Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550-750 lbs sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher and steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers 500-700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers over 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. 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 $202.00/cwt on 1,815 head.

Average price

$202.00

1,815 head · 717 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,448

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$335

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$40.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.23

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	725	202.81	1,470	1,443
Medium and Large 1-2	670	200.32	1,341	358
Large 1	1,114	162.00	1,805	14thin

One grade step is worth $40.81/cwt here — about −$335 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 sale1,815 hd

202.00

—

NE average9 barns · 13,593 hd

222.24

−20.23

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

64 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 1-2Fleshy	—	826	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,412	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	782	184.55/cwt	184.00–186.50	1,443	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	188.95/cwt	188.75–189.00	1,519	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	178.96/cwt	178.75–179.75	1,575	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,334	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	180.97/cwt	177.00–184.00	1,410	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	726	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,278	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	724	190.34/cwt	188.00–192.50	1,378	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	218.04/cwt	214.00–221.50	1,467	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,090	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	670	228.25/cwt	228.25–228.25	1,529	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,153	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	1,546	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	191.45/cwt	190.00–193.00	1,294	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	950	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	768	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	527	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,212	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	678	199.87/cwt	198.00–201.50	1,355	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,105	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	236.28/cwt	236.00–236.50	1,307	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	467	241.26/cwt	238.00–244.00	1,127	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	576	219.74/cwt	219.00–221.00	1,266	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	188.64/cwt	187.50–195.25	1,475	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	202.03/cwt	199.00–210.50	1,426	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	230.16/cwt	223.00–233.00	1,409	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	414	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	998	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	545	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,153	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	794	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,302	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	732	174.25/cwt	174.25–174.25	1,276	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	667	184.41/cwt	182.75–185.50	1,230	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	900	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,472	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	719	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,273	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	179.14/cwt	178.00–181.00	1,241	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	181.74/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,301	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	185.75/cwt	185.75–185.75	975	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	184.19/cwt	184.00–185.00	1,068	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	186.22/cwt	180.00–186.50	1,194	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	820	169.46/cwt	168.50–171.00	1,390	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	225.53/cwt	224.00–227.50	918	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	169.61/cwt	165.50–172.75	1,464	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	567	196.16/cwt	195.00–198.00	1,112	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	491	208.90/cwt	207.50–210.00	1,026	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	205.59/cwt	205.00–207.00	1,197	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	228.82/cwt	225.00–231.00	716	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	574	228.82/cwt	227.50–231.50	1,313	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	891	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	199.28/cwt	196.50–201.50	1,234	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	175.36/cwt	173.00–180.25	1,350	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	814	182.25/cwt	182.25–182.25	1,484	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	189.38/cwt	185.00–191.75	1,269	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	855	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,505	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	861	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,429	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	219.24/cwt	216.75–221.00	1,142	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	168.50/cwt	165.50–171.00	1,535	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	681	209.52/cwt	208.50–211.25	1,427	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	972	170.77/cwt	169.50–171.00	1,660	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	624	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,342	35
Steers	Large 1	—	1,114	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,805	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	218.01/cwt	214.00–222.00	1,042	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,604	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	373	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	974	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	821	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,461	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	438	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,099	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	537	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,324	22

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 15, 2023

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

Receipts 4,032Last week 2,931Year ago 2,225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	826	171.00	171.00
11	—	726	176.00	176.00
8	—	861	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	782	184.00–186.50	184.55
33	—	724	188.00–192.50	190.34
41	—	574	227.50–231.50	228.82
14	—	855	176.00	176.00
62	—	681	208.50–211.25	209.52
60	—	972	169.50–171.00	170.77
35	—	624	215.00	215.00
18	—	821	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	804	188.75–189.00	188.95
84	—	880	178.75–179.75	178.96
172	—	673	214.00–221.50	218.04
10	—	440	262.00	262.00
23	—	553	236.00–236.50	236.28
279	—	782	187.50–195.25	188.64
230	—	706	199.00–210.50	202.03
136	—	612	223.00–233.00	230.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	727	183.50	183.50
32	—	779	177.00–184.00	180.97
9	—	476	229.00	229.00
63	—	890	173.75	173.75
29	—	676	190.00–193.00	191.45
6	—	415	229.00	229.00
5	—	340	226.00	226.00
7	—	500	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	670	228.25	228.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	527	230.00	230.00
42	—	678	198.00–201.50	199.87
38	—	467	238.00–244.00	241.26
21	—	576	219.00–221.00	219.74
24	—	414	241.00	241.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,114	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	373	261.00	261.00
17	—	438	251.00	251.00
22	—	537	246.50	246.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	545	211.50	211.50
25	—	491	207.50–210.00	208.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	794	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	732	174.25	174.25
31	—	667	182.75–185.50	184.41
14	—	900	163.50	163.50
41	—	820	168.50–171.00	169.46
23	—	567	195.00–198.00	196.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	693	178.00–181.00	179.14
44	—	525	185.75	185.75
26	—	580	184.00–185.00	184.19
279	—	641	180.00–186.50	186.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
202	—	716	177.00–185.00	181.74
25	—	407	224.00–227.50	225.53
118	—	863	165.50–172.75	169.61
31	—	582	205.00–207.00	205.59
16	—	313	225.00–231.00	228.82
15	—	396	225.00	225.00
170	—	619	196.50–201.50	199.28
121	—	770	173.00–180.25	175.36
301	—	670	185.00–191.75	189.38
83	—	521	216.75–221.00	219.24
40	—	911	165.50–171.00	168.50
47	—	478	214.00–222.00	218.01
40	—	966	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	814	182.25	182.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	719	177.00	177.00

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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