Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers over 600 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 $193.11/cwt on 1,484 head.

Average price

$193.11

1,484 head · 748 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,444

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$408

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

$12.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.64

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	506	205.86	1,041	19thin
Medium and Large 1	751	192.95	1,449	1,465

One grade step is worth $12.92/cwt here — about −$408 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 sale1,484 hd

193.11

—

NE average6 barns · 8,545 hd

203.75

−10.64

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

39 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	—	774	167.73/cwt	166.00–168.50	1,298	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	464	198.64/cwt	197.00–200.00	922	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	200.90/cwt	196.00–206.00	1,065	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	188.64/cwt	186.00–192.00	1,083	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	517	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	972	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	562	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,017	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	201.70/cwt	199.00–205.50	1,111	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	233.02/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,202	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	180.88/cwt	178.25–184.25	1,597	312
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	488	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,098	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	569	217.70/cwt	216.50–218.00	1,239	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	202.81/cwt	198.50–209.50	1,357	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	212.80/cwt	208.00–219.00	1,328	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	671	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,423	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	413	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	929	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	185.97/cwt	180.75–189.00	1,181	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	745	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,382	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	847	172.25/cwt	172.25–172.25	1,459	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	186.87/cwt	181.25–190.00	1,454	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	195.21/cwt	190.00–198.50	1,394	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	223.22/cwt	222.50–225.00	1,270	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	662	183.75/cwt	183.75–183.75	1,216	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	741	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,308	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	767	175.97/cwt	175.50–177.00	1,350	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	980	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,632	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	183.18/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,513	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	912	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,060	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	884	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	884	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,538	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	684	192.37/cwt	191.00–192.75	1,316	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,043	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,705	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,459	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,391	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	176.05/cwt	173.00–178.50	1,188	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	398	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	732	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	174.73/cwt	173.00–176.00	1,347	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	174.03/cwt	169.00–177.50	1,256	166

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 22, 2023

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

Receipts 2,886Last week 3,560Year ago 2,531

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers over 600 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
39	—	774	166.00–168.50	167.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	464	197.00–200.00	198.64
11	—	517	188.00	188.00
11	—	562	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	530	196.00–206.00	200.90
85	—	574	186.00–192.00	188.64
308	—	635	180.75–189.00	185.97
12	—	887	164.50	164.50
25	—	811	171.50	171.50
85	—	675	173.00–178.50	176.05
130	—	771	173.00–176.00	174.73
166	—	722	169.00–177.50	174.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	662	183.75	183.75
36	—	741	176.50	176.50
161	—	767	175.50–177.00	175.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	392	182.00	182.00
5	—	602	176.00	176.00
11	—	517	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	398	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	551	199.00–205.50	201.70
7	—	428	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	516	230.00–237.00	233.02
312	—	883	178.25–184.25	180.88
212	—	669	198.50–209.50	202.81
39	—	624	208.00–219.00	212.80
321	—	778	181.25–190.00	186.87
92	—	714	190.00–198.50	195.21
28	—	569	222.50–225.00	223.22
98	—	826	177.00–185.00	183.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	488	225.00	225.00
31	—	569	216.50–218.00	217.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	671	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	413	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	745	185.50	185.50
16	—	847	172.25	172.25
15	—	980	166.50	166.50
20	—	884	174.00	174.00
49	—	684	191.00–192.75	192.37
5	—	1,043	163.50	163.50

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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