Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-12-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 600 lbs sold 4.00-9.00 higher and heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.23/cwt on 1,708 head.

Average price

$173.23

1,708 head · 765 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,326

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$540

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

$6.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.12

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	444	179.79	798	43
Medium and Large 1	773	173.07	1,339	1,665

One grade step is worth $6.73/cwt here — about −$540 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 sale1,708 hd

173.23

—

NE average2 barns · 2,533 hd

172.12

+1.12

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

46 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	—	914	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,373	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	751	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	156.23/cwt	151.75–158.35	1,206	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	724	177.97/cwt	177.00–179.00	1,289	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	623	189.39/cwt	185.50–191.75	1,180	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	879	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,406	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	608	156.50/cwt	156.00–159.50	952	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	866	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	177.78/cwt	172.50–180.50	1,214	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	897	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	505	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	929	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	170.77/cwt	167.00–174.85	1,416	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	456	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	633	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,051	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	425	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	735	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	795	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	171.10/cwt	165.00–174.00	1,232	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	681	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,141	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	808	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,258	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	179.71/cwt	176.00–180.50	1,132	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	399	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	778	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	175.28/cwt	169.00–177.50	1,355	438
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	169.69/cwt	168.00–170.25	1,483	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	1,435	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	442	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	712	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	163.42/cwt	160.25–164.00	1,538	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	152.51/cwt	149.00–153.35	1,258	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	775	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,281	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	159.61/cwt	157.25–165.00	1,084	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	168.81/cwt	165.50–171.00	851	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	535	184.05/cwt	183.00–185.50	985	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	771	164.38/cwt	155.00–167.50	1,267	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	343	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	720	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	701	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,122	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	774	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	479	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	794	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	602	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	957	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	464	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	777	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	165.38/cwt	163.00–167.00	953	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	155.41/cwt	150.25–157.75	1,139	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,029	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,554	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	164.63/cwt	163.00–167.50	1,037	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	705	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,139	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	828	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,304	59

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 29, 2021

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

Receipts 3,042Last week 3,596Year ago 2,403

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	914	150.25	150.25
8	—	429	175.00	175.00
71	—	772	151.75–158.35	156.23
6	—	466	174.50	174.50
12	—	958	149.75	149.75
53	—	825	149.00–153.35	152.51
161	—	679	157.25–165.00	159.61
19	—	504	165.50–171.00	168.81
74	—	576	163.00–167.00	165.38
234	—	733	150.25–157.75	155.41
12	—	1,029	151.00	151.00
148	—	630	163.00–167.50	164.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	879	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	608	156.00–159.50	156.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	442	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	775	165.25	165.25
56	—	705	161.50	161.50
59	—	828	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	343	210.00	210.00
39	—	701	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	466	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	479	165.75	165.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	602	159.00	159.00
15	—	464	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	724	177.00–179.00	177.97
55	—	623	185.50–191.75	189.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	473	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	683	172.50–180.50	177.78
250	—	829	167.00–174.85	170.77
5	—	388	205.00	205.00
78	—	720	165.00–174.00	171.10
83	—	630	176.00–180.50	179.71
438	—	773	169.00–177.50	175.28
204	—	874	168.00–170.25	169.69
132	—	941	160.25–164.00	163.42
5	—	340	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	477	188.00	188.00
11	—	505	184.00	184.00
13	—	633	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	456	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	425	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	681	167.50	167.50
15	—	808	155.75	155.75
19	—	535	183.00–185.50	184.05
126	—	771	155.00–167.50	164.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	399	195.00	195.00

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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