Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2021-05-05

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, May 5
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,923 head
▲ 1,103 vs last sale 1,820▼ 1,795 vs year ago 4,718 · −38.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, most steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, 650 and 900 lbs sold fully steady. Heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand was mostly good throughout the day. Some load lots with many packages on hand Wednesday. Offering comprised of weaned and fresh fall calves along with yearling cattle. Next week is a Special Bred Cow and Pair sale. In two weeks will be the next calf and feeder sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.89/cwt on 1,412 head.
Average price
$149.89
1,412 head · 728 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,092
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$370
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.10
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2393153.1360120
Medium and Large 1741150.391,1141,247
Medium and Large 1-2669145.21971145
One grade step is worth $7.92/cwt here — about −$370 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 sale1,412 hd
149.89
—
NE average7 barns · 5,042 hd
146.79
+3.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

56 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 1-2363153.00/cwt153.00–153.0055515
Steers—Medium and Large 1390184.00/cwt184.00–184.007188
Steers—Medium and Large 1412186.25/cwt186.25–186.2576719
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned435165.00/cwt165.00–165.007186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442172.00/cwt172.00–172.007606
Steers—Medium and Large 1466167.00/cwt167.00–167.0077816
Steers—Medium 1-2482153.50/cwt153.50–153.507405
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned488154.00/cwt154.00–154.007529
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517163.00/cwt163.00–163.008435
Steers—Medium and Large 1523175.76/cwt170.50–180.00919114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550165.00/cwt165.00–165.0090813
Steers—Medium and Large 1569181.02/cwt175.00–183.001,03041
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned623139.50/cwt139.50–139.5086910
Steers—Medium and Large 1629170.18/cwt166.50–171.501,070243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632156.79/cwt155.00–161.0099126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned633136.00/cwt136.00–136.0086113
Steers—Medium and Large 1660165.54/cwt160.00–171.501,093171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2696149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,04222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2703133.00/cwt133.00–133.009358
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned731119.26/cwt118.50–120.0087216
Steers—Medium and Large 1732144.57/cwt140.00–148.001,05865
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy738125.50/cwt125.50–125.5092610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2758133.21/cwt131.00–134.001,01019
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned770118.00/cwt118.00–118.009096
Steers—Medium and Large 1781137.15/cwt137.00–138.001,07141
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy801121.00/cwt121.00–121.0096910
Steers—Medium and Large 1819131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,07324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2842122.64/cwt122.50–122.751,03324
Steers—Medium and Large 1876130.30/cwt126.00–132.501,14193
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy912114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0405
Steers—Medium and Large 1923125.75/cwt125.75–125.751,16165
Steers—Medium and Large 1953127.60/cwt127.60–127.601,216284
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326185.00/cwt185.00–185.0060310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned369161.00/cwt161.00–161.005949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429166.68/cwt148.00–177.2571550
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484155.13/cwt154.50–156.0075124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned491146.00/cwt146.00–146.0071712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned500137.00/cwt137.00–137.006858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed525166.32/cwt161.50–170.5087354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531138.41/cwt135.25–143.7573527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534149.90/cwt142.00–154.25800151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587145.42/cwt140.00–149.00854229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2609134.00/cwt134.00–134.008166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625140.23/cwt134.50–143.7587636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned635121.41/cwt121.00–122.0077119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678130.96/cwt125.00–136.50888113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2694126.25/cwt126.25–126.2587610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy708112.50/cwt112.50–112.5079712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723127.48/cwt125.00–130.00922100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765124.49/cwt118.50–127.7595295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1807122.72/cwt122.50–122.7599030
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement820124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,01716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1883116.89/cwt115.00–120.251,032108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy889110.00/cwt110.00–110.009786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1910116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,05610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy934107.00/cwt107.00–107.009998

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.