Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2020-11-18

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Nov 18
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
3,056 head
▲ 743 vs last sale 2,313▼ 2,236 vs year ago 5,292 · −42.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week , steers 450-600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, 600-800 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower, heifers 400-500 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher and over 500 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 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 $153.71/cwt on 1,683 head.
Average price
$153.71
1,683 head · 650 lb average
Value per head Derived
$999
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.34
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1660153.781,0151,546
Medium and Large 1-2530152.95811137
One grade step is worth $0.83/cwt here — about $205 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 sale1,683 hd
153.71
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NE average8 barns · 10,682 hd
162.05
−8.34
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 1-2322184.00/cwt184.00–184.005928
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376169.99/cwt169.00–172.0063917
Steers—Medium and Large 1397193.50/cwt193.50–193.5076812
Steers—Medium and Large 1425181.29/cwt179.00–186.0077052
Steers—Medium and Large 1475179.81/cwt175.00–185.0085495
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481157.41/cwt151.00–160.0075739
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed519172.12/cwt170.50–174.5089339
Steers—Medium and Large 1532162.68/cwt157.00–167.00865140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy535146.00/cwt146.00–146.007815
Steers—Medium and Large 1583158.83/cwt153.00–163.50926297
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585149.16/cwt148.50–150.0087320
Steers—Medium and Large 1620151.92/cwt145.50–156.00942237
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636140.43/cwt135.50–143.0089348
Steers—Medium and Large 1686145.18/cwt141.00–147.50996158
Steers—Medium and Large 1722141.09/cwt135.00–143.501,019105
Steers—Medium and Large 1794142.38/cwt138.75–144.001,13041
Steers—Medium and Large 1826145.83/cwt145.00–146.751,205196
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy829137.92/cwt137.00–138.501,14352
Steers—Medium and Large 1889146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,30041
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy923135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,25153
Steers—Medium and Large 1950135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,28320
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy983128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,2638
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1319164.89/cwt163.00–166.0052622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395166.00/cwt166.00–166.0065620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427161.77/cwt160.50–165.0069127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472150.58/cwt146.50–154.0071188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481142.75/cwt142.75–142.756877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517147.14/cwt142.50–152.0076194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed519156.50/cwt156.50–156.5081255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530138.38/cwt134.00–141.0073343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed567151.28/cwt150.50–152.3585885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576125.00/cwt125.00–125.007208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578140.11/cwt135.50–144.0081081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618138.42/cwt133.00–143.50855116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622129.54/cwt128.50–130.0080626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659134.51/cwt130.00–139.5088619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy661142.50/cwt142.50–142.5094226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement672141.50/cwt141.50–141.509517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy710132.00/cwt132.00–132.009377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement718146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,04822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729137.73/cwt137.00–141.251,00459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778135.62/cwt133.00–138.501,05549
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821135.26/cwt133.25–136.751,11063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1908132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,20319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy943123.07/cwt122.50–124.501,16132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy984123.68/cwt122.50–125.001,21717
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,014125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,26821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,05695.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0039
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,061121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,28913

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.