Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Light run of yearlings and bawling spring calves on hand Wednesday. Most of the calves had 2 rounds of shots. Demand was light to moderate for all offerings. Next Wednesday, Oct 19th will be a special calf and yearling sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $187.78/cwt on 786 head.

Average price

$187.78

786 head · 700 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,315

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$121

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

$18.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.64

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	196.43	1,251	411
Medium and Large 1-2	770	178.29	1,373	375

One grade step is worth $18.15/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale786 hd

187.78

—

NE average9 barns · 16,024 hd

205.41

−17.64

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

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	571	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	948	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	630	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	1,535	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	188.65/cwt	186.00–194.00	807	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	166.64/cwt	164.00–167.50	1,281	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	184.38/cwt	181.00–191.00	1,064	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	723	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,294	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	590	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,062	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	716	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,181	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	198.12/cwt	185.00–203.00	1,226	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	628	180.34/cwt	180.00–181.00	1,133	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	203.27/cwt	199.00–206.50	1,053	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	176.25/cwt	176.25–176.25	1,563	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,612	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	937	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	955	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	734	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	941	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,017	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	226.95/cwt	221.00–240.00	896	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	183.15/cwt	181.25–183.85	1,571	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	179.25/cwt	179.25–179.25	1,717	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	662	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,079	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	799	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,330	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	681	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,165	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	173.55/cwt	173.00–174.00	1,253	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,380	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	178.12/cwt	177.00–179.00	1,384	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	173.57/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,007	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	170.69/cwt	169.75–172.00	1,222	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	875	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	192.99/cwt	185.00–201.00	731	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	171.18/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,506	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	184.37/cwt	183.00–189.00	940	81

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 Oct 12, 2022

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

Receipts 1,245Last week 1,441Year ago 1,318

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	571	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	185.00	185.00
6	—	312	202.00	202.00
10	—	964	159.25	159.25
28	—	428	186.00–194.00	188.65
33	—	769	164.00–167.50	166.64
43	—	580	170.00–182.00	173.57
50	—	880	165.00–172.00	171.18
81	—	510	183.00–189.00	184.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	662	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	716	169.75–172.00	170.69
9	—	509	172.00	172.00
10	—	379	185.00–201.00	192.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	577	181.00–191.00	184.38
94	—	518	199.00–206.50	203.27
5	—	346	234.00	234.00
9	—	411	228.00	228.00
20	—	487	196.00	196.00
39	—	395	221.00–240.00	226.95
52	—	858	181.25–183.85	183.15
52	—	958	179.25	179.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	723	179.00	179.00
11	—	590	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	716	165.00	165.00
98	—	619	185.00–203.00	198.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	628	180.00–181.00	180.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	887	176.25	176.25
55	—	903	178.50	178.50
5	—	353	208.00	208.00
7	—	446	211.00	211.00
9	—	595	171.00	171.00
25	—	722	173.00–174.00	173.55
26	—	807	171.00	171.00
162	—	777	177.00–179.00	178.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	799	166.50	166.50
8	—	681	171.00	171.00

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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