Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand was mostly good. Bulk of the offering was longtime weaned with a handful of bawling fall calves in the mix. Next Wednesday March 30, will go back to selling slaughter cows and bulls at 8:00 am, calves and feeders will start at 11:00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.17/cwt on 1,201 head.

Average price

$164.17

1,201 head · 769 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,263

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$289

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

$48.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.34

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	589	178.75	1,054	60
Medium and Large 1	777	163.66	1,271	1,132
Large 1	1,033	130.00	1,343	9thin

One grade step is worth $48.75/cwt here — about −$289 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 sale1,201 hd

164.17

—

NE average6 barns · 6,268 hd

170.50

−6.34

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

44 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	437	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	804	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	820	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,121	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	803	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,136	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	809	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	938	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	130.92/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,195	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,410	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,304	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,189	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	206.32/cwt	201.00–209.00	1,190	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	622	192.15/cwt	190.00–194.00	1,195	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	797	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,317	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	972	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,040	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	203.20/cwt	200.00–212.00	986	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	151.09/cwt	150.75–154.00	1,237	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	657	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,248	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	689	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,116	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	176.12/cwt	170.00–178.00	1,118	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,056	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	501	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	862	11
Steers	Large 1	—	1,033	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,343	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	526	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,094	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	162.62/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,153	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	880	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	159.62/cwt	157.00–166.00	1,001	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	140.45/cwt	139.50–140.75	1,228	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	181.47/cwt	179.00–185.00	1,156	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	161.40/cwt	158.00–166.00	1,252	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	484	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	818	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	320	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	148.32/cwt	145.00–153.50	1,016	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	924	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,346	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,146	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	140.69/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,073	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	139.97/cwt	139.75–140.00	1,128	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	160.23/cwt	159.50–162.00	950	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	151.45/cwt	146.00–152.10	1,077	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	795	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,161	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	617	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,018	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	171.38/cwt	169.00–175.00	907	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	164.23/cwt	162.00–170.00	931	43

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 Mar 23, 2022

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

Receipts 2,275Last week 2,225Year ago 1,880

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	437	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	820	136.75	136.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	803	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	472	171.50	171.50
13	—	507	185.00	185.00
31	—	913	130.00–132.00	130.92
79	—	627	157.00–166.00	159.62
33	—	874	139.50–140.75	140.45
51	—	685	145.00–153.50	148.32
35	—	763	140.00–141.00	140.69
73	—	806	139.75–140.00	139.97
174	—	711	146.00–152.10	151.45
43	—	567	162.00–170.00	164.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	501	172.00	172.00
6	—	320	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	484	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	620	149.00	149.00
20	—	593	159.50–162.00	160.23
54	—	529	169.00–175.00	171.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	795	146.00	146.00
45	—	617	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	966	146.00	146.00
17	—	875	149.00	149.00
18	—	672	177.00	177.00
21	—	577	201.00–209.00	206.32
38	—	528	184.00	184.00
23	—	485	200.00–212.00	203.20
77	—	819	150.75–154.00	151.09
23	—	709	160.00–164.00	162.62
115	—	637	179.00–185.00	181.47
242	—	776	158.00–166.00	161.40
259	—	922	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	622	190.00–194.00	192.15
235	—	797	165.25	165.25
8	—	657	190.00	190.00
9	—	526	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	565	184.00	184.00
10	—	689	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	635	170.00–178.00	176.12
21	—	650	162.50	162.50
7	—	442	199.00	199.00
5	—	347	212.00	212.00
6	—	592	193.50	193.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,033	130.00	130.00

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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