Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower except 850 lbs steers selling 4.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in house and on the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $260.60/cwt on 1,374 head.

Average price

$260.60

1,374 head · 771 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$351

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

$32.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.79

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	569	292.75	1,666	30
Medium and Large 1	776	259.89	2,016	1,344

One grade step is worth $32.86/cwt here — about −$351 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 sale1,374 hd

260.60

—

NE average6 barns · 7,922 hd

272.39

−11.79

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

44 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	—	726	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,779	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,340	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	643	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,588	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,026	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,985	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,402	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	271.28/cwt	269.00–276.00	1,568	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	256.38/cwt	251.00–259.50	1,979	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	303.47/cwt	294.50–311.00	1,851	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	249.10/cwt	246.50–250.50	2,077	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	276.25/cwt	276.25–276.25	1,920	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,586	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,767	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	318.14/cwt	316.50–319.00	1,537	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	321.66/cwt	317.00–329.00	1,698	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,031	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,021	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	823	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,975	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,409	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	700	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,778	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,529	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	264.24/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,929	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	947	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,088	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	575	300.93/cwt	296.00–305.00	1,730	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	244.46/cwt	243.00–245.25	2,102	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,113	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	736	255.76/cwt	251.00–258.00	1,882	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	677	264.00/cwt	262.50–266.00	1,787	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	265.06/cwt	260.00–268.25	1,638	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	468	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,343	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	225.75/cwt	225.75–225.75	2,145	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	303	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,091	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	883	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,987	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	617	288.35/cwt	286.50–290.00	1,779	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	209.78/cwt	207.50–210.00	1,940	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	223.10/cwt	223.00–224.25	1,789	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	320.82/cwt	317.50–324.75	1,825	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,076	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,217	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	286.98/cwt	280.00–290.50	1,515	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	228.53/cwt	227.00–232.75	1,783	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,676	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	220.25/cwt	220.25–220.25	1,890	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	248.40/cwt	243.50–253.50	1,679	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	240.01/cwt	232.50–244.25	1,714	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,501	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	268.38/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,404	27

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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 2,859Last week 4,430Year ago 4,157

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	726	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	282.00	282.00
9	—	643	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,026	193.50	193.50
17	—	477	294.00	294.00
25	—	578	269.00–276.00	271.28
258	—	618	260.00–268.25	265.06
118	—	925	207.50–210.00	209.78
130	—	802	223.00–224.25	223.10
67	—	528	280.00–290.50	286.98
243	—	780	227.00–232.75	228.53
30	—	858	220.25	220.25
146	—	676	243.50–253.50	248.40
150	—	714	232.50–244.25	240.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	787	213.00	213.00
12	—	575	261.00	261.00
27	—	523	266.00–270.00	268.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	772	251.00–259.50	256.38
120	—	610	294.50–311.00	303.47
228	—	834	246.50–250.50	249.10
39	—	695	276.25	276.25
26	—	483	316.50–319.00	318.14
33	—	528	317.00–329.00	321.66
16	—	420	364.00	364.00
155	—	730	260.00–274.00	264.24
90	—	860	243.00–245.25	244.46
12	—	933	226.50	226.50
146	—	950	225.75	225.75
5	—	303	360.00	360.00
45	—	569	317.50–324.75	320.82
78	—	1,076	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	527	301.00	301.00
15	—	646	273.50	273.50
5	—	422	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,031	196.00	196.00
29	—	823	240.00	240.00
7	—	947	220.50	220.50
13	—	575	296.00–305.00	300.93
48	—	736	251.00–258.00	255.76
60	—	677	262.50–266.00	264.00
37	—	883	225.00	225.00
42	—	617	286.50–290.00	288.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	700	254.00	254.00

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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