Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2023-06-14

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jun 14
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,728 head
▼ 371 vs last sale 2,099▲ 598 vs year ago 1,130 · +52.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
152 head
▲ 152 vs last sale 0▲ 94 vs year ago 58 · +162.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 650 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers 500-750 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 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 $235.07/cwt on 834 head.
Average price
$235.07
834 head · 813 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,911
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$329
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.18
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2665246.011,636144
Medium and Large 1844232.791,965690
One grade step is worth $13.22/cwt here — about −$329 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 sale834 hd
235.07
—
NE average5 barns · 4,090 hd
248.25
−13.18
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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,278$1,3607
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,328$2,7679
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,522$2,45936
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,517$2,04461

Every lot

50 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned197375.00/head375.00–375.003758
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned239801.48/head760.00–825.0080130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned242450.00/head450.00–450.004507
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned300295.00/cwt295.00–295.0088515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned307625.00/head625.00–625.006255
Steers—Medium and Large 1437302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,3204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed477286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,3647
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,4746
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed535285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,52711
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned555265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4718
Steers—Medium and Large 1567280.37/cwt280.00–280.501,59023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581267.91/cwt261.00–271.001,55728
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned623231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,43910
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed650272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,7686
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675242.44/cwt241.00–245.001,63617
Steers—Medium and Large 1684257.25/cwt256.50–261.001,76098
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed696249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,73333
Steers—Medium and Large 1742244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,81433
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2761212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,6175
Steers—Medium and Large 1778246.47/cwt242.00–252.001,91852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2837200.19/cwt198.00–204.001,67627
Steers—Medium and Large 1908214.79/cwt209.00–220.501,950179
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy936230.54/cwt229.75–234.502,158194
Steers—Medium and Large 11,008199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,00678
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned168378.53/head375.00–385.0037916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned220660.00/head660.00–660.006609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned257375.00/head375.00–375.003756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned279744.13/head710.00–760.0074424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned320575.00/head575.00–575.005755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,1116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned420210.00/cwt210.00–210.008826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2497257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2809
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,3446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527270.14/cwt268.00–270.501,42435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,49217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638245.47/cwt244.75–250.001,56656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678236.42/cwt228.00–242.501,603107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,61435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,56110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy836193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,6139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy936175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,63829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,034166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,7227
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned445264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,1759
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3282,766.67/head2,700.00–2,850.002,7679
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,3871,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8005
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,4971,964.87/head1,775.00–2,250.001,96543
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5162,403.70/head2,350.00–2,500.002,40427
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5382,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6259
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,6342,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,40013
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2781,360.00/head1,360.00–1,360.001,3607

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.