Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2021-03-31

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 31
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
3,588 head
▲ 1,708 vs last sale 1,880▲ 406 vs year ago 3,182 · +12.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was good throughout the day. Very good demand was noted on Hereford replacement heifers. Large crowd of buyers on hand with active buying on internet. Next Wednesday will be a bred cow and pair sale. Two week's April 14th will be the next calf and feeder auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.62/cwt on 1,728 head.
Average price
$151.62
1,728 head · 755 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,144
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$34.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.37
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1718156.591,1241,364
Medium and Large 1-2634151.36959138
Large 11,049121.781,278226
One grade step is worth $34.81/cwt here — about −$154 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 sale1,728 hd
151.62
—
NE average4 barns · 5,405 hd
156.99
−5.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

61 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2324191.00/cwt191.00–191.006195
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442190.50/cwt190.50–190.508425
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed446204.00/cwt204.00–204.0091014
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned475172.66/cwt165.50–180.0082029
Steers—Medium and Large 1484188.18/cwt188.00–188.2591126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2491171.00/cwt171.00–171.008407
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527156.70/cwt151.00–165.0082618
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed528185.00/cwt185.00–185.0097717
Steers—Medium and Large 1540171.59/cwt169.50–176.0092721
Steers—Medium and Large 1569170.11/cwt168.50–172.2596841
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed582184.25/cwt184.25–184.251,072175
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589155.00/cwt155.00–155.0091316
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed611174.16/cwt170.00–175.001,064142
Steers—Medium and Large 1617158.59/cwt155.00–162.0097930
Steers—Medium and Large 1678153.30/cwt150.00–155.001,039138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678145.13/cwt143.75–149.0098467
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed688156.36/cwt156.25–156.501,076110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,0457
Steers—Medium and Large 1730153.70/cwt150.50–158.001,12244
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed761147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,11972
Steers—Medium and Large 1784143.68/cwt142.00–146.001,126102
Steers—Medium and Large 1821142.30/cwt138.75–146.001,16861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2829134.38/cwt133.00–137.501,11413
Steers—Medium and Large 1852140.90/cwt137.50–141.751,20085
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy881131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,15930
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy900116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0446
Steers—Medium and Large 1927135.03/cwt131.00–136.751,252207
Steers—Medium and Large 1977126.44/cwt125.50–127.751,23514
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,024121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,239124
Steers—Large 11,028124.24/cwt123.00–125.001,27745
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,064118.46/cwt118.00–118.751,26013
Steers—Large 11,089124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,3505
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,145122.25/cwt122.25–122.251,40039
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1389167.06/cwt165.00–170.0065012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed430163.44/cwt161.50–165.5070318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned432151.50/cwt151.50–151.506546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1451151.00/cwt151.00–151.0068126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493144.97/cwt144.00–145.5071514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531147.52/cwt145.00–150.5078353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed540152.25/cwt152.25–152.2582217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed567157.71/cwt157.50–158.00894312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568148.09/cwt144.50–149.5084148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579143.65/cwt142.25–144.7583214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed611150.00/cwt150.00–150.0091735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626136.17/cwt132.00–139.5085224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631141.70/cwt140.00–143.50894110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy637140.00/cwt140.00–140.0089212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666140.53/cwt138.50–144.0093690
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722134.64/cwt133.50–135.5097292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed736139.12/cwt139.00–139.501,02480
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2737131.25/cwt131.25–131.259675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777131.55/cwt127.50–134.501,022243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement778145.96/cwt140.50–150.001,13676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement820132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,08941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy866124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,08027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement868131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,13718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1883126.32/cwt122.00–128.501,11577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1900125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1951125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,18920
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468170.00/cwt170.00–170.007965

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.