Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2020-01-29

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 29
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
5,150 head
▲ 403 vs last sale 4,747▲ 5,150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 9.00 lower with some grass type cattle trading 10.00 to 12.00 lower. Most decline on Wednesday's market is in conjunction with the sharply lower CME cattle boards from Monday's trading. Many buyers were reluctant to jump in the market in the early rounds of the sale. But, as the sale progressed demand improved immensely. Flesh scores were from thin to fleshy with most offerings displaying a lot of "tag" throughout the day. Pen conditions are slick and muddy in a big area. Some pens will hopefully dry, with weekend forecast to be in the 50's in central Nebraska.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.92/cwt on 2,504 head.
Average price
$146.92
2,504 head · 718 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,055
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$100
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.03
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2656146.99964235
Medium and Large 1724146.921,0642,269
One grade step is worth $0.07/cwt here — about −$100 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 sale2,504 hd
146.92
—
NE average9 barns · 19,289 hd
162.95
−16.03
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426167.00/cwt167.00–167.0071114
Steers—Medium and Large 1492169.26/cwt167.50–172.0083332
Steers—Medium and Large 1535167.69/cwt164.50–177.0089769
Steers—Medium and Large 1569169.90/cwt163.00–175.50967158
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574161.07/cwt151.00–165.5092533
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed601168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,01059
Steers—Medium and Large 1622155.11/cwt152.00–157.50965124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635149.01/cwt148.50–150.0094668
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660142.08/cwt140.00–143.0093856
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed661160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,05823
Steers—Medium and Large 1674149.94/cwt146.50–154.001,011195
Steers—Medium and Large 1714147.28/cwt143.00–150.001,052477
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy731139.64/cwt138.00–140.501,02188
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2742139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,03534
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy762147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,120160
Steers—Medium and Large 1780140.19/cwt137.75–143.001,093379
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2783136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,06916
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy784135.37/cwt135.00–140.251,06196
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2813133.75/cwt133.75–133.751,08714
Steers—Medium and Large 1822135.89/cwt134.00–138.751,117234
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy846131.99/cwt130.00–132.501,11749
Steers—Medium and Large 1860134.98/cwt132.50–136.501,16185
Steers—Medium and Large 1902135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,21841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420155.71/cwt155.00–158.5065419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438166.42/cwt163.00–170.007298
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485155.28/cwt154.00–162.0075345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522156.74/cwt153.50–163.0081889
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530145.98/cwt143.50–148.0077416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568153.13/cwt146.25–159.00870227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy596143.00/cwt143.00–143.0085213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618136.73/cwt132.50–142.2584564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628143.29/cwt138.75–147.50900292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675134.79/cwt130.00–142.25910466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681134.18/cwt132.75–134.5091438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722133.38/cwt129.00–135.50963631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy733129.19/cwt128.50–129.7594759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1767131.07/cwt126.50–133.751,005139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2769126.00/cwt126.00–126.0096918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,03517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1856124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,06129

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.