Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2022-10-19

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 19
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
1,612 head
▲ 367 vs last sale 1,245▼ 1,522 vs year ago 3,134 · −48.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves over 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher and heifer calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $197.97/cwt on 811 head.
Average price
$197.97
811 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,251
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.39
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628200.971,261733
Medium and Large 1-2673169.801,14278
One grade step is worth $31.17/cwt here — about $119 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 sale811 hd
197.97
—
NE average9 barns · 14,153 hd
209.36
−11.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1360246.00/cwt246.00–246.008865
Steers—Medium and Large 1425227.70/cwt226.00–228.0096848
Steers—Medium and Large 1480220.70/cwt218.00–224.001,05937
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525171.00/cwt171.00–171.008988
Steers—Medium and Large 1540211.97/cwt206.00–218.001,14597
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2556184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0237
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy567161.00/cwt161.00–161.0091310
Steers—Medium and Large 1583204.32/cwt202.50–205.501,191103
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy600188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,1316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned613174.79/cwt173.00–177.001,07111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned625201.62/cwt198.75–204.501,260120
Steers—Medium and Large 1630189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,19421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy662161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,06617
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned679193.08/cwt191.85–195.751,311160
Steers—Medium and Large 1690187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,29427
Steers—Medium and Large 1751190.25/cwt190.25–190.251,42964
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2812175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,42117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2864168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,4528
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy900176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,58945
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315220.00/cwt220.00–220.0069311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383198.00/cwt198.00–198.0075824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438191.03/cwt187.00–196.0083758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2459178.00/cwt178.00–178.008176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1490189.00/cwt189.00–189.009268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed510176.00/cwt176.00–176.0089817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517185.58/cwt184.75–186.50959115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy530156.00/cwt156.00–156.0082711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538169.71/cwt167.50–171.5091325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572183.08/cwt181.50–183.501,047138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned613178.25/cwt178.25–178.251,09351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy620167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,0356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy620158.00/cwt158.00–158.009808
Heifers—Medium and Large 1836180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,505111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy893159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4207

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.