Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2021-11-17

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Nov 17
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
3,272 head
▼ 330 vs last sale 3,602▲ 216 vs year ago 3,056 · +7.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold mostly steady. Instances, 3.00 to 5.00 higher on yearling weight calves that had been weaned for a longtime. Demand was good throughout the day. Offering comprised of bawling calves, weaned calves with bulk of the run having precondition shots. Next Wednesday will be the annual day before Thanksgiving Bred Heifer and Cow sale. Two weeks, December 1 next special 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 $173.27/cwt on 1,861 head.
Average price
$173.27
1,861 head · 613 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,062
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$14.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.26
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1613174.201,0671,713
Medium and Large 1-2594163.24969112
Large 1687159.941,10036
One grade step is worth $14.26/cwt here — about −$32 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 sale1,861 hd
173.27
—
NE average8 barns · 12,171 hd
176.53
−3.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

59 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320230.50/cwt229.00–232.0073815
Steers—Medium and Large 1381218.51/cwt215.00–223.0083316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2389191.00/cwt191.00–191.007435
Steers—Medium and Large 1419199.02/cwt193.00–203.0083436
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438183.00/cwt183.00–183.0080213
Steers—Medium and Large 1485190.06/cwt186.00–196.00922153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488181.00/cwt181.00–181.008838
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed504188.50/cwt188.50–188.5095053
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy518156.00/cwt156.00–156.008085
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527168.97/cwt159.00–174.2589021
Steers—Medium and Large 1529177.97/cwt175.00–182.00941148
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy566188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,064129
Steers—Medium and Large 1574170.94/cwt163.00–175.25981361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574165.20/cwt165.00–165.5094815
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy586161.50/cwt161.50–161.509468
Steers—Large 1593165.50/cwt165.50–165.5098111
Steers—Medium and Large 1628166.96/cwt163.50–170.001,049294
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2643150.25/cwt150.25–150.2596611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned655168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,10082
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664149.58/cwt146.50–151.0099319
Steers—Medium and Large 1682176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,20473
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned693143.00/cwt143.00–143.009915
Steers—Medium and Large 1722175.94/cwt171.00–178.751,27017
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned722153.85/cwt148.00–157.001,111129
Steers—Large 1729157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,14825
Steers—Medium and Large 1777172.04/cwt167.00–177.001,33712
Steers—Medium and Large 1808167.70/cwt167.00–168.001,355116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2809151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,22215
Steers—Medium and Large 1885167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,47825
Steers—Medium and Large 1931160.27/cwt159.50–160.501,49241
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273185.00/cwt185.00–185.0050510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320184.00/cwt184.00–184.005896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372184.47/cwt181.00–188.0068641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393175.00/cwt175.00–175.0068812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441161.90/cwt161.50–162.0071424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473160.23/cwt151.00–165.75758120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483147.50/cwt147.50–147.5071219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy506142.50/cwt142.50–142.507218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531155.75/cwt148.50–159.75827132
Heifers—Large 1531146.50/cwt146.50–146.5077811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537145.27/cwt145.00–146.0078028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy567161.50/cwt161.50–161.5091654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569145.67/cwt145.00–146.0082918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579153.08/cwt146.00–157.75886177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy602152.00/cwt152.00–152.009157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610153.38/cwt145.75–156.50936143
Heifers—Large 1629145.00/cwt145.00–145.0091213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631141.42/cwt140.00–146.5089232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned671148.39/cwt148.25–148.7599639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679141.00/cwt141.00–141.009575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1688159.46/cwt156.75–163.001,09716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned710138.50/cwt138.50–138.509837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719160.09/cwt157.50–161.501,15158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy728157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,14311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1794154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,22721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy840152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,27729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1914148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,35716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1960139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3348
Heifers—Large 11,125130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,46316

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.