Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 600 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 higher and all weights of heifers sold 2.00-10.00 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 $236.40/cwt on 840 head.

Average price

$236.40

840 head · 743 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$179

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

$5.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.28

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	656	241.82	1,587	50
Medium and Large 1	748	236.06	1,766	790

One grade step is worth $5.76/cwt here — about −$179 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 sale840 hd

236.40

—

NE average3 barns · 2,430 hd

234.12

+2.28

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

45 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	—	871	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,646	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	665	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,460	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	741	209.91/cwt	205.00–210.25	1,555	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	214.08/cwt	208.50–217.00	1,730	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	774	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,416	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	232.98/cwt	226.00–237.00	1,496	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	441	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,310	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	604	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,504	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	498	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,404	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	800	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,608	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,665	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	302.48/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,491	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	666	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,598	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	541	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,623	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	666	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,805	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	921	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,773	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	526	279.51/cwt	277.00–281.00	1,470	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,651	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,748	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,738	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,177	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	429	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,051	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	240.48/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,282	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	211.89/cwt	211.75–212.00	1,822	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	209.61/cwt	205.00–214.50	1,622	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	251.73/cwt	248.50–256.00	1,314	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,018	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,175	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	591	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,587	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	725	232.43/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,685	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	876	200.11/cwt	198.50–203.00	1,753	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	963	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	264.66/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,268	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	245.21/cwt	241.00–247.00	1,081	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	829	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,795	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,898	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	251.75/cwt	251.75–251.75	1,674	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	508	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,372	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	214.67/cwt	211.00–221.00	1,340	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	217.63/cwt	214.00–219.00	1,595	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	488	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,401	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	227.75/cwt	227.25–232.00	1,774	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	281.63/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,602	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	490	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,156	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	589	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,272	5

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 31, 2023

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

Receipts 2,099Last week 2,642Year ago 2,276

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 600 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 higher and all weights of heifers sold 2.00-10.00 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
8	—	871	189.00	189.00
11	—	665	219.50	219.50
158	—	741	205.00–210.25	209.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	808	208.50–217.00	214.08
94	—	642	226.00–237.00	232.98
70	—	860	211.75–212.00	211.89
69	—	774	205.00–214.50	209.61
18	—	522	248.50–256.00	251.73
8	—	380	268.00	268.00
7	—	440	267.00	267.00
5	—	331	291.00	291.00
23	—	479	261.00–270.00	264.66
73	—	733	214.00–219.00	217.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	774	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	429	245.00	245.00
9	—	490	236.00	236.00
5	—	589	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	533	240.00–241.00	240.48
34	—	441	241.00–247.00	245.21
30	—	624	211.00–221.00	214.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	508	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	441	297.00	297.00
11	—	604	249.00	249.00
24	—	498	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	800	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	633	263.00	263.00
18	—	493	300.00–306.00	302.48
128	—	904	210.00	210.00
61	—	665	251.75	251.75
166	—	779	227.25–232.00	227.75
34	—	569	275.00–288.00	281.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	666	240.00	240.00
10	—	488	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	541	300.00	300.00
30	—	666	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	921	192.50	192.50
13	—	526	277.00–281.00	279.51
13	—	645	256.00	256.00
9	—	591	268.50	268.50
93	—	725	230.00–239.00	232.43
22	—	876	198.50–203.00	200.11
128	—	829	216.50	216.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	930	188.00	188.00
6	—	878	198.00	198.00
8	—	419	281.00	281.00

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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