Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold sharply lower. About 20 percent of the calves had not received any preconditioning shots. Buyers continue to demand calves with preconditioning shots, but light or thin fleshed calves with just spring shots were not heavily discounted like calves with moderate flesh that had received only spring shots.. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd who were very selective with their purchases.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $273.54/cwt on 1,568 head.

Average price

$273.54

1,568 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$17.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.05

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	619	275.79	1,708	1,370
Medium and Large 1-2	597	257.98	1,540	198

One grade step is worth $17.81/cwt here — about $168 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 sale1,568 hd

273.54

—

NE average12 barns · 17,598 hd

294.59

−21.05

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

37 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 1-2Fleshy	—	806	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,729	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	760	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,668	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	245.20/cwt	240.00–248.50	1,412	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,549	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	275.24/cwt	268.00–286.00	1,156	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	269.01/cwt	259.50–276.50	1,251	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	793	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,864	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	268.56/cwt	265.00–273.75	1,679	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	678	256.14/cwt	249.50–270.00	1,737	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	258.25/cwt	258.25–258.25	1,857	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,209	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	279.47/cwt	275.50–286.00	1,593	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,274	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	282.10/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,176	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,164	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	298.87/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,557	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	260.92/cwt	259.00–262.50	1,506	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	248.10/cwt	246.50–250.50	2,034	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	692	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,668	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	316.58/cwt	312.00–327.00	1,526	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	313.94/cwt	306.00–324.00	1,375	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	388	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,067	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	251.75/cwt	251.75–251.75	1,888	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,415	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	245.16/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,187	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	577	266.12/cwt	264.50–268.00	1,536	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	690	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,553	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	244.53/cwt	230.00–251.50	1,499	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	626	245.93/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,540	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	511	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,431	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	458	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,172	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	982	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,915	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	237.63/cwt	233.00–239.00	1,709	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	256.04/cwt	245.50–263.50	1,344	334
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	263.74/cwt	260.00–270.00	989	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	256.64/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,119	15

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 Oct 25, 2023

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

Receipts 2,788Last week 2,310Year ago 1,250

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	806	214.50	214.50
14	—	760	219.50	219.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	576	240.00–248.50	245.20
19	—	622	249.00	249.00
55	—	420	268.00–286.00	275.24
90	—	465	259.50–276.50	269.01
91	—	719	233.00–239.00	237.63
334	—	525	245.50–263.50	256.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	484	243.00–250.00	245.16
15	—	375	260.00–270.00	263.74
15	—	436	255.00–258.00	256.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	690	225.00	225.00
168	—	613	230.00–251.50	244.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	458	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	793	235.00	235.00
240	—	625	265.00–273.75	268.56
155	—	678	249.50–270.00	256.14
16	—	700	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	719	258.25	258.25
8	—	371	326.00	326.00
266	—	570	275.50–286.00	279.47
145	—	521	289.00–310.00	298.87
185	—	820	246.50–250.50	248.10
189	—	482	312.00–327.00	316.58
24	—	438	306.00–324.00	313.94
28	—	750	251.75	251.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	455	280.00	280.00
12	—	417	280.00–285.00	282.10
6	—	379	307.00	307.00
61	—	577	259.00–262.50	260.92
18	—	536	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	692	241.00	241.00
12	—	626	240.00–250.00	245.93
18	—	511	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	388	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	577	264.50–268.00	266.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	982	195.00	195.00

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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