Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 950 lbs sold 2.00 higher. 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 $249.20/cwt on 924 head.

Average price

$249.20

924 head · 880 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,193

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$494

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

$9.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.28

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	675	258.09	1,742	84
Medium and Large 1	901	248.32	2,236	840

One grade step is worth $9.77/cwt here — about −$494 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 sale924 hd

249.20

—

NE average5 barns · 3,227 hd

242.92

+6.28

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

22 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 1-2Unweaned	—	533	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,231	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,757	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	585	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,340	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	754	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,889	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	867	234.75/cwt	234.75–234.75	2,035	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	244.75/cwt	244.75–244.75	2,350	434
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	271.58/cwt	266.00–274.00	1,974	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	245.54/cwt	242.50–248.00	2,119	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	251.47/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,768	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,607	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	248.75/cwt	248.75–248.75	2,281	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	788	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,990	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	255.93/cwt	253.00–257.00	1,620	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,037	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,147	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	839	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,858	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	257.08/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,843	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	232.79/cwt	232.00–233.00	1,948	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,834	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	240.25/cwt	240.25–240.25	2,069	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	262.28/cwt	258.50–265.00	2,056	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	245.51/cwt	243.00–246.00	2,082	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,729	20

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 Aug 23, 2023

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

Receipts 1,471Last week 3,960Year ago 4,342

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 950 lbs sold 2.00 higher. 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 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	533	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	754	250.50	250.50
63	—	867	234.75	234.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	633	253.00–257.00	255.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,037	207.00	207.00
63	—	839	221.50	221.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	717	255.00–259.00	257.08
54	—	837	232.00–233.00	232.79
95	—	761	241.00	241.00
25	—	861	240.25	240.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	639	275.00	275.00
19	—	703	250.00–252.00	251.47
12	—	576	279.00	279.00
20	—	650	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	585	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
434	—	960	244.75	244.75
74	—	727	266.00–274.00	271.58
187	—	863	242.50–248.00	245.54
56	—	917	248.75	248.75
34	—	784	258.50–265.00	262.28
55	—	848	243.00–246.00	245.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	788	252.50	252.50

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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