Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2020-10-28

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 28
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,736 head
▲ 766 vs last sale 1,970▲ 236 vs year ago 2,500 · +9.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 400-600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower over 600 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher, heifers 400-600 lbs sold 2.00-4.00 higher over 600 lbs sold 3.00 lower. 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 $146.19/cwt on 1,688 head.
Average price
$146.19
1,688 head · 715 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,046
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.67
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1721146.401,0551,609
Medium and Large 1-2605141.9185879
One grade step is worth $4.49/cwt here — about $196 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 sale1,688 hd
146.19
—
NE average10 barns · 14,403 hd
153.86
−7.67
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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1328190.57/cwt190.00–191.0062511
Steers—Medium and Large 1388185.00/cwt185.00–185.007189
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2405160.00/cwt160.00–160.006489
Steers—Medium and Large 1433173.72/cwt168.00–182.0075238
Steers—Medium and Large 1473167.66/cwt165.50–171.5079330
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473157.27/cwt155.00–159.0074424
Steers—Medium and Large 1535160.77/cwt155.75–167.00860223
Steers—Medium and Large 1567148.11/cwt145.00–154.5084096
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591136.50/cwt136.50–136.508079
Steers—Medium and Large 1611149.42/cwt142.00–154.50913208
Steers—Medium and Large 1652147.85/cwt147.85–147.8596474
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688128.00/cwt128.00–128.008815
Steers—Medium and Large 1715145.97/cwt141.00–147.501,044130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716133.00/cwt133.00–133.0095216
Steers—Medium and Large 1758144.44/cwt143.75–149.001,095219
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy778137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,06615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2786125.00/cwt125.00–125.0098316
Steers—Medium and Large 1834142.94/cwt135.50–144.851,19296
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy836130.25/cwt130.25–130.251,08940
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy878126.17/cwt123.50–130.501,10836
Steers—Medium and Large 1912138.04/cwt135.50–138.851,259319
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy963124.45/cwt123.50–125.001,19828
Steers—Medium and Large 11,039123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,2838
Steers—Medium and Large 11,056118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,25129
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333168.66/cwt164.00–174.0056220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370167.54/cwt167.00–168.0062011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421150.17/cwt148.00–153.0063244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471146.26/cwt144.00–150.5068997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528142.53/cwt135.00–146.75753260
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579137.79/cwt133.00–138.50798115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625133.51/cwt131.00–135.0083474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660130.00/cwt130.00–130.0085810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1756129.54/cwt129.00–129.7597929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821125.84/cwt124.00–126.251,03333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1883121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,06852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2885111.50/cwt111.50–111.5098711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2940108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0157
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,034117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2105
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515140.00/cwt140.00–140.007215

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.