Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers over 800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Around 700 head of bawling calves sold in the mix with calves not receiving preconditioning shots selling at a discount. 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 $256.64/cwt on 2,344 head.

Average price

$256.64

2,344 head · 861 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,211

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$38

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

$14.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.29

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	860	257.05	2,210	2,275
Medium and Large 1-2	925	242.91	2,248	69

One grade step is worth $14.14/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale2,344 hd

256.64

—

NE average11 barns · 12,586 hd

263.93

−7.29

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	239.25/cwt	239.25–239.25	2,055	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,393	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,909	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	269.80/cwt	268.00–272.75	1,773	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	238.09/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,933	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	267.46/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,626	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	436	358.98/cwt	350.00–364.00	1,565	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	295.01/cwt	288.00–304.00	1,531	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,979	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	482	318.80/cwt	311.00–338.00	1,537	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	377	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,244	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,039	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,746	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	295.90/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,867	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	997	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,323	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	307.26/cwt	287.00–314.00	1,761	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	269.60/cwt	269.50–270.00	1,787	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	256.98/cwt	249.00–260.00	2,102	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,053	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,380	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	538	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,458	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	804	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	2,016	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	252.77/cwt	246.00–255.00	2,224	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	249.74/cwt	242.50–253.75	2,300	550
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	436	310.86/cwt	299.00–323.00	1,355	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	242.00/cwt	240.00–243.75	2,338	919
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,653	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	262.75/cwt	261.00–267.00	1,366	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,067	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	271.55/cwt	261.00–275.50	1,700	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	562	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,349	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	584	269.17/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,572	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	230.66/cwt	227.50–234.00	2,152	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	512	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,285	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	258.03/cwt	257.00–261.00	1,587	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	469	310.03/cwt	306.00–311.00	1,454	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	255.31/cwt	253.50–257.00	1,800	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,478	9

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 Sep 20, 2023

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

Receipts 3,406Last week 2,575Year ago 3,633

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	859	239.25	239.25
5	—	756	252.50	252.50
70	—	657	268.00–272.75	269.80
82	—	812	237.00–244.00	238.09
13	—	608	260.00–274.00	267.46
41	—	933	227.50–234.00	230.66
25	—	705	253.50–257.00	255.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	538	271.00	271.00
46	—	436	299.00–323.00	310.86
105	—	584	267.00–270.00	269.17
19	—	615	257.00–261.00	258.03
41	—	469	306.00–311.00	310.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	804	250.75	250.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	668	247.50	247.50
33	—	520	261.00–267.00	262.75
9	—	589	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	562	240.00	240.00
7	—	512	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	477	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	436	350.00–364.00	358.98
70	—	519	288.00–304.00	295.01
33	—	482	311.00–338.00	318.80
96	—	573	287.00–314.00	307.26
41	—	663	269.50–270.00	269.60
123	—	626	261.00–275.50	271.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	687	288.00	288.00
12	—	736	277.00	277.00
20	—	584	299.00	299.00
37	—	631	290.00–306.00	295.90
22	—	818	249.00–260.00	256.98
27	—	1,053	226.00	226.00
232	—	880	246.00–255.00	252.77
550	—	921	242.50–253.75	249.74
919	—	966	240.00–243.75	242.00
21	—	792	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	794	250.00	250.00
57	—	997	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	377	330.00	330.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Huss Livestock