Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2023-08-09

Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-09

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 9

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Jul 26Aug 9Aug 23 →

Receipts

3,960 head

▲ 1,720 vs last sale 2,240▼ 612 vs year ago 4,572 · −13.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $247.91/cwt on 3,083 head.

Average price

$247.91

3,083 head · 895 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,219

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$509

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

$10.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.14

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	664	258.66	1,719	58
Medium and Large 1	899	247.70	2,228	3,025

One grade step is worth $10.96/cwt here — about −$509 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 sale3,083 hd

247.91

—

NE average8 barns · 9,753 hd

256.05

−8.14

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	345	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	411	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,451	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,340	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	479	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	1,612	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,564	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	600	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,722	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	283.59/cwt	283.00–284.00	1,923	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	269.25/cwt	269.25–269.25	1,920	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	743	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,802	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	266.03/cwt	264.75–266.75	2,088	126
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	787	256.63/cwt	253.00–258.00	2,020	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	249.43/cwt	245.50–255.00	2,070	214
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	871	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,056	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	882	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,117	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	886	247.33/cwt	243.00–254.50	2,191	769
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	948	243.28/cwt	239.50–244.00	2,306	1,027
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	956	242.45/cwt	240.00–247.50	2,318	515
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	970	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,250	94
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	326	890.00/head	890.00–890.00	890	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	415	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,189	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,274	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,324	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	611	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,720	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	246.58/cwt	246.00–246.75	1,753	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	766	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,804	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	769	251.75/cwt	251.75–251.75	1,936	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	234.55/cwt	234.00–238.25	1,928	394
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	848	240.75/cwt	240.75–240.75	2,042	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,062	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	891	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,996	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	966	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,217	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,014	226.99/cwt	226.00–228.00	2,302	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,042	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,240	7

This sale against other markets

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 Aug 9, 2023

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

Receipts 3,960Last week 2,240Year ago 4,572

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	611	281.50	281.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	766	235.50	235.50
7	—	1,042	215.00	215.00
13	—	891	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
394	—	822	234.00–238.25	234.55
18	—	1,014	226.00–228.00	226.99
6	—	881	234.00	234.00
61	—	711	246.00–246.75	246.58
12	—	486	272.50	272.50
12	—	966	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	769	251.75	251.75
41	—	848	240.75	240.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	415	286.50	286.50
24	—	470	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
5	—	326	890.00	890.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,027	—	948	239.50–244.00	243.28
28	—	600	287.00	287.00
126	—	785	264.75–266.75	266.03
32	—	678	283.00–284.00	283.59
214	—	830	245.50–255.00	249.43
515	—	956	240.00–247.50	242.45
769	—	886	243.00–254.50	247.33
18	—	713	269.25	269.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	871	236.00	236.00
20	—	575	272.00	272.00
10	—	470	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	411	353.00	353.00
30	—	479	336.50	336.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	787	253.00–258.00	256.63
89	—	882	240.00	240.00
94	—	970	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
6	—	345	950.00	950.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	743	242.50	242.50

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.