Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2021-02-17

Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-17

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Feb 17

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Feb 10Feb 17Feb 24 →

Receipts

1,480 head

▼ 2,037 vs last sale 3,517▼ 2,416 vs year ago 3,896 · −62.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, on comparable offerings of steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Demand was good with a light crowd of buyers on hand. Receipts were curtailed on Wednesday due to the bitter cold on Monday and Tuesday. Next week February 24, will be a calf and feeder auction with at least 4500 head expected.

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 $143.24/cwt on 867 head.

Average price

$143.24

867 head · 733 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,049

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$79

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

$1.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.64

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	678	144.68	981	113
Medium and Large 1	741	143.03	1,060	754

One grade step is worth $1.65/cwt here — about −$79 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 sale867 hd

143.24

—

NE average4 barns · 4,190 hd

150.88

−7.64

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 1-2	467	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	747	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	162.02/cwt	161.00–163.00	846	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	147.90/cwt	144.00–152.00	861	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	594	155.92/cwt	154.50–160.00	926	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	602	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	831	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	148.93/cwt	147.00–152.50	929	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	144.84/cwt	144.50–145.00	920	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	668	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,002	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	690	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	987	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	147.09/cwt	144.00–149.50	1,052	255
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	142.71/cwt	142.35–144.00	1,026	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	767	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,024	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	139.63/cwt	136.00–142.50	1,081	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	135.01/cwt	132.75–137.50	1,122	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	135.49/cwt	133.25–136.75	1,195	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,170	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,043	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,304	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	506	155.49/cwt	153.00–157.00	787	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	592	144.47/cwt	144.25–145.00	855	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	604	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	882	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	139.64/cwt	135.00–143.00	867	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	664	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	943	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	136.79/cwt	136.00–137.25	940	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	135.07/cwt	133.50–136.25	963	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	727	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	949	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	789	129.40/cwt	128.75–130.75	1,021	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	128.15/cwt	127.75–128.75	1,047	64

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 Feb 17, 2021

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

Receipts 1,480Last week 3,517Year ago 3,896

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	621	135.00–143.00	139.64
8	—	506	153.00–157.00	155.49
53	—	592	144.25–145.00	144.47
77	—	789	128.75–130.75	129.40
73	—	687	136.00–137.25	136.79
91	—	713	133.50–136.25	135.07
64	—	817	127.75–128.75	128.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	727	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	604	146.00	146.00
33	—	664	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	602	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	767	133.50	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	467	160.00	160.00
10	—	582	144.00–152.00	147.90
15	—	635	144.50–145.00	144.84
80	—	719	142.35–144.00	142.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	831	132.75–137.50	135.01
5	—	1,043	125.00	125.00
255	—	715	144.00–149.50	147.09
122	—	774	136.00–142.50	139.63
27	—	690	143.00	143.00
33	—	912	128.25	128.25
55	—	882	133.25–136.75	135.49
75	—	624	147.00–152.50	148.93
10	—	522	161.00–163.00	162.02
23	—	594	154.50–160.00	155.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	668	150.00	150.00

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.