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Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Dec 13

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Dec 6Dec 13Dec 20 →

Receipts

4,526 head

▲ 2,747 vs last sale 1,779▲ 59 vs year ago 4,467 · +1.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers over 550 lbs sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Around 400 head of bawling calves sold in the mix most of which had received their fall vaccinations. Demand was 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 $241.02/cwt on 2,513 head.

Average price

$241.02

2,513 head · 728 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$188

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

$33.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.80

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	624	242.31	1,512	133
Medium and Large 1	732	241.36	1,768	2,350
Large 1	813	209.00	1,700	30

One grade step is worth $33.31/cwt here — about −$188 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 sale2,513 hd

241.02

—

NE average9 barns · 16,754 hd

273.82

−32.80

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

Every lot

63 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	360	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,130	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	376	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,222	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,303	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	481	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,400	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	1,490	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,436	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	237.39/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,334	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	568	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,482	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	569	290.94/cwt	289.00–294.00	1,655	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	280.31/cwt	270.75–285.00	1,626	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	581	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,569	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	261.65/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,525	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	261.69/cwt	255.00–269.50	1,591	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,550	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,651	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	651	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,693	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	658	266.75/cwt	266.75–266.75	1,755	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	250.90/cwt	248.00–254.75	1,674	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	685	236.77/cwt	234.50–237.50	1,622	182
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,582	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	707	226.68/cwt	226.00–228.00	1,603	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	710	220.12/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,563	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	237.29/cwt	234.50–242.50	1,711	474
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	752	228.10/cwt	226.75–229.75	1,715	70
Steers	—	Large 1	760	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,619	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	236.95/cwt	230.25–242.25	1,806	159
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	816	216.90/cwt	216.50–217.00	1,770	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	227.67/cwt	220.00–229.75	1,883	422
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	226.97/cwt	219.00–228.35	1,945	130
Steers	—	Large 1	860	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,767	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	890	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,736	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	925	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,915	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	216.51/cwt	216.25–218.50	2,022	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,050	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,079	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	345	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	900	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	363	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,042	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	467	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,205	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	267.55/cwt	261.00–273.00	1,260	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	487	272.29/cwt	270.50–276.00	1,326	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	506	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,225	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,280	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	263.51/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,402	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	536	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,340	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	578	258.45/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,494	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	247.53/cwt	242.00–253.00	1,433	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	238.00/cwt	235.50–239.00	1,380	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	581	240.53/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,397	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	631	218.80/cwt	216.50–222.00	1,381	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	233.06/cwt	230.50–242.50	1,492	116
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	645	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,490	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	666	216.13/cwt	193.00–228.00	1,439	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	225.39/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,506	254
Heifers	—	Large 1	671	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,325	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	688	216.82/cwt	210.00–218.50	1,492	134
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	213.04/cwt	209.50–220.00	1,521	375
Heifers	—	Large 1	744	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,447	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	760	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,528	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,633	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	810	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,580	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	206.55/cwt	206.00–209.00	1,685	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	835	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,503	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	196.47/cwt	195.00–198.00	1,784	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,018	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,975	20

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 Dec 13, 2023

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

Receipts 4,526Last week 1,779Year ago 4,467

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	608	255.00–269.50	261.69
136	—	934	216.25–218.50	216.51
136	—	580	270.75–285.00	280.31
130	—	857	219.00–228.35	226.97
422	—	827	220.00–229.75	227.67
69	—	667	248.00–254.75	250.90
474	—	721	234.50–242.50	237.29
19	—	1,050	198.00	198.00
159	—	762	230.25–242.25	236.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	685	234.50–237.50	236.77
70	—	752	226.75–229.75	228.10
37	—	816	216.50–217.00	216.90
22	—	568	261.00	261.00
21	—	707	226.00–228.00	226.68
28	—	925	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	650	254.00	254.00
10	—	433	301.00	301.00
7	—	376	325.00	325.00
26	—	710	215.00–226.00	220.12
55	—	583	255.00–271.00	261.65
32	—	486	306.50	306.50
27	—	522	275.00	275.00
27	—	620	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	760	213.00	213.00
16	—	860	205.50	205.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	360	314.00	314.00
8	—	481	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	691	229.00	229.00
40	—	562	235.00–251.00	237.39
9	—	890	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	569	289.00–294.00	290.94
66	—	651	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	581	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	658	266.75	266.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	744	194.50	194.50
8	—	671	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	580	235.50–239.00	238.00
134	—	688	210.00–218.50	216.82
12	—	810	195.00	195.00
10	—	760	201.00	201.00
30	—	631	216.50–222.00	218.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	471	261.00–273.00	267.55
100	—	532	259.00–270.00	263.51
254	—	668	222.00–235.00	225.39
32	—	816	206.00–209.00	206.55
375	—	714	209.50–220.00	213.04
116	—	640	230.50–242.50	233.06
35	—	772	211.50	211.50
80	—	908	195.00–198.00	196.47
20	—	1,018	194.00	194.00
107	—	579	242.00–253.00	247.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	536	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	578	257.00–262.00	258.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	487	270.50–276.00	272.29
29	—	581	240.00–242.00	240.53
19	—	645	231.00	231.00
10	—	363	287.00	287.00
21	—	666	193.00–228.00	216.13
16	—	528	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	835	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	345	261.00	261.00
13	—	467	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	506	242.00	242.00

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.