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Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-11

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 11

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Oct 4Oct 11Oct 18 →

Receipts

1,119 head

▼ 891 vs last sale 2,010▼ 126 vs year ago 1,245 · −10.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower except 525 lbs steers selling 3.00 higher, feeder steers over 700 lbs sold 6.00-10.00 higher. Heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower except 525 lbs heifers selling 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to very good from the buyers in the crowd. Around 500 head of bawling spring calves sold in the mix with about 80% having received preconditioning shots.

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 $271.17/cwt on 697 head.

Average price

$271.17

697 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$7.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.46

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	680	271.78	1,848	637
Medium and Large 1-2	655	264.66	1,734	60

One grade step is worth $7.12/cwt here — about $114 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 sale697 hd

271.17

—

NE average10 barns · 13,181 hd

280.63

−9.46

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

Every lot

23 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	329.44/cwt	320.00–343.00	1,519	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,425	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	302.55/cwt	299.50–309.00	1,582	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	282.66/cwt	278.00–285.00	1,617	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	273.61/cwt	269.50–277.00	1,650	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	258.73/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,705	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	265.29/cwt	263.00–272.50	1,809	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	708	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,802	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	268.86/cwt	260.50–270.00	1,909	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	255.91/cwt	245.75–257.00	2,091	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	253.10/cwt	253.10–253.10	2,151	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,130	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,181	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	427	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,114	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,196	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	272.43/cwt	269.00–276.50	1,392	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	251.58/cwt	247.50–259.00	1,444	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	247.18/cwt	245.50–251.25	1,528	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	247.21/cwt	246.00–249.25	1,765	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,043	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,036	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,134	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,270	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,634	8

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 Oct 11, 2023

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

Receipts 1,119Last week 2,010Year ago 1,245

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	508	250.00	250.00
8	—	681	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	427	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	395	299.00	299.00
22	—	890	229.50	229.50
31	—	714	246.00–249.25	247.21
50	—	618	245.50–251.25	247.18
60	—	511	269.00–276.50	272.43
60	—	574	247.50–259.00	251.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,036	206.00	206.00
6	—	435	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	930	229.00	229.00
15	—	475	300.00	300.00
25	—	659	256.00–260.00	258.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	708	254.50	254.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	523	299.50–309.00	302.55
85	—	817	245.75–257.00	255.91
97	—	850	253.10	253.10
141	—	603	269.50–277.00	273.61
10	—	461	320.00–343.00	329.44
67	—	572	278.00–285.00	282.66
47	—	682	263.00–272.50	265.29
117	—	710	260.50–270.00	268.86

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.