Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2020-10-21

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 21
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
1,970 head
▼ 680 vs last sale 2,650▼ 1,088 vs year ago 3,058 · −35.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold 4.00-9.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 $147.36/cwt on 979 head.
Average price
$147.36
979 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$889
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.85
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1609147.65899902
Medium and Large 1-2543144.0778277
One grade step is worth $3.58/cwt here — about $117 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 sale979 hd
147.36
—
NE average9 barns · 14,859 hd
157.22
−9.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360162.00/cwt162.00–162.005835
Steers—Medium and Large 1362181.00/cwt181.00–181.0065512
Steers—Medium and Large 1428174.32/cwt171.00–176.0074630
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436150.00/cwt150.00–150.006546
Steers—Medium and Large 1461172.29/cwt171.00–176.0079419
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full481157.05/cwt154.50–159.0075518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511147.18/cwt146.00–147.5075243
Steers—Medium and Large 1526158.03/cwt154.00–160.50831153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571141.33/cwt140.50–142.0080711
Steers—Medium and Large 1572151.75/cwt147.50–154.00868108
Steers—Medium and Large 1617140.02/cwt135.00–148.00864205
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy622158.50/cwt158.50–158.5098659
Steers—Medium and Large 1659138.23/cwt134.50–141.50911134
Steers—Medium and Large 1721136.55/cwt128.00–139.50985133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2759125.00/cwt125.00–125.0094912
Steers—Medium and Large 1769143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,10422
Steers—Medium and Large 1866134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,1659
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374144.00/cwt144.00–144.005397
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441148.00/cwt148.00–148.006537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481141.15/cwt134.50–146.00679144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533139.17/cwt137.00–143.00742141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575132.87/cwt130.00–138.00764140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627128.73/cwt125.50–131.50807112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661131.53/cwt129.00–134.0086922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1706123.54/cwt123.00–124.0087245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771134.79/cwt134.75–135.001,03982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1838128.99/cwt128.00–137.501,081102

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.