Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550-750 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower and heifers 500-800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.16/cwt on 1,720 head.

Average price

$165.16

1,720 head · 773 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,277

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$7.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.55

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	775	165.35	1,282	1,679
Medium and Large 1-2	703	157.42	1,106	41

One grade step is worth $7.93/cwt here — about $175 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 sale1,720 hd

165.16

—

NE average5 barns · 7,880 hd

170.71

−5.55

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

42 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	1,363	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	880	136.14/cwt	134.50–136.50	1,198	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	136.18/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,384	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	975	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,277	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	908	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,199	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	736	141.09/cwt	140.00–141.75	1,038	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	824	134.74/cwt	132.50–136.25	1,110	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	679	138.36/cwt	135.00–140.50	939	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	196.65/cwt	191.50–198.00	1,121	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	927	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	453	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	784	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	539	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	889	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	173.20/cwt	169.25–178.00	1,261	405
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	803	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,089	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	146.95/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,205	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	163.15/cwt	156.50–163.35	1,338	566
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,083	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	910	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,272	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	683	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,141	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	713	157.62/cwt	157.00–158.00	1,124	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	974	137.08/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,335	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	492	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	989	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	175.25/cwt	175.25–175.25	1,209	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	566	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	849	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	542	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	797	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	430	157.49/cwt	155.00–160.00	677	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	838	149.38/cwt	146.75–152.00	1,252	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	779	153.20/cwt	151.00–161.00	1,193	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	608	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,070	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	146.96/cwt	144.00–152.50	851	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	160.04/cwt	153.00–165.00	834	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	668	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	403	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	661	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	539	156.46/cwt	156.00–157.50	843	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	766	139.13/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,066	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	984	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	928	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,132	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,056	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	704	15

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 Apr 6, 2022

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

Receipts 2,819Last week 1,953Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers 550-750 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower and heifers 500-800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	910	149.75	149.75
39	—	1,016	135.00–138.00	136.18
125	—	570	191.50–198.00	196.65
405	—	728	169.25–178.00	173.20
566	—	820	156.50–163.35	163.15
34	—	540	200.50	200.50
22	—	690	175.25	175.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	555	167.00	167.00
6	—	390	206.00	206.00
13	—	751	145.00	145.00
17	—	820	146.00–148.00	146.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	453	173.00	173.00
10	—	539	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	910	139.75	139.75
9	—	683	167.00	167.00
32	—	713	157.00–158.00	157.62
83	—	974	130.00–141.00	137.08
87	—	838	146.75–152.00	149.38
136	—	779	151.00–161.00	153.20
5	—	608	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	492	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	880	134.50–136.50	136.14
8	—	975	131.00	131.00
29	—	908	132.00	132.00
36	—	736	140.00–141.75	141.09
67	—	824	132.50–136.25	134.74
74	—	679	135.00–140.50	138.36
158	—	766	137.00–140.00	139.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	566	150.00	150.00
5	—	403	164.00	164.00
16	—	539	156.00–157.50	156.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	542	147.00	147.00
10	—	430	155.00–160.00	157.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	579	144.00–152.50	146.96
20	—	521	153.00–165.00	160.04
5	—	739	135.00	135.00
8	—	361	185.00	185.00
15	—	437	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	582	169.00	169.00
57	—	530	175.00	175.00
67	—	796	142.25	142.25
122	—	641	164.75	164.75

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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