Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2019-10-23

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 23
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
3,058 head
▲ 375 vs last sale 2,683▲ 3,058 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 550 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower,550-700 lbs sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher and over 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.65/cwt on 1,608 head.
Average price
$158.65
1,608 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$959
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.89
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1608160.419761,417
Medium and Large 1-2572145.60833191
One grade step is worth $14.81/cwt here — about $143 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 sale1,608 hd
158.65
—
NE average11 barns · 17,750 hd
159.54
−0.89
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1333178.64/cwt172.00–182.0059530
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374161.52/cwt160.00–163.0060415
Steers—Medium and Large 1379172.00/cwt171.00–173.0065229
Steers—Medium and Large 1414176.99/cwt175.00–178.0073338
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy433167.50/cwt167.50–167.507255
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy458166.00/cwt166.00–166.007605
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465156.17/cwt155.00–160.0072652
Steers—Medium and Large 1478175.70/cwt170.50–179.75840205
Steers—Medium and Large 1525163.65/cwt161.50–169.00859157
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added568175.50/cwt175.50–175.50997181
Steers—Medium and Large 1573158.52/cwt156.00–160.75908101
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy573149.14/cwt145.00–151.50855113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577135.00/cwt135.00–135.0077926
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy606150.23/cwt149.50–151.2591061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned619143.65/cwt140.00–145.0088925
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned629159.29/cwt157.25–160.001,002100
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634142.02/cwt141.00–143.5090029
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned657156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,02824
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665135.00/cwt135.00–135.0089811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned668136.50/cwt136.50–136.5091211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned710142.60/cwt142.60–142.601,01221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed710142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,01212
Steers—Medium and Large 1730148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,08015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2744135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,00410
Steers—Medium and Large 1750149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,121118
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned760137.78/cwt134.50–139.251,04716
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy837135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,13016
Steers—Medium and Large 1871144.19/cwt144.00–147.101,256146
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy903141.75/cwt141.75–141.751,28036
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1302167.00/cwt167.00–167.0050417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340141.00/cwt141.00–141.0047926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1394157.18/cwt154.00–160.0061952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434149.10/cwt145.00–154.2564784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473151.74/cwt148.25–154.00718199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474139.76/cwt138.00–140.0066260
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy480144.04/cwt142.50–145.0069147
Heifers—Medium and Large 2497120.00/cwt120.00–120.005968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy523140.43/cwt139.00–143.00734119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534146.96/cwt146.00–151.00785109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562144.47/cwt142.00–146.2581262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy562139.00/cwt139.00–139.007818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned631139.29/cwt135.50–141.5087921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2703137.50/cwt137.50–137.509679
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,18726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full891138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,2309
Heifers—Medium and Large 1900141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,27150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1966134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,29911
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,011136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,37563
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2451129.00/cwt129.00–129.005826
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2491141.00/cwt141.00–141.006925

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.