Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2021-12-01

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Dec 1
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
3,153 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 3,272▼ 619 vs year ago 3,772 · −16.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers under 650 lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher, over 650 lbs steady. Heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher excepts 650 lbs heifers sold 1.00 higher. Demand was good from start to finish with a large crowd of buyers. Some loads going out of state to feed or graze on winter wheat. Offering comprised of yearling feeders, weaned and bawling calves with most of the cattle having precondition shots. Next week December 8th is a special yearling, wean and bawling calf sale starting at 10:00 sharp.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.93/cwt on 1,777 head.
Average price
$171.93
1,777 head · 690 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,186
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$464
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$15.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.33
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1691173.241,1971,542
Medium and Large 1-2611164.491,005197
Large 11,056157.361,66138
One grade step is worth $15.88/cwt here — about −$464 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 sale1,777 hd
171.93
—
NE average4 barns · 11,903 hd
179.25
−7.33
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1434205.32/cwt205.00–206.008919
Steers—Medium and Large 1476196.68/cwt191.00–203.5093656
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480179.06/cwt171.00–184.0085926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full485161.00/cwt161.00–161.0078112
Steers—Medium and Large 1528183.81/cwt180.00–192.0097199
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535173.50/cwt173.50–173.509285
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed563180.22/cwt180.00–180.251,01588
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583166.45/cwt165.00–168.2597048
Steers—Medium and Large 1585172.40/cwt168.00–175.001,00996
Steers—Medium and Large 1617174.16/cwt163.00–179.001,075272
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631159.59/cwt158.00–163.501,00763
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2659165.91/cwt165.50–166.501,09322
Steers—Medium and Large 1670173.20/cwt164.50–178.751,160264
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy683155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,05912
Steers—Medium and Large 1723173.10/cwt165.00–179.501,252138
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned725154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,11710
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy756157.63/cwt149.00–159.001,19237
Steers—Medium and Large 1771169.34/cwt164.50–171.001,30658
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,26321
Steers—Medium and Large 1824164.96/cwt161.50–168.001,359200
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy831174.85/cwt174.85–174.851,453117
Steers—Medium and Large 1852162.25/cwt162.25–162.251,38214
Steers—Medium and Large 1918163.01/cwt161.00–164.001,49612
Steers—Medium and Large 1986165.75/cwt165.75–165.751,63460
Steers—Large 1993158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,5749
Steers—Large 11,075157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,68829
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378193.00/cwt193.00–193.007309
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424168.28/cwt161.00–173.0071430
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472166.75/cwt163.00–168.0078712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529166.42/cwt163.50–170.50880106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537153.78/cwt153.00–156.0082649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy551158.00/cwt158.00–158.0087110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561161.91/cwt157.00–167.75908117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588153.26/cwt152.50–153.7590118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619160.48/cwt158.75–162.75993197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1656160.62/cwt155.00–165.251,054139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,06812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732156.59/cwt154.00–158.251,14671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781160.02/cwt155.75–162.751,250166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817159.65/cwt155.50–161.501,30463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1971152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,4769
Heifers—Large 11,040145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5085
Heifers—Large 11,133137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,5525
Heifers—Large 11,282137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,76316

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.