Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2023-11-01

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Nov 1
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,264 head
▼ 524 vs last sale 2,788▲ 133 vs year ago 2,131 · +6.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers calves 400-700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher with feeder steers over 700 lbs selling steady to 5.00 lower, heifer calves 400-700 lbs sold unevenly steady with instances 3.00 higher. Nearly all the calf consignments had received at least one round of fall vaccinations. Demand was moderate to 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 $268.57/cwt on 1,316 head.
Average price
$268.57
1,316 head · 711 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,911
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$92.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.79
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1682273.801,8671,177
Medium and Large 1-2591264.221,56141
Large 11,118211.002,35987
Large 1-21,098181.001,98711thin
One grade step is worth $92.80/cwt here — about −$120 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 sale1,316 hd
268.57
—
NE average9 barns · 15,907 hd
286.36
−17.79
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

53 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy320367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,1747
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,1348
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed397306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,2157
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy408350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,42826
Steers—Medium and Large 1412316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,30212
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed428342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,4648
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy483285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,37710
Steers—Medium and Large 1484313.53/cwt304.00–323.001,517167
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy509285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,45119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4447
Steers—Medium and Large 1532311.40/cwt311.00–311.501,65775
Steers—Medium and Large 1564279.72/cwt269.50–287.251,578129
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy572262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,5028
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed607289.39/cwt287.50–290.751,757123
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy609259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,58024
Steers—Medium and Large 1634269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,70512
Steers—Medium and Large 1671266.49/cwt254.00–270.001,78878
Steers—Medium and Large 1718247.69/cwt245.50–249.501,77849
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy722236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,70412
Steers—Medium and Large 1778247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,9226
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy821240.08/cwt237.00–241.001,97134
Steers—Medium and Large 1828248.50/cwt248.50–248.502,058111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2847235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9907
Steers—Medium and Large 1872248.27/cwt245.75–249.002,16585
Steers—Medium and Large 1914246.53/cwt240.00–248.502,25367
Steers—Medium and Large 1968230.98/cwt230.50–232.752,23698
Steers—Medium and Large 11,024222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,27329
Steers—Large 1-2Fleshy1,098181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,98711
Steers—Large 11,118211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,35987
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375284.78/cwt280.00–288.001,06830
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2409276.44/cwt275.00–278.001,13132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy423261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,1049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,2108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456267.27/cwt266.00–268.001,21919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,41157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy517279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,44519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517260.41/cwt254.00–268.001,346107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy530246.68/cwt244.00–248.001,30726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568246.58/cwt244.00–250.001,40150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy614260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,59618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621242.99/cwt240.00–249.501,50935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy636236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676238.53/cwt237.00–240.001,61235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,7558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784237.72/cwt235.50–238.501,864101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,8968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed822230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,89522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy892207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,8465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1922226.75/cwt226.75–226.752,09141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1961219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,1057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,011198.50/cwt198.50–198.502,0077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,100192.50/cwt192.50–192.502,1187

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.