Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2020-03-11

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 11
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,083 head
▼ 1,026 vs last sale 3,109▲ 2,083 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, grass cattle sold unevenly steady with feeder cattle trading 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate on grass cattle with light demand on feeder cattle. Another day of lower CME boards spilled over to Wednesday's cattle market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.19/cwt on 1,885 head.
Average price
$134.19
1,885 head · 774 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,039
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$141
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.21
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2649139.2390381
Medium and Large 1780133.971,0441,804
One grade step is worth $5.26/cwt here — about −$141 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 sale1,885 hd
134.19
—
NE average9 barns · 10,773 hd
158.40
−24.21
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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386170.00/cwt170.00–170.006566
Steers—Medium and Large 1459182.50/cwt182.50–182.5083819
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned527143.00/cwt143.00–143.007549
Steers—Medium and Large 1532165.44/cwt160.00–167.0088049
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568150.57/cwt147.00–155.0085523
Steers—Medium and Large 1572170.87/cwt162.00–176.00977123
Steers—Medium and Large 1610152.52/cwt147.00–154.5093081
Steers—Medium and Large 1662142.63/cwt135.50–147.0094489
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673133.95/cwt130.50–135.0090122
Steers—Medium and Large 1702140.45/cwt137.00–140.7598690
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745128.25/cwt128.25–128.2595530
Steers—Medium and Large 1775134.23/cwt131.75–136.001,040397
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy789124.00/cwt124.00–124.0097827
Steers—Medium and Large 1813128.17/cwt123.50–128.751,04266
Steers—Medium and Large 1861123.66/cwt121.50–126.501,065724
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy895121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,08327
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy907114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,03422
Steers—Medium and Large 1918121.08/cwt120.50–121.751,11268
Steers—Medium and Large 1960113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,09013
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426162.25/cwt162.25–162.2569110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned432151.00/cwt151.00–151.006527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475149.00/cwt149.00–149.007088
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy513127.00/cwt127.00–127.0065212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529151.25/cwt151.25–151.2580016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530139.00/cwt139.00–139.0073719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582143.25/cwt143.25–143.2583446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610138.79/cwt138.25–140.0084727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664124.00/cwt124.00–124.0082315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668131.51/cwt124.00–133.25878127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy712118.00/cwt118.00–118.0084010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733125.74/cwt125.25–126.0092222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764121.80/cwt119.00–125.5093160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2810110.00/cwt110.00–110.008915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840113.60/cwt113.60–113.6095426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy843108.75/cwt108.75–108.7591740
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850116.10/cwt116.10–116.1098712

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.