Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2020-08-26

Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-26

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 26

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Aug 12Aug 26Sep 9 →

Receipts

2,969 head

▲ 529 vs last sale 2,440▲ 736 vs year ago 2,233 · +33.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Demand was good to very good for yearling cattle. Bulk of the receipts sold in load lots, with some packages of steers and heifers. Next special calf and feeder sale and video auction will be in two weeks on September 9th.

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 $143.70/cwt on 2,376 head.

Average price

$143.70

2,376 head · 883 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,269

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$146

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

$16.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.17

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	812	145.17	1,179	465
Medium and Large 1	897	143.78	1,289	1,855
Large 1	1,027	129.00	1,325	56

One grade step is worth $16.17/cwt here — about −$146 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 sale2,376 hd

143.70

—

NE average5 barns · 8,900 hd

147.88

−4.17

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

Every lot

27 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	941	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	156.61/cwt	153.50–159.25	932	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	604	162.09/cwt	158.00–167.75	979	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	157.19/cwt	156.00–159.50	1,081	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	160.27/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,144	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	152.27/cwt	151.50–153.75	1,115	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	742	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,091	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	152.17/cwt	151.50–152.50	1,184	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	792	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,129	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	149.67/cwt	145.00–152.60	1,235	175
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	834	145.67/cwt	135.00–146.75	1,215	263
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	140.40/cwt	138.50–143.00	1,223	210
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	879	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,165	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	924	143.20/cwt	140.00–144.60	1,323	1,220
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	942	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,229	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	971	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,306	117
Steers	—	Large 1	1,027	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,325	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	837	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	151.09/cwt	150.50–153.00	923	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	963	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	151.38/cwt	148.50–154.00	1,016	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,043	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	138.52/cwt	136.75–141.00	1,075	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	791	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,088	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	137.63/cwt	135.00–138.75	1,113	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	911	130.13/cwt	130.00–130.25	1,185	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	959	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	1,254	50

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 26, 2020

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

Receipts 2,969Last week 2,440Year ago 2,233

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	742	147.00	147.00
17	—	879	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	732	151.50–153.75	152.27
97	—	792	142.50	142.50
263	—	834	135.00–146.75	145.67
13	—	595	153.50–159.25	156.61
31	—	942	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	971	134.50	134.50
175	—	825	145.00–152.60	149.67
210	—	871	138.50–143.00	140.40
42	—	714	155.00–164.00	160.27
1,220	—	924	140.00–144.60	143.20
11	—	567	166.00	166.00
12	—	604	158.00–167.75	162.09
15	—	778	151.50–152.50	152.17
26	—	688	156.00–159.50	157.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,027	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	700	149.00	149.00
14	—	625	154.00	154.00
15	—	911	130.00–130.25	130.13
33	—	671	148.50–154.00	151.38
45	—	809	135.00–138.75	137.63
50	—	959	130.75	130.75
66	—	776	136.75–141.00	138.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	611	150.50–153.00	151.09
7	—	540	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	791	137.50	137.50

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.