Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves over 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher and heifer calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was 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 $197.97/cwt on 811 head.

Average price

$197.97

811 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$31.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.39

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	628	200.97	1,261	733
Medium and Large 1-2	673	169.80	1,142	78

One grade step is worth $31.17/cwt here — about $119 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 sale811 hd

197.97

—

NE average9 barns · 14,153 hd

209.36

−11.39

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

34 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	—	620	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,035	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	893	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,420	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	530	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	827	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	926	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	693	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	758	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	613	174.79/cwt	173.00–177.00	1,071	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,294	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	227.70/cwt	226.00–228.00	968	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	220.70/cwt	218.00–224.00	1,059	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	190.25/cwt	190.25–190.25	1,429	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	211.97/cwt	206.00–218.00	1,145	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,452	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	204.32/cwt	202.50–205.50	1,191	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	201.62/cwt	198.75–204.50	1,260	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	679	193.08/cwt	191.85–195.75	1,311	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,421	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	898	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	510	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	898	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	178.25/cwt	178.25–178.25	1,093	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,194	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	900	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,589	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	662	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,066	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	191.03/cwt	187.00–196.00	837	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	817	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	567	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	913	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,023	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	169.71/cwt	167.50–171.50	913	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	620	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	980	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,505	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	183.08/cwt	181.50–183.50	1,047	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	185.58/cwt	184.75–186.50	959	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,131	6

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 19, 2022

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

Receipts 1,612Last week 1,245Year ago 3,134

Compared to last week steer calves over 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher and heifer calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	620	167.00	167.00
7	—	893	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	530	156.00	156.00
8	—	620	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	490	189.00	189.00
11	—	315	220.00	220.00
24	—	383	198.00	198.00
58	—	438	187.00–196.00	191.03
111	—	836	180.00	180.00
138	—	572	181.50–183.50	183.08
115	—	517	184.75–186.50	185.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	510	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	613	178.25	178.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	459	178.00	178.00
25	—	538	167.50–171.50	169.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	613	173.00–177.00	174.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	690	187.50	187.50
48	—	425	226.00–228.00	227.70
37	—	480	218.00–224.00	220.70
64	—	751	190.25	190.25
97	—	540	206.00–218.00	211.97
103	—	583	202.50–205.50	204.32
5	—	360	246.00	246.00
21	—	630	189.50	189.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	864	168.00	168.00
17	—	812	175.00	175.00
8	—	525	171.00	171.00
7	—	556	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	625	198.75–204.50	201.62
160	—	679	191.85–195.75	193.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	900	176.50	176.50
6	—	600	188.50	188.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	662	161.00	161.00
10	—	567	161.00	161.00

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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