Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550-650 lbs sold 8.00 lower and heifers 500-600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $177.84/cwt on 585 head.

Average price

$177.84

585 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,104

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$11

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

$17.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.60

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	606	181.54	1,100	458
Medium and Large 1-2	675	164.49	1,110	127

One grade step is worth $17.06/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale585 hd

177.84

—

NE average11 barns · 9,482 hd

189.44

−11.60

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

28 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 1-2Fleshy	—	544	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	919	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	975	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,638	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	571	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	914	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	623	166.69/cwt	166.00–168.00	1,038	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,425	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	168.41/cwt	167.25–170.00	1,302	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	193.89/cwt	189.00–196.00	940	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	194.17/cwt	183.50–197.50	1,301	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	221.88/cwt	219.00–224.50	1,067	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,204	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	184.82/cwt	184.00–187.00	1,057	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	959	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,616	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	180.25/cwt	180.25–180.25	1,411	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	177.55/cwt	170.25–178.50	1,255	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	636	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,068	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	654	183.72/cwt	183.50–184.50	1,202	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	193.75/cwt	193.75–193.75	1,217	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	685	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,212	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	739	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,323	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	176.07/cwt	174.00–177.00	1,109	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	815	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	368	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	865	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	196.54/cwt	194.50–205.50	1,138	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	185.72/cwt	184.50–187.50	975	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	435	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	805	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	187.46/cwt	180.50–190.50	1,072	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	738	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,188	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,082	7

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 26, 2022

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

Receipts 1,250Last week 1,612Year ago 1,118

Compared to last week steers 550-650 lbs sold 8.00 lower and heifers 500-600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	544	169.00	169.00
6	—	571	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	623	166.00–168.00	166.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	856	166.50	166.50
45	—	773	167.25–170.00	168.41
54	—	485	189.00–196.00	193.89
69	—	707	170.25–178.50	177.55
58	—	630	174.00–177.00	176.07
71	—	525	184.50–187.50	185.72
106	—	572	180.50–190.50	187.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	636	168.00	168.00
67	—	738	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	450	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	435	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	615	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	975	168.00	168.00
7	—	685	177.00	177.00
17	—	739	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	670	183.50–197.50	194.17
75	—	481	219.00–224.50	221.88
16	—	783	180.25	180.25
122	—	579	194.50–205.50	196.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	690	174.50	174.50
27	—	572	184.00–187.00	184.82
5	—	959	168.50	168.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	654	183.50–184.50	183.72
55	—	628	193.75	193.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	368	235.00	235.00

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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