Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2020-11-04

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Nov 4
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
1,683 head
▼ 1,053 vs last sale 2,736▼ 1,667 vs year ago 3,350 · −49.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, 600-700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower and 800 lbs sold 7.00 higher. Heifers 400-600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady. 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 $155.31/cwt on 870 head.
Average price
$155.31
870 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$915
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.68
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1593155.81924821
Medium and Large 1-2525146.8077149
One grade step is worth $9.02/cwt here — about $153 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 sale870 hd
155.31
—
NE average10 barns · 15,029 hd
157.99
−2.68
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1326180.00/cwt180.00–180.005878
Steers—Medium and Large 1383180.28/cwt175.00–185.0069035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390167.27/cwt165.00–170.0065211
Steers—Medium and Large 1410171.00/cwt171.00–171.007017
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy464185.00/cwt185.00–185.0085829
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468151.00/cwt151.00–151.007076
Steers—Medium and Large 1473173.39/cwt170.50–176.0082066
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed507172.11/cwt169.75–175.5087398
Steers—Medium and Large 1530158.52/cwt154.50–165.0084098
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531149.00/cwt149.00–149.007916
Steers—Medium and Large 1569153.56/cwt149.75–155.0087496
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574138.65/cwt132.50–143.0079620
Steers—Medium and Large 1634145.77/cwt138.25–150.75924199
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661130.00/cwt130.00–130.008596
Steers—Medium and Large 1672139.79/cwt135.75–144.0093944
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned733130.51/cwt130.00–130.7595752
Steers—Medium and Large 1801150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,20272
Steers—Medium and Large 1912134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,22217
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed310178.00/cwt178.00–178.0055212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380157.70/cwt155.50–164.0059945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433151.94/cwt150.75–154.0065857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440141.00/cwt141.00–141.0062012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472148.44/cwt145.00–151.5070187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2509134.00/cwt134.00–134.0068220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532142.23/cwt138.00–146.25757122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed554147.50/cwt147.50–147.5081734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569135.00/cwt135.00–135.007685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586130.00/cwt130.00–130.007626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611135.56/cwt128.00–139.5082861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633124.00/cwt124.00–124.0078518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1651127.25/cwt127.25–127.2582849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720133.00/cwt133.00–133.0095826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725125.00/cwt125.00–125.009065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1807126.84/cwt125.00–127.501,02419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed865133.75/cwt133.75–133.751,1576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1910120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0926
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425158.50/cwt158.50–158.506748

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.