Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2023-05-03

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, May 3
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,719 head
▼ 1,453 vs last sale 4,172▼ 2,556 vs year ago 5,275 · −48.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 0▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand was good. Buyers bid readily from start to finish for all offerings on Wednesday. Some of the cattle on Wednesday would have gone to summer grass but do to dry conditions and short on feed producers opted to sell them.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $206.35/cwt on 1,215 head.
Average price
$206.35
1,215 head · 679 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,402
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$253
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.73
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1688206.481,4201,126
Medium and Large 1-2570204.691,16789
One grade step is worth $1.79/cwt here — about $253 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 sale1,215 hd
206.35
—
NE average7 barns · 5,275 hd
217.09
−10.73
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,113$1,9757
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,240$1,6756
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$1,67510

Every lot

44 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2354238.00/cwt238.00–238.0084312
Steers—Medium and Large 1438265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,16165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486231.35/cwt230.00–232.001,12421
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned510262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,33915
Steers—Medium and Large 1532272.52/cwt251.00–275.501,450117
Steers—Medium and Large 1572260.60/cwt260.00–261.001,49117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,41714
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned594244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,45234
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned612236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4445
Steers—Medium and Large 1624236.14/cwt230.00–241.001,47460
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,45111
Steers—Medium and Large 1671222.45/cwt221.00–232.001,493224
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned696205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4279
Steers—Medium and Large 1730210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,53367
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779203.40/cwt202.00–206.001,58437
Steers—Medium and Large 1781216.01/cwt209.00–219.001,687144
Steers—Medium and Large 1800199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,59211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2816190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,55010
Steers—Medium and Large 1864197.05/cwt192.75–199.001,703289
Steers—Medium and Large 1924187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,72823
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2272243.00/cwt243.00–243.006616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340229.00/cwt229.00–229.0077912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373210.00/cwt210.00–210.007835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441244.42/cwt237.00–246.001,07852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466227.12/cwt224.00–231.001,05811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned483212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,10011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537238.70/cwt229.00–245.001,282112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567223.06/cwt220.00–230.001,26554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578212.92/cwt190.00–217.001,23141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623218.30/cwt207.00–221.001,360135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,22212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660216.00/cwt207.00–217.751,426180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned674170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2694194.09/cwt184.00–201.501,34734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730199.17/cwt193.25–203.001,454130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2747176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,3159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766190.39/cwt187.50–191.001,458132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833180.87/cwt176.00–187.001,507146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860179.14/cwt178.00–182.001,541108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,75210
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1131,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9757
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1601,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,67510
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,2401,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6756

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.