Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2020-04-08

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Apr 8
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,550 head
▼ 1,632 vs last sale 3,182▲ 1,550 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 115 vs last sale 0▲ 115 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 0▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week on comparable offerings, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from start to finish for calves and feeder cattle. With very good demand for 700 lbs Hereford replacement heifers. Most of the slaughter type cows went back to county to be placed on feed. Next week, April 15th will consist of cow/calf pairs and bred cows along with slaughter cattle. April 22nd will be a calf and feeder auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.83/cwt on 787 head.
Average price
$128.83
787 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$853
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.36
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1667130.09867685
Medium and Large 1-2631120.36759102
One grade step is worth $9.73/cwt here — about $108 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 sale787 hd
128.83
—
NE average8 barns · 5,977 hd
124.47
+4.36
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,88078.941,48412
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68055.509322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29752.7768443
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14644.4650931

Every lot

47 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374170.00/cwt170.00–170.006368
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2414156.02/cwt151.00–160.006467
Steers—Medium and Large 1489170.18/cwt165.50–175.0083226
Steers—Medium and Large 1518162.33/cwt162.00–163.0084131
Steers—Medium and Large 1560168.45/cwt160.50–172.00943193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588141.88/cwt141.00–144.0083410
Steers—Medium 1590128.00/cwt128.00–128.0075511
Steers—Medium and Large 1616156.60/cwt151.00–161.0096547
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639147.00/cwt147.00–147.0093910
Steers—Medium and Large 1670145.66/cwt142.00–152.0097650
Steers—Medium and Large 1727132.49/cwt131.25–136.0096338
Steers—Medium and Large 1792124.14/cwt120.00–126.0098385
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy835115.78/cwt115.50–116.0096743
Steers—Medium and Large 1841117.10/cwt117.10–117.1098516
Steers—Medium and Large 1886120.48/cwt119.25–120.851,06770
Steers—Medium and Large 1913119.25/cwt119.25–119.251,0899
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1347176.00/cwt176.00–176.0061110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393152.00/cwt152.00–152.005977
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470141.89/cwt137.50–143.5066739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484139.00/cwt139.00–139.006736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528143.18/cwt140.50–144.0075645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532129.00/cwt129.00–129.006866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564148.41/cwt144.00–150.5083791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2596130.25/cwt130.25–130.2577612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618120.82/cwt120.00–122.5074736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620128.33/cwt127.50–129.5079615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674115.00/cwt115.00–115.0077521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681126.56/cwt123.50–129.50862183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700111.50/cwt109.00–112.5078121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711120.19/cwt118.75–123.25855105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement720152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,09452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy773103.74/cwt100.00–106.7580241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement778117.00/cwt117.00–117.009108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779110.25/cwt110.25–110.2585923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy827110.04/cwt100.00–111.3591044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850113.50/cwt113.50–113.509658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement858123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,05514
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,80574.72/cwt72.50–78.001,3496
Bulls——1,95583.15/cwt82.50–84.501,6266
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99048.50/cwt48.50–48.504801
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,11538.25/cwt32.00–41.504268
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,16446.53/cwt43.50–50.0054222
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,29654.62/cwt48.75–58.5070835
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,30044.65/cwt36.00–48.505808
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68055.50/cwt55.50–55.509322
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,00882.50/cwt82.50–82.508324
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,06269.52/cwt60.50–76.007388

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.