Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-12-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 600-750 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower and steers 750-950 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. 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 $188.40/cwt on 1,911 head.

Average price

$188.40

1,911 head · 757 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$364

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

$7.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.83

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	762	188.63	1,438	1,851
Medium and Large 1-2	593	181.07	1,074	60

One grade step is worth $7.57/cwt here — about $364 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 sale1,911 hd

188.40

—

NE average2 barns · 4,280 hd

200.22

−11.83

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

45 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 1Fancy	—	601	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,304	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	580	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,322	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	633	187.02/cwt	186.50–188.00	1,184	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	199.82/cwt	197.00–207.00	1,253	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	184.45/cwt	180.00–189.00	1,437	316
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	868	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,430	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	794	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,270	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,429	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	171.77/cwt	168.50–172.00	1,594	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	174.22/cwt	173.25–175.25	1,239	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	197.83/cwt	194.00–200.00	926	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	183.93/cwt	183.50–184.00	1,677	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	211.77/cwt	208.00–215.00	1,203	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	998	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,722	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	220.01/cwt	213.00–227.25	1,144	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	946	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,622	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	542	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,119	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	185.14/cwt	177.00–190.00	1,340	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	393	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	908	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	550	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	957	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	452	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	992	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	828	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,408	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	978	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	535	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	923	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	986	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,190	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	182.06/cwt	176.00–187.25	1,507	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	172.80/cwt	169.00–174.75	1,362	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	175.57/cwt	172.00–179.00	1,189	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	674	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,051	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	553	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,092	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	185.49/cwt	179.00–190.50	1,271	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	181.04/cwt	170.00–186.50	1,579	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	176.89/cwt	170.00–181.00	1,088	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	959	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	179.57/cwt	176.00–185.50	1,045	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	334	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	665	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	431	187.82/cwt	187.00–188.00	810	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	596	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	960	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,408	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	756	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,312	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	561	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,086	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	434	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	764	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	189.32/cwt	185.00–195.50	990	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	866	169.25/cwt	169.25–169.25	1,466	58

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 Dec 28, 2022

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

Receipts 3,384Last week 2,775Year ago 3,042

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	601	217.00	217.00
82	—	580	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	633	186.50–188.00	187.02
59	—	946	171.50	171.50
8	—	542	206.50	206.50
15	—	553	197.50	197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	627	197.00–207.00	199.82
316	—	779	180.00–189.00	184.45
57	—	912	183.50–184.00	183.93
103	—	568	208.00–215.00	211.77
160	—	998	172.50	172.50
53	—	520	213.00–227.25	220.01
280	—	724	177.00–190.00	185.14
231	—	828	176.00–187.25	182.06
163	—	685	179.00–190.50	185.49
182	—	872	170.00–186.50	181.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	393	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	550	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	452	219.50	219.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	533	185.00	185.00
25	—	692	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	868	164.75	164.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	794	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	838	170.50	170.50
77	—	928	168.50–172.00	171.77
239	—	711	173.25–175.25	174.22
43	—	468	194.00–200.00	197.83
148	—	788	169.00–174.75	172.80
161	—	677	172.00–179.00	175.57
97	—	615	170.00–181.00	176.89
84	—	582	176.00–185.50	179.57
47	—	523	185.00–195.50	189.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	828	170.00	170.00
40	—	756	173.50	173.50
58	—	866	169.25	169.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	572	171.00	171.00
31	—	535	172.50	172.50
7	—	334	199.00	199.00
38	—	431	187.00–188.00	187.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	674	156.00	156.00
13	—	596	161.00	161.00
10	—	434	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	536	179.00	179.00
7	—	877	160.50	160.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	561	193.50	193.50

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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