Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2022-03-02

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 2
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,710 head
▲ 179 vs last sale 2,531▼ 1,530 vs year ago 4,240 · −36.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, weights under 650 to lightly tested for a comparison, 650 to 800 lbs steers sold steady to 7.00 higher with all other weights 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Heifers from 600 to 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with all other weights trending 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was good from mostly order buyers at the sale with active buying from internet buyers. CME feeder cattle and live cattle closed the day on a positive side with corn closing down some might have helped Wednesday sale. Light feedlot trade on Wednesday afternoon with live sales from 140.00-142.00 and dressed sales 224.00-228.00.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.13/cwt on 1,306 head.
Average price
$162.13
1,306 head · 785 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,272
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$188
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$15.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.54
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2675167.971,13483
Medium and Large 1780163.251,2731,045
Large 1865152.861,323178
One grade step is worth $15.11/cwt here — about −$188 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 sale1,306 hd
162.13
—
NE average8 barns · 8,470 hd
187.67
−25.54
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

60 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 1434208.00/cwt208.00–208.0090311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445184.00/cwt184.00–184.008195
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned454205.00/cwt205.00–205.0093110
Steers—Medium and Large 1455205.00/cwt205.00–205.009336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514185.00/cwt185.00–185.0095110
Steers—Medium and Large 1542193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,04611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned558179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,00228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569162.50/cwt162.50–162.509256
Steers—Medium and Large 1628184.46/cwt183.00–187.501,15839
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,08214
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned645186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,20014
Steers—Large 1654179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,17131
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned656158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,03618
Steers—Medium and Large 1670186.22/cwt183.00–192.001,24864
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy679160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,08620
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681175.20/cwt173.50–178.001,19326
Steers—Medium and Large 1719167.26/cwt160.00–170.001,20380
Steers—Medium and Large 1775161.03/cwt156.00–164.501,248170
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy776151.13/cwt150.50–154.501,17344
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned785157.75/cwt157.75–157.751,23811
Steers—Large 1790157.25/cwt157.25–157.251,24271
Steers—Medium and Large 1813162.37/cwt156.00–166.001,320157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2843149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,26022
Steers—Medium and Large 1868155.52/cwt153.00–157.001,350279
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy872145.65/cwt145.00–147.001,27018
Steers—Large 1Fleshy909131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1919
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy927141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,31216
Steers—Large 1942145.25/cwt145.25–145.251,36811
Steers—Medium and Large 1949149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,41429
Steers—Medium and Large 1965146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4098
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy967143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,38812
Steers—Large 11,018140.09/cwt139.50–141.501,42644
Steers—Large 11,194129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,54612
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1401185.00/cwt185.00–185.007426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458184.38/cwt181.00–187.5084432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned470170.00/cwt170.00–170.007997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527170.89/cwt166.50–176.5090134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy535152.00/cwt152.00–152.0081313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned546162.25/cwt162.25–162.2588615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577162.70/cwt161.00–163.5093947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2609154.50/cwt154.50–154.509418
Heifers—Large 1614150.50/cwt150.50–150.5092412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned620150.25/cwt150.25–150.2593222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622170.03/cwt168.00–171.001,05886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy645163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,05549
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2654150.44/cwt150.00–151.0098423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy666143.99/cwt143.00–145.0095916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668162.76/cwt156.00–164.501,087105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full705146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,03316
Heifers—Large 1706155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,09444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement719159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,14356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728155.00/cwt149.00–157.001,128205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728145.63/cwt143.00–148.001,06039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769145.61/cwt142.50–150.251,12088
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827144.75/cwt144.75–144.751,19754
Heifers—Large 1827144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,19112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy834138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,15111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865137.51/cwt136.75–137.751,18938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1965136.92/cwt136.75–137.001,32124
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1587160.00/cwt160.00–160.009397

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.