Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2020-06-17

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jun 17
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,939 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 1,914▲ 658 vs year ago 1,281 · +51.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 227 vs last sale 247▼ 36 vs year ago 56 · −64.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold steady to 4.00 higher and heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand was good on a hot, windy June day. Wide variety of type of cattle and condition ranging from thin fleshed to fleshy. Bulk of the offering sold in packages with only a few load lots on the day. Next Special Calf and Feeder auction July 1.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.64/cwt on 958 head.
Average price
$125.64
958 head · 751 lb average
Value per head Derived
$944
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$183
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.93
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2606133.81811289
Medium and Large 1814122.12994669
One grade step is worth $11.69/cwt here — about −$183 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 sale958 hd
125.64
—
NE average5 barns · 3,047 hd
127.58
−1.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2268200.00/cwt200.00–200.005365
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2371166.00/cwt166.00–166.0061612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy461154.00/cwt154.00–154.0071024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495158.00/cwt158.00–158.007828
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed512167.50/cwt167.50–167.5085818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519156.50/cwt156.50–156.508127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568142.75/cwt142.75–142.7581138
Steers—Medium and Large 1579155.51/cwt155.00–156.0090010
Steers—Medium and Large 1618160.28/cwt158.75–161.2599155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619154.00/cwt154.00–154.0095316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662147.94/cwt147.50–149.5097923
Steers—Medium and Large 1682155.91/cwt153.00–157.001,06338
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy685134.00/cwt134.00–134.0091815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705131.00/cwt131.00–131.009247
Steers—Medium and Large 1732138.58/cwt135.50–140.001,01428
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy743132.00/cwt132.00–132.0098116
Steers—Medium and Large 1757140.91/cwt139.35–143.751,06742
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782132.22/cwt129.00–135.501,034121
Steers—Medium and Large 1819132.53/cwt131.25–134.001,08549
Steers—Medium and Large 1865131.48/cwt131.25–132.001,137121
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy877123.75/cwt123.75–123.751,08551
Steers—Medium and Large 1938127.25/cwt127.25–127.251,19475
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy457135.50/cwt135.50–135.5061932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed508151.25/cwt151.25–151.2576829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520153.92/cwt150.00–160.0080015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522148.00/cwt148.00–148.007737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560142.78/cwt140.00–144.5080016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562149.78/cwt147.50–153.0084212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy583130.00/cwt130.00–130.0075855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed594139.38/cwt139.00–139.8582863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626133.00/cwt133.00–133.008336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631131.98/cwt131.50–132.7583323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658131.00/cwt131.00–131.008627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680131.08/cwt130.25–132.5089156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy694121.00/cwt121.00–121.008407
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728128.26/cwt125.75–129.8593488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736122.00/cwt122.00–122.0089836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy745122.00/cwt122.00–122.0090913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy759107.00/cwt107.00–107.0081210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786124.42/cwt123.75–126.25978104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833120.34/cwt118.50–121.251,00254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy834114.00/cwt114.00–114.0095146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2859112.00/cwt112.00–112.0096221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1915117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,07145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy918116.27/cwt113.50–118.001,067205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy954110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0498
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3591,346.18/cwt1,335.00–1,350.0018,29512

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.