Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2023-03-08

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 8
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,931 head
▼ 1,226 vs last sale 4,157▲ 946 vs year ago 1,985 · +47.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 9.00 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 $195.45/cwt on 1,488 head.
Average price
$195.45
1,488 head · 783 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,530
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$292
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.30
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2623200.111,24743
Medium and Large 1788195.311,5381,445
One grade step is worth $4.79/cwt here — about −$292 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 sale1,488 hd
195.45
—
NE average9 barns · 8,514 hd
210.75
−15.30
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 1475240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1405
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532215.43/cwt214.00–216.001,14621
Steers—Medium and Large 1568227.40/cwt223.00–229.001,29238
Steers—Medium and Large 1602216.58/cwt215.50–220.501,30457
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned632181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1445
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy659227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,49913
Steers—Medium and Large 1672212.93/cwt212.75–213.501,431179
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy691200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,38227
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed702207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,45740
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed710185.48/cwt184.75–187.001,31722
Steers—Medium and Large 1724199.07/cwt195.00–203.001,441179
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed763197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,50363
Steers—Medium and Large 1790189.46/cwt189.00–190.001,497157
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy805196.25/cwt196.25–196.251,580118
Steers—Medium and Large 1819191.64/cwt187.50–193.001,57095
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy829181.26/cwt179.00–183.001,50350
Steers—Medium and Large 1884183.78/cwt180.50–187.001,625206
Steers—Medium and Large 1901183.75/cwt183.75–183.751,65649
Steers—Medium and Large 1969178.56/cwt176.00–179.751,730164
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy502205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540211.71/cwt211.00–214.501,14364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570185.75/cwt183.00–192.001,05957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,1258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy630191.75/cwt191.75–191.751,2086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631197.01/cwt195.00–201.501,243105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2659181.85/cwt180.00–183.001,19838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed667196.70/cwt196.25–198.001,31269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675189.55/cwt186.50–192.001,279157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy688181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,2497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730184.41/cwt178.75–186.751,346240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement734182.45/cwt179.50–183.001,33931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy735172.53/cwt170.00–174.001,26816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782178.16/cwt174.50–182.001,393160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement785178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,39713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1802179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,43646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy811167.05/cwt166.00–168.001,35521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1899174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,56477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1926172.69/cwt172.50–174.501,59953

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.