Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 600-850 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher except 700-750 lbs steers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers 600-850 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher except 650-700 lbs heifers sold 7.00 lower. Demand was 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 $241.71/cwt on 1,627 head.

Average price

$241.71

1,627 head · 779 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,883

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$327

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

$18.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.55

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	601	260.00	1,563	33
Medium and Large 1	783	241.33	1,889	1,594

One grade step is worth $18.67/cwt here — about −$327 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 sale1,627 hd

241.71

—

NE average8 barns · 14,356 hd

270.27

−28.55

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	—	636	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,488	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	693	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	700	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,505	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	878	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,747	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	576	247.29/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,424	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,104	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,052	196.84/cwt	192.00–198.00	2,071	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	216.67/cwt	214.00–219.00	1,913	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	613	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,612	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	245.98/cwt	241.00–252.50	1,815	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	233.22/cwt	225.50–238.50	1,933	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,493	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	723	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	209.75/cwt	209.75–209.75	2,121	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,477	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	243.82/cwt	241.00–247.00	1,851	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,037	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	261.46/cwt	257.50–268.00	1,736	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	291.96/cwt	286.00–294.00	1,740	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,170	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	289.96/cwt	287.00–292.50	1,763	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	770	233.03/cwt	226.00–237.00	1,794	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	272.08/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,687	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	718	234.75/cwt	231.00–236.50	1,686	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	541	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,574	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	256.49/cwt	253.50–263.00	1,483	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,541	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,466	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	194.71/cwt	193.00–197.00	1,807	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	216.82/cwt	212.00–220.50	1,670	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	262.56/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,389	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,210	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	223.68/cwt	219.50–227.50	1,608	386
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	233.49/cwt	228.50–239.50	1,588	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,860	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	216.18/cwt	215.00–217.75	1,753	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	250.43/cwt	243.50–258.00	1,540	221

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 3,401Last week 3,250Year ago 2,108

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	636	234.00	234.00
5	—	693	220.00	220.00
10	—	700	215.00	215.00
40	—	878	199.00	199.00
76	—	576	245.00–248.00	247.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	423	261.00	261.00
7	—	450	260.00	260.00
6	—	504	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	578	253.50–263.00	256.49
16	—	928	193.00–197.00	194.71
91	—	770	212.00–220.50	216.82
170	—	529	254.00–264.00	262.56
386	—	719	219.50–227.50	223.68
251	—	680	228.50–239.50	233.49
9	—	865	215.00	215.00
131	—	811	215.00–217.75	216.18
221	—	615	243.50–258.00	250.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	677	216.50	216.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,052	192.00–198.00	196.84
127	—	883	214.00–219.00	216.67
271	—	738	241.00–252.50	245.98
368	—	829	225.50–238.50	233.22
10	—	471	317.00	317.00
103	—	1,011	209.75	209.75
162	—	759	241.00–247.00	243.82
73	—	926	220.00	220.00
108	—	664	257.50–268.00	261.46
47	—	596	286.00–294.00	291.96
83	—	608	287.00–292.50	289.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	613	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	723	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	539	274.00	274.00
11	—	624	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	770	226.00–237.00	233.03
13	—	620	270.00–274.00	272.08
54	—	718	231.00–236.50	234.75
46	—	541	291.00	291.00

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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