Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2023-11-08

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Nov 8
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,002 head
▼ 262 vs last sale 2,264▲ 95 vs year ago 1,907 · +5.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 450-750 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and heifers calves under 700 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower. Around 25 percent of the calves in the offering had not received any fall shots a majority of which sold at a discount. Demand was moderate to good from smaller than normal number of 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 $259.29/cwt on 964 head.
Average price
$259.29
964 head · 623 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$735
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$71.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−36.50
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517267.711,38468
Medium and Large 1603262.511,583844
Large 11,081196.002,11952
One grade step is worth $71.71/cwt here — about −$735 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 sale964 hd
259.29
—
NE average12 barns · 18,366 hd
295.79
−36.50
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 1-2Thin Fleshed324341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,1056
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy411280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,23315
Steers—Medium and Large 1420334.67/cwt334.00–336.001,40622
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy457290.23/cwt288.00–292.001,32616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy477259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,23521
Steers—Medium and Large 1483313.49/cwt311.00–317.001,51432
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy522271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,41510
Steers—Medium and Large 1529285.46/cwt284.00–288.501,51093
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,42811
Steers—Medium and Large 1567271.78/cwt266.00–281.001,541102
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy583260.25/cwt257.50–263.001,51782
Steers—Medium and Large 1612254.84/cwt247.00–262.001,560242
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy645241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,55414
Steers—Medium and Large 1665244.71/cwt235.00–251.751,627130
Steers—Medium and Large 1722241.41/cwt241.00–242.001,74394
Steers—Medium and Large 1763236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8017
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy939192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,8089
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,081196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,11952
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328260.00/cwt260.00–260.008535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367276.39/cwt275.00–277.501,01413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417245.73/cwt241.00–251.001,02521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431268.56/cwt266.00–270.001,15717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475242.78/cwt241.00–245.001,15352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476254.26/cwt247.00–261.001,21051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,20643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528260.04/cwt257.00–269.001,373164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy541245.96/cwt245.00–247.501,33149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575245.78/cwt243.00–251.001,41375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy575235.64/cwt235.00–237.001,35519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624238.15/cwt233.00–245.751,486183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661236.43/cwt230.00–242.001,56323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2792191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,5137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy944198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,8695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,079190.50/cwt190.50–190.502,0558
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1561244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,3699
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,38513

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.