Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 600-750 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower and steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher, heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Some consignments were carrying some tag (mud) with moderate to good demand from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $262.63/cwt on 3,052 head.

Average price

$262.63

3,052 head · 738 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,938

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$254

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

$9.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.37

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	621	272.31	1,691	84
Medium and Large 1	741	262.36	1,945	2,968

One grade step is worth $9.95/cwt here — about −$254 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 sale3,052 hd

262.63

—

NE average7 barns · 13,776 hd

274.00

−11.37

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

48 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	—	830	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,789	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	746	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,641	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	765	215.52/cwt	212.50–220.00	1,649	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	673	239.43/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,611	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	576	267.20/cwt	266.00–268.00	1,539	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	637	253.45/cwt	249.00–256.00	1,614	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	246.54/cwt	241.50–249.25	2,024	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	227.01/cwt	222.85–230.00	2,059	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	237.24/cwt	230.00–241.75	2,050	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	321.01/cwt	314.00–325.00	1,727	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	708	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,940	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	590	314.34/cwt	312.00–327.00	1,855	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	271.58/cwt	265.00–283.50	1,833	441
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	250.30/cwt	243.50–255.75	1,947	636
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	499	338.74/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,690	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	214.64/cwt	212.50–216.00	2,181	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	307.21/cwt	297.00–314.00	1,754	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	292.18/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,826	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	846	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,904	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	744	249.21/cwt	247.00–250.50	1,854	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	669	260.56/cwt	259.00–261.00	1,743	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,526	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	271.72/cwt	271.00–274.00	1,704	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	258.80/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,884	392
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	555	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,876	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	927	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,039	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	578	285.68/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,651	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	889	223.71/cwt	220.00–225.50	1,989	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	538	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,646	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	784	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,842	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	272.82/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,460	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	271.96/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,545	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	211.51/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,849	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	251.75/cwt	246.50–257.50	1,687	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	742	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,773	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	432	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,598	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	261.89/cwt	257.00–269.75	1,624	314
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	234.44/cwt	229.50–240.00	1,714	325
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,315	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	220.04/cwt	218.50–223.00	1,811	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	211.42/cwt	210.50–213.00	2,148	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	289.83/cwt	281.00–295.00	1,374	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	590	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,422	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,216	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,291	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,431	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,515	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	231.95/cwt	225.50–233.75	1,761	287

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 Feb 14, 2024

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

Receipts 5,417Last week 3,396Year ago 3,560

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	830	215.50	215.50
23	—	746	220.00	220.00
37	—	765	212.50–220.00	215.52
59	—	673	239.00–240.00	239.43
67	—	576	266.00–268.00	267.20
120	—	637	249.00–256.00	253.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	535	270.00–275.00	272.82
96	—	568	270.00–278.00	271.96
135	—	874	210.00–212.00	211.51
216	—	670	246.50–257.50	251.75
314	—	620	257.00–269.75	261.89
325	—	731	229.50–240.00	234.44
8	—	437	301.00	301.00
172	—	823	218.50–223.00	220.04
16	—	1,016	210.50–213.00	211.42
45	—	474	281.00–295.00	289.83
287	—	759	225.50–233.75	231.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	742	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	590	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	442	275.00	275.00
5	—	480	269.00	269.00
6	—	537	266.50	266.50
15	—	594	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
220	—	821	241.50–249.25	246.54
234	—	907	222.85–230.00	227.01
271	—	864	230.00–241.75	237.24
16	—	538	314.00–325.00	321.01
441	—	675	265.00–283.50	271.58
636	—	778	243.50–255.75	250.30
79	—	499	330.00–340.00	338.74
34	—	1,016	212.50–216.00	214.64
90	—	571	297.00–314.00	307.21
158	—	625	285.00–300.00	292.18
392	—	728	255.00–267.00	258.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	708	274.00	274.00
133	—	590	312.00–327.00	314.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	846	225.00	225.00
19	—	744	247.00–250.50	249.21
36	—	669	259.00–261.00	260.56
39	—	927	220.00	220.00
40	—	578	285.00–286.00	285.68
28	—	889	220.00–225.50	223.71
5	—	538	306.00	306.00
7	—	784	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	545	280.00	280.00
78	—	627	271.00–274.00	271.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	555	338.00	338.00
38	—	432	370.00	370.00

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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