Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2020-10-07

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 7
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,795 head
▼ 1,549 vs last sale 4,344▼ 215 vs year ago 3,010 · −7.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, over 750 lbs sold 5.00 lower except 800-850 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold 2.00 lower except 850-900 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Demand was 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 $153.68/cwt on 1,497 head.
Average price
$153.68
1,497 head · 695 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,068
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.75
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1703154.391,0851,385
Medium and Large 1-2600144.91870112
One grade step is worth $9.48/cwt here — about $215 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 sale1,497 hd
153.68
—
NE average10 barns · 17,529 hd
154.43
−0.75
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 1-2381170.00/cwt170.00–170.0064815
Steers—Medium and Large 1396184.50/cwt184.50–184.5073115
Steers—Medium and Large 1439180.85/cwt178.25–183.0079420
Steers—Medium and Large 1471178.04/cwt170.25–186.0083967
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2496148.00/cwt148.00–148.007345
Steers—Medium and Large 1514168.39/cwt160.00–172.75866151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2546153.00/cwt153.00–153.008356
Steers—Medium and Large 1577157.71/cwt153.00–168.00910155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583151.00/cwt151.00–151.0088011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600140.61/cwt140.00–141.0084426
Steers—Medium and Large 1615151.91/cwt146.00–155.25934117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666140.00/cwt140.00–140.0093224
Steers—Medium and Large 1690157.18/cwt145.50–160.251,085138
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural702163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,14429
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed710159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,12954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710133.79/cwt132.50–135.0095025
Steers—Medium and Large 1730150.59/cwt150.00–152.001,09990
Steers—Medium and Large 1777143.01/cwt142.00–149.251,11143
Steers—Medium and Large 1816149.24/cwt142.50–150.251,218203
Steers—Medium and Large 1865142.60/cwt142.00–144.251,233213
Steers—Medium and Large 1937139.82/cwt135.00–141.001,31079
Steers—Medium and Large 1978131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,28611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375179.00/cwt179.00–179.0067112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375146.00/cwt146.00–146.005486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433165.26/cwt164.00–169.7571622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472156.09/cwt153.00–161.0073791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522152.07/cwt146.00–155.00794143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564142.77/cwt133.00–148.2580582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621143.06/cwt134.25–146.7588882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674148.91/cwt139.00–151.501,00478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684134.50/cwt134.50–134.509208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730139.38/cwt136.50–145.001,01735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed752144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,08344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780135.66/cwt132.50–141.501,058155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811135.70/cwt135.50–136.751,101213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed848134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,14131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865135.45/cwt135.00–136.001,17222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1932128.55/cwt126.00–131.501,19817
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 384059.00/cwt59.00–59.004965

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.