Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 650-750 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and steers 750-900 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers 600-850 lbs sold steady to 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $250.75/cwt on 1,981 head.

Average price

$250.75

1,981 head · 710 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$199

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

$8.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.99

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	623	258.24	1,610	290
Medium and Large 1	725	249.46	1,809	1,691

One grade step is worth $8.77/cwt here — about −$199 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 sale1,981 hd

250.75

—

NE average12 barns · 17,969 hd

265.74

−14.99

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,068	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	791	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,622	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	689	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,567	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	518	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,380	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	585	248.18/cwt	244.00–253.50	1,452	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	258.54/cwt	257.00–263.50	1,709	398
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	225.45/cwt	222.50–227.25	1,948	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	273.40/cwt	268.00–278.50	1,599	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	241.20/cwt	234.00–243.50	1,650	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	404	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,370	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,414	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	297.36/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,647	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	249.23/cwt	243.00–254.00	1,794	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	590	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,475	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	533	295.49/cwt	294.00–299.50	1,575	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	229.08/cwt	226.75–231.00	1,899	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	257.87/cwt	256.00–264.50	1,604	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	554	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,571	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	680	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,700	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	220.55/cwt	217.00–226.50	1,575	358
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	206.40/cwt	203.00–207.25	1,705	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,483	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	233.69/cwt	230.25–240.00	1,811	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	272.86/cwt	267.00–279.00	1,315	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	636	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,444	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	240.91/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,583	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	604	271.75/cwt	271.00–273.00	1,641	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	739	235.28/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,739	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	246.21/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,270	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	242.67/cwt	236.00–249.50	1,505	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	262.31/cwt	259.00–263.50	1,474	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	261.65/cwt	261.00–262.00	1,070	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	445	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,246	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,647	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,174	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,808	12

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 Jan 10, 2024

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

Receipts 3,250Last week 4,623Year ago 5,289

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	400	267.00	267.00
18	—	510	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	791	205.00	205.00
12	—	689	227.50	227.50
19	—	518	266.50	266.50
43	—	585	244.00–253.50	248.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
358	—	714	217.00–226.50	220.55
72	—	826	203.00–207.25	206.40
137	—	657	235.00–244.00	240.91
198	—	620	236.00–249.50	242.67
26	—	562	259.00–263.50	262.31
28	—	768	214.50	214.50
6	—	390	301.00	301.00
12	—	867	208.50	208.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	482	267.00–279.00	272.86
10	—	550	240.00	240.00
73	—	516	243.00–250.00	246.21
23	—	409	261.00–262.00	261.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	636	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	445	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
398	—	661	257.00–263.50	258.54
239	—	864	222.50–227.25	225.45
211	—	554	290.00–300.00	297.36
146	—	720	243.00–254.00	249.23
259	—	829	226.75–231.00	229.08
292	—	775	230.25–240.00	233.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	585	268.00–278.50	273.40
139	—	684	234.00–243.50	241.20
34	—	462	306.00	306.00
64	—	622	256.00–264.50	257.87
14	—	525	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	404	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	590	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	533	294.00–299.50	295.49
7	—	554	283.50	283.50
10	—	680	250.00	250.00
27	—	604	271.00–273.00	271.75
67	—	739	235.00–237.50	235.28

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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