Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 9.00 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 $195.45/cwt on 1,488 head.

Average price

$195.45

1,488 head · 783 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$292

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

$4.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.30

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	623	200.11	1,247	43
Medium and Large 1	788	195.31	1,538	1,445

One grade step is worth $4.79/cwt here — about −$292 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 sale1,488 hd

195.45

—

NE average9 barns · 8,514 hd

210.75

−15.30

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	—	502	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,029	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	630	191.75/cwt	191.75–191.75	1,208	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	688	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,249	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	735	172.53/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,268	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,201	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,564	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	212.93/cwt	212.75–213.50	1,431	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	183.78/cwt	180.50–187.00	1,625	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	710	185.48/cwt	184.75–187.00	1,317	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	191.64/cwt	187.50–193.00	1,570	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	189.46/cwt	189.00–190.00	1,497	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	829	181.26/cwt	179.00–183.00	1,503	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	702	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,457	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	763	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,503	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,144	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	185.75/cwt	183.00–192.00	1,059	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	734	182.45/cwt	179.50–183.00	1,339	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	805	196.25/cwt	196.25–196.25	1,580	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	183.75/cwt	183.75–183.75	1,656	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	178.56/cwt	176.00–179.75	1,730	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	227.40/cwt	223.00–229.00	1,292	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	211.71/cwt	211.00–214.50	1,143	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	184.41/cwt	178.75–186.75	1,346	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	197.01/cwt	195.00–201.50	1,243	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	691	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,382	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	215.43/cwt	214.00–216.00	1,146	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,140	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	811	167.05/cwt	166.00–168.00	1,355	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	189.55/cwt	186.50–192.00	1,279	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,125	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	659	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,499	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	199.07/cwt	195.00–203.00	1,441	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	216.58/cwt	215.50–220.50	1,304	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	178.16/cwt	174.50–182.00	1,393	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,436	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	172.69/cwt	172.50–174.50	1,599	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	785	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,397	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	667	196.70/cwt	196.25–198.00	1,312	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	181.85/cwt	180.00–183.00	1,198	38

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 Mar 8, 2023

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

Receipts 2,931Last week 4,157Year ago 1,985

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 9.00 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
6	—	502	205.00	205.00
6	—	630	191.75	191.75
7	—	688	181.50	181.50
16	—	735	170.00–174.00	172.53
21	—	811	166.00–168.00	167.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	572	210.00	210.00
77	—	899	174.00	174.00
64	—	540	211.00–214.50	211.71
240	—	730	178.75–186.75	184.41
105	—	631	195.00–201.50	197.01
157	—	675	186.50–192.00	189.55
160	—	782	174.50–182.00	178.16
46	—	802	179.00	179.00
53	—	926	172.50–174.50	172.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	570	183.00–192.00	185.75
8	—	600	187.50	187.50
38	—	659	180.00–183.00	181.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	734	179.50–183.00	182.45
13	—	785	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	667	196.25–198.00	196.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	672	212.75–213.50	212.93
206	—	884	180.50–187.00	183.78
95	—	819	187.50–193.00	191.64
157	—	790	189.00–190.00	189.46
49	—	901	183.75	183.75
164	—	969	176.00–179.75	178.56
38	—	568	223.00–229.00	227.40
5	—	475	240.00	240.00
179	—	724	195.00–203.00	199.07
57	—	602	215.50–220.50	216.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	710	184.75–187.00	185.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	829	179.00–183.00	181.26
27	—	691	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	702	207.50	207.50
63	—	763	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	632	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	805	196.25	196.25
13	—	659	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	532	214.00–216.00	215.43

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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