Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2019-12-18

Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Dec 18

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Dec 11Dec 18Dec 31 →

Receipts

4,192 head

▼ 136 vs last sale 4,328▲ 4,192 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, weaned steers 500-800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and weaned heifers 500-650 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd

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 $159.25/cwt on 2,410 head.

Average price

$159.25

2,410 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$9.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.02

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	683	159.47	1,089	2,354
Medium and Large 1-2	604	150.15	907	56

One grade step is worth $9.32/cwt here — about $182 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 sale2,410 hd

159.25

—

NE average6 barns · 12,491 hd

165.27

−6.02

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

Every lot

61 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	312	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	677	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	338	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	703	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	368	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	699	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	816	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	453	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	858	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	474	180.20/cwt	176.00–186.50	854	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	178.02/cwt	175.75–183.25	849	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	493	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	848	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	173.44/cwt	167.00–177.50	900	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	523	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	811	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	172.71/cwt	168.25–176.00	905	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	535	164.61/cwt	162.50–165.00	881	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	883	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	899	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	165.45/cwt	159.00–172.50	961	193
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	165.19/cwt	158.00–170.50	1,034	309
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	149.95/cwt	148.00–151.00	940	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	651	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	921	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	652	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,058	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	146.54/cwt	146.00–146.75	974	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	669	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,106	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	669	147.53/cwt	145.00–149.75	987	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	156.73/cwt	152.00–159.75	1,069	243
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	709	148.36/cwt	147.50–149.00	1,052	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	154.90/cwt	150.75–159.00	1,114	240
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	763	140.72/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,074	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	154.15/cwt	150.00–157.10	1,204	382
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	825	144.07/cwt	141.25–145.00	1,189	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	149.58/cwt	148.50–152.75	1,246	168
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	141.19/cwt	139.25–145.00	1,238	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	969	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,456	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	996	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,384	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	295	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	531	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	500	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	358	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	598	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	369	156.46/cwt	151.00–158.00	577	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	408	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	696	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	661	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	147.60/cwt	147.00–148.50	676	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	156.57/cwt	152.00–160.00	722	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	152.90/cwt	150.00–157.50	726	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	488	162.71/cwt	162.00–163.00	794	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	504	140.57/cwt	137.00–143.75	708	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	764	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	735	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	530	158.09/cwt	156.50–158.50	838	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	147.82/cwt	143.00–154.00	791	135
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	861	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	139.33/cwt	133.00–141.50	789	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	149.64/cwt	143.00–154.00	865	209
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	138.14/cwt	136.25–141.50	800	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	604	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	929	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	138.55/cwt	134.75–142.25	859	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	147.72/cwt	144.50–149.00	931	174
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	142.47/cwt	138.50–146.50	956	146
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	136.62/cwt	135.50–138.50	921	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	134.55/cwt	133.00–137.25	955	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	143.32/cwt	140.25–144.85	1,032	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,058	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	139.33/cwt	137.25–141.50	1,152	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	986	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,338	8

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 Dec 18, 2019

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

Receipts 4,192Last week 4,328Year ago 0

Compared to last week, weaned steers 500-800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and weaned heifers 500-650 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 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 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	709	147.50–149.00	148.36
34	—	763	139.00–148.00	140.72
38	—	535	162.50–165.00	164.61
59	—	669	145.00–149.75	147.53
49	—	825	141.25–145.00	144.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	579	152.50	152.50
52	—	474	176.00–186.50	180.20
38	—	524	168.25–176.00	172.71
27	—	368	190.00	190.00
17	—	312	217.00	217.00
18	—	665	146.00–146.75	146.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	523	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	493	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	996	139.00	139.00
15	—	432	189.00	189.00
63	—	877	139.25–145.00	141.19
116	—	519	167.00–177.50	173.44
168	—	833	148.50–152.75	149.58
193	—	581	159.00–172.50	165.45
240	—	719	150.75–159.00	154.90
309	—	626	158.00–170.50	165.19
8	—	338	208.00	208.00
243	—	682	152.00–159.75	156.73
382	—	781	150.00–157.10	154.15
35	—	477	175.75–183.25	178.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	651	141.50	141.50
8	—	580	155.00	155.00
27	—	627	148.00–151.00	149.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	453	189.50	189.50
50	—	652	162.25	162.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	669	165.25	165.25
61	—	969	150.25	150.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	295	180.00	180.00
15	—	520	147.00	147.00
33	—	369	151.00–158.00	156.46
29	—	579	136.25–141.50	138.14
27	—	475	150.00–157.50	152.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	358	167.00	167.00
8	—	986	135.75	135.75
9	—	438	151.00	151.00
23	—	761	139.00	139.00
48	—	461	152.00–160.00	156.57
84	—	827	137.25–141.50	139.33
209	—	578	143.00–154.00	149.64
86	—	720	140.25–144.85	143.32
135	—	535	143.00–154.00	147.82
146	—	671	138.50–146.50	142.47
174	—	630	144.50–149.00	147.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	525	140.00	140.00
15	—	458	147.00–148.50	147.60
38	—	674	135.50–138.50	136.62
38	—	710	133.00–137.25	134.55
61	—	620	134.75–142.25	138.55
79	—	566	133.00–141.50	139.33
5	—	345	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	408	170.50	170.50
24	—	604	153.75	153.75
45	—	488	162.00–163.00	162.71
82	—	530	156.50–158.50	158.09
11	—	550	156.50	156.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	504	137.00–143.75	140.57

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.