Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2022-12-14

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Dec 14
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
4,467 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 4,408▲ 62 vs year ago 4,405 · +1.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-600 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower and steers 600-900 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher, heifers under 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. 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 $192.15/cwt on 2,335 head.
Average price
$192.15
2,335 head · 703 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,350
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$16
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$22.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.18
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1705193.371,3632,107
Medium and Large 1-2664182.401,211197
Large 1807170.871,37931
One grade step is worth $22.50/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale2,335 hd
192.15
—
NE average6 barns · 10,961 hd
204.33
−12.18
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

55 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1384239.00/cwt238.00–240.0091816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2397219.50/cwt219.50–219.508716
Steers—Medium and Large 1430233.62/cwt232.00–236.001,00528
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430204.00/cwt204.00–204.008775
Steers—Medium and Large 1475220.18/cwt217.00–222.001,04641
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned490207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,01418
Steers—Medium and Large 1522211.98/cwt205.50–219.001,107160
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed524228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,19527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,06933
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578196.38/cwt189.00–205.501,13543
Steers—Medium and Large 1584204.11/cwt195.50–212.501,19299
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585187.78/cwt182.50–191.001,09913
Steers—Medium and Large 1632198.55/cwt188.00–204.001,255150
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned633188.42/cwt185.75–190.251,19371
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2643183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,18022
Steers—Medium and Large 1663196.24/cwt186.50–201.001,301226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673179.85/cwt171.00–184.001,21073
Steers—Large 1681174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,1886
Steers—Medium and Large 1728189.43/cwt181.75–197.001,379433
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2287
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned762160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2196
Steers—Medium and Large 1773187.82/cwt183.00–191.251,452335
Steers—Medium and Large 1825184.93/cwt177.00–189.001,526297
Steers—Large 1837170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,42325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2844165.64/cwt165.00–166.001,39825
Steers—Medium and Large 1880182.57/cwt176.50–184.001,60751
Steers—Medium and Large 1928168.61/cwt167.50–169.251,565102
Steers—Medium and Large 1961170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,63410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2998156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,5577
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328211.00/cwt211.00–211.006928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2364193.56/cwt193.00–194.0070514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned377200.00/cwt200.00–200.007547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419210.61/cwt207.00–212.0088218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426181.34/cwt178.00–184.0077321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned467171.00/cwt171.00–171.0079925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482193.96/cwt192.00–196.0093554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516195.64/cwt189.00–199.001,010116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned530184.62/cwt179.50–187.5097829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530175.71/cwt175.00–182.0093148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned533169.00/cwt169.00–169.0090116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572187.69/cwt182.00–195.001,074170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned574160.00/cwt160.00–160.0091811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580171.50/cwt167.50–177.0099530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned620166.45/cwt164.00–171.001,03229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621176.87/cwt173.00–184.001,098225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,06442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned662169.48/cwt167.00–171.501,12220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674173.92/cwt170.00–180.501,172395
Heifers—Large 1683165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,13015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2708161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,14012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720172.09/cwt165.00–177.501,239231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779172.01/cwt169.50–177.001,340103
Heifers—Large 1783160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,25715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813169.42/cwt166.50–171.001,37793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865167.75/cwt167.75–167.751,45142

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.