Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2022-12-21

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Dec 21
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,775 head
▼ 1,692 vs last sale 4,467▼ 821 vs year ago 3,596 · −22.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and steers 650-900 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower, heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.60/cwt on 1,618 head.
Average price
$186.60
1,618 head · 709 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,323
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$347
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.63/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 1-2523194.961,020213
Medium and Large 1737185.341,3661,405
One grade step is worth $9.63/cwt here — about −$347 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 sale1,618 hd
186.60
—
NE average7 barns · 6,984 hd
193.94
−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

56 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328213.68/cwt212.00–216.0070122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed388225.00/cwt225.00–225.0087321
Steers—Medium and Large 1411242.50/cwt242.50–242.509978
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443208.00/cwt208.00–208.009217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473201.21/cwt200.00–206.0095261
Steers—Medium and Large 1486223.42/cwt221.00–224.501,08653
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full490214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,0496
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full510201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0258
Steers—Medium and Large 1518216.32/cwt216.00–217.001,12122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523186.00/cwt186.00–186.0097313
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned539199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,07519
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy562227.75/cwt227.75–227.751,2809
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,06911
Steers—Medium and Large 1580203.11/cwt196.00–206.001,17851
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned583179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0445
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630175.64/cwt174.50–178.001,10785
Steers—Medium and Large 1639201.31/cwt201.00–201.501,28649
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,15846
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy669181.22/cwt181.00–181.501,21232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671174.76/cwt173.00–176.001,17332
Steers—Medium and Large 1676192.33/cwt187.00–197.501,30093
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned685169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,15810
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned706167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1797
Steers—Medium and Large 1709188.35/cwt185.00–192.001,335156
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy719180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,29412
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy771174.30/cwt174.00–174.501,34486
Steers—Medium and Large 1785180.57/cwt178.00–183.001,417266
Steers—Medium and Large 1815182.91/cwt179.00–185.001,491163
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy818175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,43243
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy859171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,4697
Steers—Medium and Large 1875177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,549121
Steers—Medium and Large 1909170.38/cwt168.00–177.001,54994
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355197.00/cwt197.00–197.0069910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned400208.00/cwt208.00–208.008325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed437192.29/cwt190.00–196.5084020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full462186.00/cwt186.00–186.008597
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476181.47/cwt176.00–184.0086445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full514180.38/cwt180.00–181.0092716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524176.00/cwt176.00–176.009226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned536170.36/cwt170.00–171.0091316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561172.90/cwt170.50–174.0097020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580183.08/cwt177.00–185.001,06281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned580165.66/cwt165.00–166.0096120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned602172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,03536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,02613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622174.10/cwt171.00–177.501,08337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670172.97/cwt169.00–175.001,159181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned678160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2693163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,13017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711169.30/cwt167.50–170.001,20493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy724162.15/cwt162.00–162.501,17437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1754170.20/cwt169.50–170.501,283123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy756161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,21737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814166.22/cwt163.00–167.001,35367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy877157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,37734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1975157.75/cwt157.75–157.751,53824

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.