Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 700 to 850 lbs steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good with quite a few buyers. Bulk of the consignments could not get out due to ice and snow in the trade area early in the week. Next Wednesday will expecting 5000-5500 head with start time at 9:30 sharp.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $181.73/cwt on 616 head.

Average price

$181.73

616 head · 795 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,445

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$5.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.10

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	801	182.17	1,459	569
Medium and Large 1-2	728	176.51	1,285	47

One grade step is worth $5.66/cwt here — about $173 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 sale616 hd

181.73

—

NE average5 barns · 3,454 hd

197.83

−16.10

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

27 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 1-2	—	690	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,214	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	1,580	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	731	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,323	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	762	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,356	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	188.46/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,447	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	168.97/cwt	164.00–171.00	1,296	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,079	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	614	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,044	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	892	167.75/cwt	167.75–167.75	1,496	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,622	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	171.01/cwt	168.00–174.50	1,130	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,406	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,112	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	172.07/cwt	169.00–173.50	1,657	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	182.32/cwt	180.00–183.75	1,502	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	175.66/cwt	174.50–177.25	1,288	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,440	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	984	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	173.63/cwt	171.50–175.75	1,521	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	189.26/cwt	184.50–194.00	1,365	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,348	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	178.04/cwt	172.00–186.00	936	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	640	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,114	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,210	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	182.59/cwt	182.00–184.00	1,218	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	203.94/cwt	200.50–206.00	1,181	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,332	16

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 Jan 4, 2023

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

Receipts 1,111Last week 3,384Year ago 5,108

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	690	176.00	176.00
5	—	580	186.00	186.00
15	—	793	170.00	170.00
16	—	740	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	904	174.75	174.75
137	—	768	185.00–190.00	188.46
7	—	527	211.00	211.00
59	—	963	169.00–173.50	172.07
126	—	824	180.00–183.75	182.32
58	—	876	171.50–175.75	173.63
14	—	721	184.50–194.00	189.26
30	—	667	182.00–184.00	182.59
19	—	579	200.50–206.00	203.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	731	181.00	181.00
64	—	762	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	767	164.00–171.00	168.97
10	—	960	169.00	169.00
11	—	661	168.00–174.50	171.01
33	—	815	172.50	172.50
142	—	733	174.50–177.25	175.66
17	—	878	164.00	164.00
19	—	553	178.00	178.00
30	—	526	172.00–186.00	178.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	614	170.00	170.00
29	—	892	167.75	167.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	640	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	714	169.50	169.50

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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