Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold uneven from 5.00 higher to 6.00 lower and heifers under 800 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. 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 $246.62/cwt on 3,579 head.

Average price

$246.62

3,579 head · 749 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,847

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$310

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

$38.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.85

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	590	255.09	1,505	35
Medium and Large 1	750	246.74	1,850	3,519
Large 1	837	216.96	1,816	25

One grade step is worth $38.13/cwt here — about −$310 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 sale3,579 hd

246.62

—

NE average10 barns · 17,049 hd

269.46

−22.85

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

54 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	270.46/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,799	408
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,490	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,786	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,398	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	514	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,501	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	728	239.61/cwt	233.00–243.00	1,744	384
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	680	252.06/cwt	247.00–258.50	1,714	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	293.98/cwt	284.00–298.00	1,673	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	278.03/cwt	272.00–284.00	1,713	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	240.73/cwt	234.00–243.00	1,832	341
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,692	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	249.65/cwt	244.00–256.00	1,825	457
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	222.35/cwt	218.25–228.75	1,939	430
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	235.79/cwt	230.50–241.50	1,922	317
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	215.27/cwt	213.00–216.25	1,957	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	735	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,764	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	887	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,894	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	555	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,587	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	653	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,698	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	590	306.42/cwt	306.00–307.50	1,808	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	711	263.57/cwt	260.50–266.00	1,874	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	644	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,404	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	587	252.53/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,482	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	515	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,257	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	772	210.74/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,627	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	724	216.00/cwt	214.00–217.50	1,564	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	540	263.05/cwt	262.00–264.00	1,420	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,183	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	241.47/cwt	238.00–244.00	1,386	22
Heifers	Large 1	—	725	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,541	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	824	204.75/cwt	204.75–204.75	1,687	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	669	234.14/cwt	228.00–236.00	1,566	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	629	240.80/cwt	237.00–245.50	1,515	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	278.00/cwt	276.00–279.00	1,393	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	244.91/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,636	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	251.53/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,585	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	214.97/cwt	209.00–218.00	1,750	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	261.65/cwt	260.00–263.50	1,518	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	996	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,962	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	671	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,724	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	776	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,765	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	218.65/cwt	215.00–223.50	1,668	319
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	225.63/cwt	222.50–233.00	1,631	300
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,835	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,353	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	817	227.57/cwt	222.00–229.00	1,859	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	783	231.29/cwt	229.00–233.00	1,811	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	868	217.18/cwt	214.00–218.00	1,885	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	544	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,338	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,487	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	562	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,537	80
Steers	Large 1	—	863	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,838	19
Steers	Large 1	—	754	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,730	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	632	261.73/cwt	258.00–267.50	1,654	45

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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 5,712Last week 3,401Year ago 5,200

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
408	—	665	265.00–272.00	270.46
14	—	470	317.00	317.00
85	—	569	284.00–298.00	293.98
54	—	616	272.00–284.00	278.03
341	—	761	234.00–243.00	240.73
10	—	537	315.00	315.00
457	—	731	244.00–256.00	249.65
430	—	872	218.25–228.75	222.35
317	—	815	230.50–241.50	235.79
102	—	909	213.00–216.25	215.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	823	217.00	217.00
22	—	516	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	514	292.00	292.00
384	—	728	233.00–243.00	239.61
80	—	680	247.00–258.50	252.06
245	—	817	222.00–229.00	227.57
112	—	783	229.00–233.00	231.29
81	—	868	214.00–218.00	217.18
45	—	632	258.00–267.50	261.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	735	240.00	240.00
13	—	887	213.50	213.50
8	—	555	286.00	286.00
8	—	653	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	590	306.00–307.50	306.42
134	—	711	260.50–266.00	263.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	544	246.00	246.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	863	213.00	213.00
6	—	754	229.50	229.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	644	218.00	218.00
12	—	515	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	587	252.00–255.00	252.53
30	—	772	210.00–212.00	210.74
27	—	724	214.00–217.50	216.00
17	—	540	262.00–264.00	263.05
51	—	824	204.75	204.75
120	—	669	228.00–236.00	234.14
81	—	629	237.00–245.50	240.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	438	270.00	270.00
22	—	574	238.00–244.00	241.47
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	725	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	501	276.00–279.00	278.00
182	—	668	240.00–248.00	244.91
143	—	630	247.00–255.00	251.53
56	—	814	209.00–218.00	214.97
48	—	580	260.00–263.50	261.65
7	—	996	197.00	197.00
319	—	763	215.00–223.50	218.65
300	—	723	222.50–233.00	225.63
43	—	906	202.50	202.50
28	—	478	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	671	257.00	257.00
70	—	776	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	612	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	562	273.50	273.50

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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