Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand was good. Buyers bid readily from start to finish for all offerings on Wednesday. Some of the cattle on Wednesday would have gone to summer grass but do to dry conditions and short on feed producers opted to sell them.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $206.35/cwt on 1,215 head.

Average price

$206.35

1,215 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,402

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$1.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.73

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	688	206.48	1,420	1,126
Medium and Large 1-2	570	204.69	1,167	89

One grade step is worth $1.79/cwt here — about $253 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 sale1,215 hd

206.35

—

NE average7 barns · 5,275 hd

217.09

−10.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,113	$1,975	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,240	$1,675	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,160	$1,675	10

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	438	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,161	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	222.45/cwt	221.00–232.00	1,493	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,444	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	594	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,452	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,752	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,100	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	244.42/cwt	237.00–246.00	1,078	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	223.06/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,265	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	179.14/cwt	178.00–182.00	1,541	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	238.70/cwt	229.00–245.00	1,282	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	510	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,339	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	203.40/cwt	202.00–206.00	1,584	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	216.01/cwt	209.00–219.00	1,687	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	696	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,427	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,592	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	260.60/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,491	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,533	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,024	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	231.35/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,124	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,728	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	236.14/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,474	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	843	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	272.52/cwt	251.00–275.50	1,450	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	199.17/cwt	193.25–203.00	1,454	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	180.87/cwt	176.00–187.00	1,507	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,451	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	197.05/cwt	192.75–199.00	1,703	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	212.92/cwt	190.00–217.00	1,231	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	674	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,146	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,222	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	194.09/cwt	184.00–201.50	1,347	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,417	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,550	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,315	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	661	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	783	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	218.30/cwt	207.00–221.00	1,360	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	190.39/cwt	187.50–191.00	1,458	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	216.00/cwt	207.00–217.75	1,426	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	227.12/cwt	224.00–231.00	1,058	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	779	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,240	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,160	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,113	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	7

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 May 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,719Last week 4,172Year ago 5,275

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	438	265.00	265.00
224	—	671	221.00–232.00	222.45
144	—	781	209.00–219.00	216.01
11	—	800	199.00	199.00
17	—	572	260.00–261.00	260.60
67	—	730	210.00	210.00
23	—	924	187.00	187.00
60	—	624	230.00–241.00	236.14
117	—	532	251.00–275.50	272.52
289	—	864	192.75–199.00	197.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	612	236.00	236.00
34	—	594	244.50	244.50
15	—	510	262.50	262.50
9	—	696	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	779	202.00–206.00	203.40
21	—	486	230.00–232.00	231.35
12	—	354	238.00	238.00
11	—	639	227.00	227.00
14	—	583	243.00	243.00
10	—	816	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	979	179.00	179.00
11	—	489	225.00	225.00
52	—	441	237.00–246.00	244.42
54	—	567	220.00–230.00	223.06
108	—	860	178.00–182.00	179.14
112	—	537	229.00–245.00	238.70
130	—	730	193.25–203.00	199.17
146	—	833	176.00–187.00	180.87
135	—	623	207.00–221.00	218.30
132	—	766	187.50–191.00	190.39
180	—	660	207.00–217.75	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	483	212.00	212.00
41	—	578	190.00–217.00	212.92
7	—	674	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	643	190.00	190.00
34	—	694	184.00–201.50	194.09
9	—	747	176.00	176.00
6	—	272	243.00	243.00
5	—	373	210.00	210.00
11	—	466	224.00–231.00	227.12
12	—	340	229.00	229.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,240	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,160	1,675.00	1,675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,113	1,975.00	1,975.00

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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