Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2019-08-28

Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-28

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 28

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Aug 14Aug 28Sep 11 →

Receipts

2,233 head

▼ 877 vs last sale 3,110▲ 2,233 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers over 800 lbs sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Near 170 head of slaughter cows and bulls are included in the receipts.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.67/cwt on 1,218 head.

Average price

$141.67

1,218 head · 863 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,223

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$215

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

$2.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.04

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	711	144.01	1,024	88
Medium and Large 1	875	141.49	1,238	1,130

One grade step is worth $2.51/cwt here — about −$215 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 sale1,218 hd

141.67

—

NE average9 barns · 9,265 hd

142.71

−1.04

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	329	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	694	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	702	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	832	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	828	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	907	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	144.05/cwt	143.00–145.00	920	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	153.89/cwt	152.50–156.00	1,028	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	153.37/cwt	152.75–154.00	1,097	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	143.80/cwt	143.00–146.25	1,043	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	753	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,099	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	149.28/cwt	147.75–150.00	1,170	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	812	146.55/cwt	142.50–147.75	1,190	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	824	139.88/cwt	139.50–140.25	1,153	187
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	928	132.11/cwt	131.50–132.75	1,226	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	948	138.01/cwt	138.00–138.25	1,308	304
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	973	135.66/cwt	134.35–136.00	1,320	303
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	657	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	755	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	792	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	144.64/cwt	143.75–147.00	824	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	810	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	647	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	906	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	143.90/cwt	141.50–144.50	977	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	138.55/cwt	133.50–140.00	1,021	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	134.97/cwt	133.85–139.10	1,033	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	793	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,031	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	803	127.60/cwt	127.60–127.60	1,025	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	135.40/cwt	135.00–136.75	1,125	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	846	136.30/cwt	136.30–136.30	1,153	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	851	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,170	128
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	852	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,154	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	896	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,145	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,232	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	955	133.93/cwt	130.25–134.85	1,279	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,001	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,274	9

This sale against other markets

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 Aug 28, 2019

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

Receipts 2,233Last week 3,110Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	538	147.25	147.25
40	—	679	141.50–144.50	143.90
5	—	852	135.50	135.50
30	—	955	130.25–134.85	133.93
5	—	487	155.00	155.00
20	—	570	143.75–147.00	144.64
13	—	647	140.00	140.00
93	—	765	133.85–139.10	134.97
10	—	923	133.50	133.50
71	—	737	133.50–140.00	138.55
9	—	1,001	127.25	127.25
43	—	831	135.00–136.75	135.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	441	149.00	149.00
10	—	585	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	851	137.50	137.50
31	—	846	136.30	136.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	793	130.00	130.00
61	—	803	127.60	127.60
11	—	896	127.75	127.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	668	152.50–156.00	153.89
38	—	715	152.75–154.00	153.37
9	—	560	162.00	162.00
304	—	948	138.00–138.25	138.01
303	—	973	134.35–136.00	135.66
102	—	784	147.75–150.00	149.28
96	—	812	142.50–147.75	146.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	520	160.00	160.00
29	—	725	143.00–146.25	143.80
23	—	928	131.50–132.75	132.11
17	—	639	143.00–145.00	144.05
8	—	428	164.00	164.00
6	—	550	150.50	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	329	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	824	139.50–140.25	139.88
40	—	753	146.00	146.00

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.