Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower and heifers over 400 lbs sold steady to 15.00 lower. The offering consisted of near 65 percent weaned calves with the balance on bawling calves around 30 percent of which had not received any fall vaccinations. 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 $235.64/cwt on 847 head.

Average price

$235.64

847 head · 697 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,642

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$311

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

$20.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.52

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	536	253.74	1,361	89
Medium and Large 1	716	233.52	1,671	758

One grade step is worth $20.22/cwt here — about −$311 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 sale847 hd

235.64

—

NE average9 barns · 12,090 hd

260.16

−24.52

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

36 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	658	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,448	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	712	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,399	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	855	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,625	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	759	195.36/cwt	192.50–199.00	1,483	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	628	215.61/cwt	212.00–217.00	1,354	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	289.70/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,078	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,485	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,029	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	299.86/cwt	296.00–302.00	1,310	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	247.83/cwt	245.00–250.50	1,447	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	228.63/cwt	224.00–234.50	1,543	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	763	209.05/cwt	207.50–212.00	1,595	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,757	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	215.11/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,766	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	638	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,506	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	247.99/cwt	241.00–253.00	1,513	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,901	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	228.36/cwt	220.00–234.50	1,653	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	792	205.92/cwt	201.00–215.00	1,631	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	519	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,401	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	948	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,901	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,377	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,093	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,291	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	233.83/cwt	230.00–241.50	1,204	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	211.40/cwt	205.50–215.50	1,418	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	246.51/cwt	241.00–253.00	1,151	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	207.42/cwt	207.00–207.75	1,666	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	459	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,262	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	578	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,491	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,265	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	209.43/cwt	202.00–213.50	1,474	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	230.39/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,325	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	864	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	267.62/cwt	264.00–269.00	1,124	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	226.61/cwt	221.50–234.00	1,389	37

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 Dec 6, 2023

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

Receipts 1,779Last week 3,316Year ago 4,408

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	658	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	712	196.50	196.50
21	—	855	190.00	190.00
27	—	759	192.50–199.00	195.36
32	—	628	212.00–217.00	215.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	372	285.00–295.00	289.70
45	—	515	230.00–241.50	233.83
48	—	671	205.50–215.50	211.40
74	—	467	241.00–253.00	246.51
167	—	803	207.00–207.75	207.42
83	—	704	202.00–213.50	209.43
90	—	575	225.00–237.00	230.39
25	—	420	264.00–269.00	267.62
37	—	613	221.50–234.00	226.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	222.00	222.00
10	—	366	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	487	305.00	305.00
14	—	343	300.00	300.00
28	—	437	296.00–302.00	299.86
77	—	675	224.00–234.50	228.63
64	—	759	231.50	231.50
68	—	821	210.00–219.00	215.11
100	—	610	241.00–253.00	247.99
107	—	860	221.00	221.00
167	—	724	220.00–234.50	228.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	584	245.00–250.50	247.83
5	—	540	255.00	255.00
12	—	422	259.00	259.00
22	—	489	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	763	207.50–212.00	209.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	638	236.00	236.00
20	—	792	201.00–215.00	205.92
27	—	519	270.00	270.00
33	—	948	200.50	200.50
5	—	459	275.00	275.00
8	—	578	258.00	258.00

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