Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady. 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 $250.07/cwt on 467 head.

Average price

$250.07

467 head · 728 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2-3

$16.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.88

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	659	253.39	1,670	91
Medium and Large 1	757	250.12	1,892	352
Large 2-3	564	236.71	1,336	24

One grade step is worth $16.68/cwt here — about $334 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 sale467 hd

250.07

—

NE average5 barns · 7,022 hd

255.95

−5.88

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

35 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 1Fancy	—	787	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,794	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	679	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,681	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	687	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,546	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	245.71/cwt	244.00–249.00	1,518	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,237	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	257.51/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,197	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	293.24/cwt	288.00–297.00	1,405	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,863	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	180	595.00/head	595.00–595.00	595	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	238	660.00/head	660.00–660.00	660	10
Steers	Large 2-3	—	507	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,268	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	272.86/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,675	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	227.87/cwt	227.50–228.00	1,946	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,715	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,188	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,954	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	228.97/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,701	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,679	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	248.44/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,821	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,854	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,025	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,714	10
Steers	Large 2-3	—	632	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,397	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	703	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,659	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	178	540.00/head	540.00–540.00	540	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	236.41/cwt	235.50–238.50	1,624	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	703	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,898	44
Heifers	Large 2-3	—	541	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,298	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	245.96/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,926	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,320	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	250.73/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,419	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,770	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	216.46/cwt	212.50–220.00	1,667	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	262.26/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,453	33

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 Jun 28, 2023

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

Receipts 1,207Last week 1,728Year ago 2,620

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady. Demand was moderate to 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 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	787	228.00	228.00
86	—	679	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	687	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	618	244.00–249.00	245.71
10	—	739	232.00	232.00
29	—	687	235.50–238.50	236.41
30	—	833	212.50	212.50
68	—	770	212.50–220.00	216.46
33	—	554	260.00–263.00	262.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	445	278.00	278.00
17	—	465	254.00–260.00	257.51
6	—	600	220.00	220.00
6	—	655	220.00	220.00
23	—	566	250.00–251.00	250.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	703	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
16	—	178	540.00	540.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	541	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	479	288.00–297.00	293.24
19	—	843	221.00	221.00
5	—	400	297.00	297.00
24	—	743	220.00–234.00	228.97
8	—	918	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
8	—	180	595.00	595.00
10	—	238	660.00	660.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	507	250.00	250.00
11	—	632	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	614	268.00–280.00	272.86
38	—	854	227.50–228.00	227.87
8	—	686	250.00	250.00
44	—	821	238.00	238.00
23	—	585	287.00	287.00
24	—	733	246.00–256.00	248.44
56	—	908	223.00	223.00
52	—	783	241.00–251.00	245.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	703	270.00	270.00

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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