Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower and heifers over 550 lbs sold unevenly steady. 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 $185.54/cwt on 1,990 head.

Average price

$185.54

1,990 head · 767 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,422

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$195

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

$4.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.74

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	647	190.26	1,232	46
Medium and Large 1	769	185.43	1,427	1,944

One grade step is worth $4.84/cwt here — about −$195 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 sale1,990 hd

185.54

—

NE average8 barns · 12,632 hd

197.28

−11.74

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

43 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	—	466	220.01/cwt	219.00–221.00	1,025	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	720	178.90/cwt	177.50–181.00	1,288	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,649	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	210.05/cwt	200.00–214.00	1,296	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	187.91/cwt	183.00–194.50	1,360	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	688	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,280	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	179.36/cwt	175.50–183.25	1,482	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	850	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,369	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	181.53/cwt	179.50–185.00	1,410	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	567	231.06/cwt	229.50–232.50	1,310	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,228	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	193.82/cwt	191.00–205.00	1,312	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	175.59/cwt	174.50–177.00	1,642	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	181.26/cwt	175.00–184.75	1,584	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	602	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,327	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	540	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,040	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	647	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,135	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	688	169.63/cwt	169.50–170.50	1,167	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	192.74/cwt	187.00–198.00	1,099	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	592	183.38/cwt	182.00–185.00	1,086	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	738	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,197	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	695	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,241	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	627	196.12/cwt	196.00–196.50	1,230	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	787	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,385	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	641	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,160	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,222	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	530	219.54/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,164	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	173.73/cwt	168.00–176.50	1,260	246
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	169.92/cwt	166.00–172.00	1,404	328
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	755	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,344	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	819	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,409	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,492	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	833	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	1,427	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	177.21/cwt	173.00–184.50	1,196	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	176.75/cwt	176.75–176.75	1,036	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,488	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	183.75/cwt	183.75–183.75	935	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	184.91/cwt	180.00–187.75	1,150	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	171.30/cwt	170.00–174.25	1,312	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	171.70/cwt	171.00–174.50	1,063	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	655	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,081	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	532	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	936	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	200.14/cwt	199.00–201.00	1,003	14

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 Feb 15, 2023

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

Receipts 3,560Last week 4,918Year ago 5,271

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower and heifers over 550 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	466	219.00–221.00	220.01
14	—	643	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	720	177.50–181.00	178.90
6	—	695	178.50	178.50
31	—	627	196.00–196.50	196.12
91	—	787	176.00	176.00
97	—	833	171.25	171.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	959	172.00	172.00
94	—	617	200.00–214.00	210.05
340	—	724	183.00–194.50	187.91
190	—	826	175.50–183.25	179.36
259	—	777	179.50–185.00	181.53
230	—	677	191.00–205.00	193.82
129	—	935	174.50–177.00	175.59
202	—	874	175.00–184.75	181.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	688	186.00	186.00
32	—	530	217.00–222.00	219.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	850	161.00	161.00
5	—	641	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	567	229.50–232.50	231.06
15	—	602	220.50	220.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	540	192.50	192.50
51	—	592	182.00–185.00	183.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	647	175.50	175.50
68	—	688	169.50–170.50	169.63
11	—	738	162.25	162.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	570	187.00–198.00	192.74
246	—	725	168.00–176.50	173.73
328	—	826	166.00–172.00	169.92
68	—	904	165.00	165.00
183	—	675	173.00–184.50	177.21
87	—	622	180.00–187.75	184.91
157	—	766	170.00–174.25	171.30
14	—	501	199.00–201.00	200.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	736	166.00	166.00
18	—	586	176.75	176.75
5	—	957	155.50	155.50
11	—	509	183.75	183.75
31	—	619	171.00–174.50	171.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	755	178.00	178.00
8	—	819	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	655	165.00	165.00
7	—	532	176.00	176.00

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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