Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 650 lbs sold steady to 12.00 higher and steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher. Heifers under 650 lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers over 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 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 $262.34/cwt on 3,105 head.

Average price

$262.34

3,105 head · 722 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$268

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

$14.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.73

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	591	276.55	1,634	80
Medium and Large 1	726	261.96	1,902	3,025

One grade step is worth $14.59/cwt here — about −$268 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 sale3,105 hd

262.34

—

NE average11 barns · 25,479 hd

275.07

−12.73

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,511	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	720	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	576	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,532	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	542	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,458	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	634	247.90/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,572	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,510	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	315.72/cwt	312.50–323.00	1,651	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	584	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,694	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	231.86/cwt	231.50–232.00	1,994	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	308.20/cwt	298.50–312.00	1,772	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	521	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,732	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	626	303.87/cwt	302.00–305.00	1,902	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	339.51/cwt	337.00–345.00	1,555	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,516	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,626	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,731	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	634	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,744	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	223.66/cwt	222.50–225.00	2,058	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	290.63/cwt	287.00–298.50	1,840	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	775	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,821	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	735	238.01/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,749	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	256.02/cwt	246.00–263.00	1,836	604
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	527	294.66/cwt	294.00–295.00	1,553	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	243.92/cwt	237.00–250.25	1,898	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	879	221.49/cwt	220.50–222.00	1,947	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	297.72/cwt	296.00–298.00	1,408	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	615	270.06/cwt	269.00–273.00	1,661	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	269.07/cwt	264.00–276.50	1,830	402
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	239.78/cwt	235.00–244.50	1,971	420
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	639	283.35/cwt	281.00–284.00	1,811	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	570	289.08/cwt	282.50–293.00	1,648	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	259.16/cwt	254.00–262.50	1,653	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	603	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,471	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	680	255.98/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,741	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	214.42/cwt	210.00–215.00	2,076	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	225.56/cwt	218.00–229.00	1,714	278
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,238	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,329	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,784	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	429	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,266	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	836	230.82/cwt	223.00–232.00	1,930	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	229.73/cwt	224.00–234.00	1,645	558
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	590	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,555	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	283.77/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,515	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	240.27/cwt	236.50–245.50	1,627	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	485	264.31/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,282	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	275.00/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,559	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	281.20/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,215	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,779	5

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 31, 2024

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

Receipts 5,248Last week 5,712Year ago 5,155

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	602	251.00	251.00
13	—	589	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	523	312.50–323.00	315.72
71	—	860	231.50–232.00	231.86
137	—	575	298.50–312.00	308.20
22	—	458	337.00–345.00	339.51
67	—	446	340.00	340.00
105	—	920	222.50–225.00	223.66
81	—	633	287.00–298.50	290.63
604	—	717	246.00–263.00	256.02
338	—	778	237.00–250.25	243.92
402	—	680	264.00–276.50	269.07
420	—	822	235.00–244.50	239.78
175	—	968	210.00–215.00	214.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	584	290.00	290.00
15	—	657	263.50	263.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	521	332.50	332.50
168	—	626	302.00–305.00	303.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	634	275.00	275.00
14	—	527	294.00–295.00	294.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	775	235.00	235.00
26	—	735	235.00–240.00	238.01
30	—	879	220.50–222.00	221.49
32	—	639	281.00–284.00	283.35
39	—	570	282.50–293.00	289.08
30	—	680	250.00–260.00	255.98
68	—	836	223.00–232.00	230.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	429	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	720	219.00	219.00
10	—	576	266.00	266.00
12	—	542	269.00	269.00
59	—	634	247.50–250.00	247.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	500	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	592	255.00	255.00
7	—	450	275.00	275.00
49	—	432	280.00–284.00	281.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	473	296.00–298.00	297.72
87	—	638	254.00–262.50	259.16
278	—	760	218.00–229.00	225.56
16	—	443	300.00	300.00
17	—	822	217.00	217.00
558	—	716	224.00–234.00	229.73
79	—	534	279.00–290.00	283.77
292	—	677	236.50–245.50	240.27
143	—	567	269.00–280.00	275.00
5	—	851	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	615	269.00–273.00	270.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	603	244.00	244.00
12	—	485	262.00–266.00	264.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	590	263.50	263.50

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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