Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2023-05-17

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, May 17
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,642 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 2,719▲ 1,453 vs year ago 1,189 · +122.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold sharply higher on the day. Bulk of the sale was sold in packages with a few straight loads in the mix. Buyers jumped in on the opening chant and the race was on to see who would fill their orders first. Variety of quality and kind with some bawling fall calves, weaned fall calves with a few true yearlings in the run. Next week will be a special bred cow and pair sale. Two weeks on May 31 will be a calf and feeder auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.81/cwt on 1,010 head.
Average price
$220.81
1,010 head · 677 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,494
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$38.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.53
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554223.811,23948
Medium and Large 1687222.061,526925
Medium 2579185.651,07537
One grade step is worth $38.16/cwt here — about $164 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 sale1,010 hd
220.81
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NE average5 barns · 3,970 hd
224.33
−3.53
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned312315.00/cwt315.00–315.009834
Steers—Medium and Large 1427291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,24327
Steers—Medium and Large 1468283.43/cwt280.00–294.001,32625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,2777
Steers—Medium and Large 1536278.77/cwt278.00–282.001,49466
Steers—Medium and Large 1580270.62/cwt269.00–274.001,57039
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed603256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5448
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned615258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,59026
Steers—Medium and Large 1625268.35/cwt262.00–270.001,67774
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full630245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,54414
Steers—Medium 2630231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,45522
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed653258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6856
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668225.17/cwt220.00–229.001,50417
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed729246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,79720
Steers—Medium and Large 1782204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,5959
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2797197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,5707
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2812196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,5925
Steers—Medium and Large 1878191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,6816
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310287.00/cwt287.00–287.008909
Heifers—Medium and Large 1392257.72/cwt257.00–259.001,01019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437247.72/cwt245.00–251.001,08318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2442239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,0567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469248.47/cwt247.00–251.001,16534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2511223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1409
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed519260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,34917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519249.67/cwt244.00–259.001,29633
Heifers—Medium 2528191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,00815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579242.67/cwt228.50–247.501,405160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590220.71/cwt215.00–229.501,30232
Heifers—Medium 2614182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,11722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625228.99/cwt220.00–242.001,43146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned636221.07/cwt220.00–222.001,40624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1694197.90/cwt195.00–208.001,37318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724200.14/cwt197.00–202.001,44931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed773214.38/cwt213.00–217.001,657350
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774197.67/cwt187.50–198.501,53064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement787209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,6496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,63869
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863185.54/cwt177.50–187.501,60127
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1407262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,06611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,35220

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.