Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers 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 $247.94/cwt on 1,299 head.

Average price

$247.94

1,299 head · 842 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,088

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$299

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

$1.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.15

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	862	248.26	2,140	1,078
Medium and Large 1-2	747	246.41	1,840	221

One grade step is worth $1.85/cwt here — about $299 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 sale1,299 hd

247.94

—

NE average5 barns · 6,693 hd

256.09

−8.15

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

38 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	—	882	230.75/cwt	230.75–230.75	2,035	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	669	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,646	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	258.47/cwt	257.50–259.00	1,649	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	872	245.75/cwt	242.50–246.50	2,143	394
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	241.73/cwt	240.00–242.00	2,018	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,776	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	450	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,247	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	418	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,175	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	258.80/cwt	258.00–263.00	1,253	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	234.02/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,589	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	908	230.16/cwt	229.50–231.50	2,090	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	970	234.81/cwt	233.00–235.00	2,278	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	824	241.75/cwt	241.75–241.75	1,992	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,820	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,977	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	235.30/cwt	233.00–236.00	1,784	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,034	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,327	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	557	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,454	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	257.41/cwt	257.00–258.00	1,321	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,370	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,134	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,077	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	256.20/cwt	256.00–257.50	1,696	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	758	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,804	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	869	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,877	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,482	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	567	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,644	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,826	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,369	130
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,620	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,668	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,344	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	666	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,638	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	806	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,781	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	734	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,732	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	765	256.38/cwt	256.00–257.00	1,961	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	270.44/cwt	268.50–272.00	1,934	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	621	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,702	19

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 26, 2023

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

Receipts 2,240Last week 1,733Year ago 2,780

Compared to two weeks ago steers 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
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	882	230.75	230.75
20	—	669	246.00	246.00
5	—	450	277.00	277.00
10	—	418	281.00	281.00
23	—	557	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
394	—	872	242.50–246.50	245.75
111	—	908	229.50–231.50	230.16
159	—	970	233.00–235.00	234.81
18	—	1,034	225.00	225.00
23	—	567	290.00	290.00
65	—	765	256.00–257.00	256.38
19	—	621	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	835	240.00–242.00	241.73
44	—	712	249.50	249.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	632	289.00	289.00
130	—	965	245.50	245.50
137	—	715	268.50–272.00	270.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	638	257.50–259.00	258.47
48	—	740	246.00	246.00
9	—	871	227.00	227.00
74	—	758	233.00–236.00	235.30
18	—	970	220.00	220.00
19	—	944	220.00	220.00
69	—	662	256.00–257.50	256.20
8	—	522	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	484	258.00–263.00	258.80
66	—	679	230.00–237.00	234.02
15	—	513	257.00–258.00	257.41
24	—	550	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	824	241.75	241.75
24	—	758	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	869	216.00	216.00
9	—	666	246.00	246.00
26	—	806	221.00	221.00
46	—	734	236.00	236.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	643	252.00	252.00
7	—	692	241.00	241.00
7	—	527	255.00	255.00

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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