Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 650 lbs sold 9.00 to 12.00 higher and steers 650-800 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with steers over 800 lbs selling uneven from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. All weight classes of heifers over 450 lbs sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was 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 $245.03/cwt on 1,780 head.

Average price

$245.03

1,780 head · 762 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$375

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

$5.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.97

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	597	250.75	1,496	24
Medium and Large 1	764	244.96	1,872	1,756

One grade step is worth $5.79/cwt here — about −$375 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 sale1,780 hd

245.03

—

NE average7 barns · 8,701 hd

266.01

−20.97

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

50 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 1Fancy	—	725	232.68/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,687	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	682	248.25/cwt	248.25–248.25	1,693	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	715	201.50/cwt	198.00–208.00	1,441	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,401	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	777	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,515	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	842	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,600	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,287	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	569	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,588	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	300.34/cwt	298.00–302.00	1,511	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	293.39/cwt	286.00–296.00	1,713	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	692	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,644	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	513	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,642	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,488	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	308.35/cwt	303.00–314.00	1,489	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	772	226.72/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,750	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	224.17/cwt	219.00–229.50	1,914	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,042	211.73/cwt	201.50–212.50	2,206	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	645	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,609	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	219.10/cwt	211.00–220.75	1,996	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	246.34/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,776	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	737	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,702	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	614	268.25/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,647	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	574	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,510	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	241.00/cwt	232.00–243.75	1,873	317
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	254.34/cwt	253.00–255.25	1,676	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	590	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,623	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	600	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,566	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	494	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,284	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	226.09/cwt	222.75–232.50	1,886	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	276.50/cwt	273.50–281.50	1,725	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	468	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,601	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	1,713	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,373	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	556	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,418	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,483	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	204.82/cwt	203.75–205.50	2,013	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	236.51/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,578	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	217.84/cwt	217.00–219.00	1,658	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,869	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	219.22/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,592	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	689	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,536	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	439	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,519	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	277.53/cwt	273.00–279.00	1,413	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	249.24/cwt	240.50–252.50	1,553	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	270.10/cwt	268.00–272.00	1,164	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	258.94/cwt	250.00–264.50	1,504	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	211.32/cwt	210.00–214.75	1,754	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	490	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,323	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	845	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,546	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 Dec 20, 2023

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

Receipts 3,075Last week 4,526Year ago 2,775

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	725	232.00–235.00	232.68
111	—	682	248.25	248.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	715	198.00–208.00	201.50
17	—	777	195.00	195.00
17	—	842	190.00	190.00
19	—	490	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	637	220.00	220.00
31	—	431	268.00–272.00	270.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	600	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	494	260.00	260.00
12	—	689	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	467	294.00	294.00
80	—	667	228.00–238.00	236.51
41	—	761	217.00–219.00	217.84
63	—	937	199.50	199.50
65	—	726	216.00–225.00	219.22
63	—	509	273.00–279.00	277.53
7	—	852	195.00	195.00
129	—	623	240.50–252.50	249.24
180	—	581	250.00–264.50	258.94
69	—	830	210.00–214.75	211.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	556	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	845	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	310.00	310.00
5	—	569	279.00	279.00
12	—	692	237.50	237.50
8	—	645	249.50	249.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	503	298.00–302.00	300.34
23	—	584	286.00–296.00	293.39
6	—	439	339.00	339.00
12	—	483	303.00–314.00	308.35
134	—	854	219.00–229.50	224.17
113	—	1,042	201.50–212.50	211.73
179	—	911	211.00–220.75	219.10
309	—	721	240.00–249.00	246.34
317	—	777	232.00–243.75	241.00
38	—	659	253.00–255.25	254.34
155	—	834	222.75–232.50	226.09
175	—	624	273.50–281.50	276.50
33	—	983	203.75–205.50	204.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	513	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	772	225.00–229.00	226.72
30	—	737	231.00	231.00
93	—	614	266.00–270.00	268.25
12	—	590	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	574	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	342.00	342.00
23	—	520	329.50	329.50
7	—	439	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	613	242.00	242.00

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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