Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers over 650 lbs sold sharply higher. Demand was good to very 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 $254.53/cwt on 1,294 head.

Average price

$254.53

1,294 head · 876 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$556

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$39.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.49

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	885	255.56	2,262	1,185
Medium and Large 1-2	780	245.17	1,912	102
Large 1	790	216.00	1,706	7thin

One grade step is worth $39.56/cwt here — about $556 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 sale1,294 hd

254.53

—

NE average4 barns · 7,883 hd

262.02

−7.49

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
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,092	$1,981	53

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	664	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,574	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,951	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	232.36/cwt	230.00–234.50	1,924	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	244.34/cwt	238.00–246.25	1,789	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	254.58/cwt	249.50–257.00	1,688	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,725	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	273.03/cwt	264.00–276.50	1,873	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	593	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,423	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	253.12/cwt	252.00–255.25	2,197	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	238.20/cwt	237.00–239.00	2,094	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,726	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,903	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,366	828
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,064	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	225.48/cwt	219.50–231.50	1,653	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,544	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,170	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	823	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,893	16
Steers	Large 1	—	790	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,706	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,328	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	260.87/cwt	256.00–263.00	2,037	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,768	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,092	1,980.52/head	1,760.00–2,050.00	1,981	53

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 Jul 12, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,733Last week 1,207Year ago 2,100

Replacement CattleReceipts 58Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers over 650 lbs sold sharply higher. Demand was good to very 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	—	664	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	961	203.00	203.00
39	—	828	230.00–234.50	232.36
50	—	732	238.00–246.25	244.34
121	—	663	249.50–257.00	254.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	760	227.00	227.00
12	—	733	219.50–231.50	225.48
6	—	424	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	823	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	686	264.00–276.50	273.03
107	—	868	252.00–255.25	253.12
20	—	721	264.00	264.00
828	—	937	252.50	252.50
47	—	816	253.00	253.00
29	—	781	256.00–263.00	260.87
5	—	615	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	593	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	879	237.00–239.00	238.20
31	—	693	249.00	249.00
7	—	608	254.00	254.00
6	—	470	282.50	282.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	790	216.00	216.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	53	—	1,092	1,760.00–2,050.00	1,980.52

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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