Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 450-750 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and heifers calves under 700 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower. Around 25 percent of the calves in the offering had not received any fall shots a majority of which sold at a discount. Demand was moderate to good from smaller than normal number of buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $259.29/cwt on 964 head.

Average price

$259.29

964 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$735

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

$71.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−36.50

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	517	267.71	1,384	68
Medium and Large 1	603	262.51	1,583	844
Large 1	1,081	196.00	2,119	52

One grade step is worth $71.71/cwt here — about −$735 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 sale964 hd

259.29

—

NE average12 barns · 18,366 hd

295.79

−36.50

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 1Fleshy	—	944	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,869	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,369	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,385	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,079	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	2,055	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	575	235.64/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,355	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	541	245.96/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,331	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	285.46/cwt	284.00–288.50	1,510	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,801	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	271.78/cwt	266.00–281.00	1,541	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	313.49/cwt	311.00–317.00	1,514	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,428	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	244.71/cwt	235.00–251.75	1,627	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,233	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,554	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	324	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,105	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	477	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,235	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	241.41/cwt	241.00–242.00	1,743	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	457	290.23/cwt	288.00–292.00	1,326	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	254.84/cwt	247.00–262.00	1,560	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	254.26/cwt	247.00–261.00	1,210	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	334.67/cwt	334.00–336.00	1,406	22
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,081	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,119	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	522	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,415	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	583	260.25/cwt	257.50–263.00	1,517	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	411	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,151	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	242.78/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,153	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	939	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,808	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	245.73/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,025	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	245.78/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,413	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	268.56/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,157	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,513	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	238.15/cwt	233.00–245.75	1,486	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,206	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	236.43/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,563	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	276.39/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,014	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	260.04/cwt	257.00–269.00	1,373	164

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 Nov 8, 2023

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

Receipts 2,002Last week 2,264Year ago 1,907

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	944	198.00	198.00
8	—	1,079	190.50	190.50
19	—	575	235.00–237.00	235.64
49	—	541	245.00–247.50	245.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	476	247.00–261.00	254.26
75	—	575	243.00–251.00	245.78
17	—	431	266.00–270.00	268.56
183	—	624	233.00–245.75	238.15
23	—	661	230.00–242.00	236.43
13	—	367	275.00–277.50	276.39
164	—	528	257.00–269.00	260.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	475	241.00–245.00	242.78
21	—	417	241.00–251.00	245.73
5	—	328	260.00	260.00
7	—	792	191.00	191.00
43	—	513	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	561	244.00	244.00
13	—	605	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	529	284.00–288.50	285.46
7	—	763	236.00	236.00
102	—	567	266.00–281.00	271.78
32	—	483	311.00–317.00	313.49
130	—	665	235.00–251.75	244.71
94	—	722	241.00–242.00	241.41
242	—	612	247.00–262.00	254.84
22	—	420	334.00–336.00	334.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	545	262.00	262.00
15	—	418	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	645	241.00	241.00
16	—	457	288.00–292.00	290.23
10	—	522	271.00	271.00
82	—	583	257.50–263.00	260.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	324	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	477	259.00	259.00
6	—	411	280.00	280.00
9	—	939	192.50	192.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,081	196.00	196.00

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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