Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2019-07-17

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jul 17
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,161 head
▲ 423 vs last sale 1,738▲ 2,161 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 600-900 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher and heifers 500-800 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Near 189 head of slaughter cows and bulls are included in the receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.75/cwt on 902 head.
Average price
$134.75
902 head · 778 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,048
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$281
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.38
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2573136.2978146
Medium and Large 1789134.661,062856
One grade step is worth $1.62/cwt here — about −$281 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 sale902 hd
134.75
—
NE average5 barns · 4,459 hd
142.12
−7.38
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487157.50/cwt157.50–157.5076711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523156.00/cwt156.00–156.0081615
Steers—Medium and Large 1607168.57/cwt162.00–171.501,02349
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611140.00/cwt140.00–140.008555
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy629157.24/cwt156.75–159.5098944
Steers—Medium and Large 1660159.16/cwt159.00–159.251,05017
Steers—Medium and Large 1719160.08/cwt159.00–160.501,15145
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy741146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,08211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed760158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,20112
Steers—Medium and Large 1791149.62/cwt149.00–151.501,18344
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1057
Steers—Medium and Large 1819147.25/cwt146.75–148.351,20686
Steers—Large 2827110.50/cwt110.50–110.509145
Steers—Medium and Large 1887145.80/cwt143.75–146.501,293479
Steers—Medium and Large 1933148.10/cwt148.10–148.101,38262
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned372160.00/cwt160.00–160.005955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439145.50/cwt145.50–145.5063917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474148.65/cwt147.50–149.2570515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507152.50/cwt152.50–152.5077328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595152.50/cwt152.50–152.5090731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy619147.50/cwt147.50–147.5091314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624153.40/cwt152.75–154.5095742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673146.23/cwt144.75–150.0098493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy680139.50/cwt139.50–139.509497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740134.25/cwt132.50–139.0099356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy750115.00/cwt115.00–115.008636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769136.32/cwt132.00–137.251,04892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed785130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,02122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813134.12/cwt133.85–136.751,09078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy842120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed855134.75/cwt134.75–134.751,15283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865126.29/cwt125.00–126.751,092188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy894119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,06410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy913109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,0008
Heifers—Medium and Large 1972120.54/cwt120.00–121.501,172100
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2384144.00/cwt144.00–144.005538

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.