185.40/cwt	185.00–186.00	1,129	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,079	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,586	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	719	148.65/cwt	148.00–150.50	1,069	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	770	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,126	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	632	155.09/cwt	154.00–156.00	980	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	651	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	977	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	502	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	788	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	813	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,082	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	658	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	162.37/cwt	158.00–166.00	1,008	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	176.18/cwt	165.00–177.75	930	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	147.41/cwt	145.00–148.25	1,271	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	150.55/cwt	148.00–151.75	1,238	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,434	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	160.19/cwt	156.50–162.50	1,062	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	164.05/cwt	163.00–165.50	768	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,463	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	855	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	966	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	165.42/cwt	164.00–171.00	706	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	704	147.62/cwt	146.50–149.50	1,039	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	579	170.39/cwt	169.00–172.00	987	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	390	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	753	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	162.16/cwt	159.00–164.50	921	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	170.60/cwt	168.00–172.00	964	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,165	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	672	159.52/cwt	157.00–162.00	1,072	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	153.71/cwt	151.00–155.25	1,097	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	809	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,230	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	904	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,410	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	175.24/cwt	171.00–176.75	1,097	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	953	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	736	159.46/cwt	154.50–160.50	1,174	252

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 3,596Last week 4,405Year ago 2,530

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	650	155.50	155.50
5	—	727	159.00	159.00
9	—	782	155.00	155.00
22	—	632	158.00–165.00	163.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	470	196.50–204.00	200.72
37	—	423	207.00–216.00	209.23
100	—	533	189.00–192.00	189.57
49	—	858	154.25–158.50	155.49
221	—	773	160.00–166.75	165.71
101	—	678	163.00–172.50	166.50
9	—	362	215.00	215.00
388	—	722	162.50–170.25	166.82
479	—	830	157.75–167.00	160.22
86	—	577	179.00–186.50	182.86
20	—	918	158.00	158.00
78	—	626	171.00–176.75	175.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	795	153.50–154.00	153.82
12	—	518	183.00–185.00	184.17
15	—	565	168.00–172.00	170.60
52	—	672	157.00–162.00	159.52
252	—	736	154.50–160.50	159.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	678	150.00–156.50	154.51
17	—	785	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	609	185.00–186.00	185.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,079	147.00	147.00
86	—	621	158.00–166.00	162.37
125	—	528	165.00–177.75	176.18
27	—	862	145.00–148.25	147.41
23	—	822	148.00–151.75	150.55
12	—	942	152.25	152.25
166	—	663	156.50–162.50	160.19
6	—	995	147.00	147.00
23	—	490	174.50	174.50
48	—	568	159.00–164.50	162.16
9	—	787	148.00	148.00
238	—	714	151.00–155.25	153.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	719	148.00–150.50	148.65
26	—	770	146.25	146.25
13	—	632	154.00–156.00	155.09
8	—	651	150.00	150.00
7	—	502	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	557	146.00	146.00
13	—	725	149.25	149.25
5	—	376	175.00	175.00
19	—	468	163.00–165.50	164.05
25	—	427	164.00–171.00	165.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	616	156.75	156.75
48	—	704	146.50–149.50	147.62
6	—	671	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	579	169.00–172.00	170.39
7	—	390	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	809	152.00	152.00
39	—	904	156.00	156.00

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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