Huss Platte Valley, NE Auction

WH_LS750
Kearney, NE    Wed Feb 27, 2013    USDA-NE Dept of Ag Market News
 
Kearney, NE - Huss Platte Valley Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 02/27/2013
 
Receipts:  2580    Last Week:  2100    Year Ago:  4550
 
   Compared to last week, steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher and heifers 
sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was very good from a large crowd of 
buyers with a few new faces on the seats. Several large strings and 
packages of calves and feeders on hand today. Supply consisted of 57 
percent steers with 92 percent of the run over 600 lbs. Next week 
expecting 2500 head. 

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    7      459       459       182.00         182.00
   18    517-545     535    171.00-175.00     172.41
   20      552       552       169.50         169.50
   68    600-648     620    156.00-163.75     158.66
  118    655-690     677    145.75-152.25     149.64
   97    710-738     719    143.00-149.00     147.88
  228    753-799     774    140.50-147.25     144.64
  166    800-848     834    133.50-138.00     135.94
  172    851-895     883    132.85-137.00     134.90
   35      888       888       128.00         128.00   Full
  112      913       913       133.00         133.00
   16      933       933       129.75         129.75   Fleshy
   66     1008      1008       128.25         128.25

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    5      416       416       163.00         163.00
    7      511       511       168.00         168.00
   15      562       562       159.00         159.00
   28    780-782     781    138.00-139.00     138.50

                Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    6      450       450       147.00         147.00
    9      530       530       146.00         146.00
   36    555-592     573    144.75-148.25     146.11
   68    603-643     627    140.00-145.00     142.96
   85    650-695     684    136.25-141.75     138.03
  106    716-741     734    132.25-135.85     135.30
  140    750-786     766    129.00-135.00     132.06
  355    800-841     819    128.00-133.10     130.77
   41      851       851       129.50         129.50

               Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   25    600-644     612    136.75-137.75     137.17
    6     1022      1022       111.00         111.00

Source:  NE Dept of Ag - USDA Market News Service, Kearney NE
         Tom Walthers,  308-390-5399
         24 Hour Market Report 620-369-9311
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/WH_LS750.txt
 
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