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Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-03

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 3

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Dec 20Jan 3Jan 10 →

Receipts

4,623 head

▲ 1,548 vs last sale 3,075▲ 3,512 vs year ago 1,111 · +316.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 700-800 lbs sold 5.00 lower and steers over 800 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Heifers 550-650 lbs sold 3.00 higher and heifers over 700 lbs sold 6.00 higher. 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 $246.35/cwt on 2,543 head.

Average price

$246.35

2,543 head · 730 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$417

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

$23.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.88

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	532	267.03	1,422	266
Medium and Large 1	754	243.93	1,838	2,277

One grade step is worth $23.10/cwt here — about −$417 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 sale2,543 hd

246.35

—

NE average3 barns · 5,410 hd

269.23

−22.88

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

Every lot

60 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	374	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,006	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	430	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	1,284	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,307	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	451	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,303	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,287	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	327.11/cwt	322.00–336.00	1,600	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	524	281.65/cwt	278.00–285.00	1,476	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	540	261.17/cwt	261.00–263.00	1,410	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	553	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,703	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	563	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,540	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	294.62/cwt	284.50–299.50	1,709	219
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,514	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	585	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,644	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	616	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,777	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	623	238.32/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,485	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	626	261.88/cwt	261.00–265.00	1,639	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	247.42/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,549	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	257.69/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,729	300
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	673	245.59/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,653	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	233.44/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,580	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,544	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	716	252.10/cwt	251.00–253.50	1,805	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	728	230.15/cwt	226.00–234.00	1,675	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	241.02/cwt	236.25–246.00	1,757	163
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	235.13/cwt	228.00–241.25	1,813	440
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	772	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,741	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	230.61/cwt	224.00–235.00	1,912	372
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	227.03/cwt	220.00–231.75	1,975	146
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	881	214.51/cwt	213.75–217.50	1,890	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	915	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,999	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	952	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,056	155
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	351	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	948	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,028	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	427	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,132	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	282.68/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,303	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	463	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,227	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,235	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	506	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,265	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	538	252.79/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,360	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,309	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	562	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,546	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	264.56/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,495	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	570	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,357	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	613	235.31/cwt	231.00–237.50	1,442	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	249.76/cwt	244.00–256.00	1,566	195
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	666	242.51/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,615	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	215.46/cwt	214.00–219.00	1,469	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	693	225.80/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,565	154
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	227.26/cwt	219.50–232.50	1,632	349
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	720	209.82/cwt	209.00–213.00	1,511	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	733	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,668	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	756	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,727	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	758	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,698	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	784	206.53/cwt	205.00–209.00	1,619	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	810	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,729	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	206.80/cwt	202.50–210.25	1,729	105
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	869	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,834	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	897	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,794	36

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 Jan 3, 2024

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

Receipts 4,623Last week 3,075Year ago 1,111

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
300	—	671	254.00–264.00	257.69
219	—	580	284.50–299.50	294.62
163	—	729	236.25–246.00	241.02
27	—	500	305.00	305.00
440	—	771	228.00–241.25	235.13
372	—	829	224.00–235.00	230.61
155	—	952	216.00	216.00
146	—	870	220.00–231.75	227.03
30	—	489	322.00–336.00	327.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	440	297.00	297.00
16	—	677	230.00–236.00	233.44
7	—	702	220.00	220.00
6	—	580	261.00	261.00
35	—	626	244.00–251.00	247.42
5	—	475	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	553	308.00	308.00
27	—	716	251.00–253.50	252.10
8	—	616	288.50	288.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	524	278.00–285.00	281.65
8	—	585	281.00	281.00
8	—	451	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	655	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	540	261.00–263.00	261.17
36	—	430	298.50	298.50
16	—	374	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	915	218.50	218.50
63	—	881	213.75–217.50	214.51
5	—	563	273.50	273.50
9	—	772	225.50	225.50
95	—	673	242.00–249.00	245.59
114	—	728	226.00–234.00	230.15
35	—	626	261.00–265.00	261.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	623	236.00–240.00	238.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	897	200.00	200.00
154	—	693	220.00–233.00	225.80
195	—	627	244.00–256.00	249.76
349	—	718	219.50–232.50	227.26
54	—	461	275.00–285.00	282.68
105	—	836	202.50–210.25	206.80
132	—	565	257.00–267.00	264.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	784	205.00–209.00	206.53
67	—	613	231.00–237.50	235.31
25	—	720	209.00–213.00	209.82
24	—	538	252.00–254.00	252.79
13	—	463	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	506	250.00	250.00
5	—	570	238.00	238.00
20	—	351	270.00	270.00
40	—	427	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	733	227.50	227.50
49	—	810	213.50	213.50
60	—	869	211.00	211.00
20	—	758	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	756	228.50	228.50
98	—	562	275.00	275.00
98	—	666	240.00–243.00	242.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	385	267.00	267.00
7	—	500	247.00	247.00
10	—	550	238.00	238.00
23	—	682	214.00–219.00	215.46

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.