Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-01-10

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
3,250 head
▼ 1,373 vs last sale 4,623▼ 2,039 vs year ago 5,289 · −38.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 650-750 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and steers 750-900 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers 600-850 lbs sold steady to 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $250.75/cwt on 1,981 head.
Average price
$250.75
1,981 head · 710 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$199
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.99
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2623258.241,610290
Medium and Large 1725249.461,8091,691
One grade step is worth $8.77/cwt here — about −$199 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 sale1,981 hd
250.75
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NE average12 barns · 17,969 hd
265.74
−14.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 1Unweaned404339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,37010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,41434
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,48314
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy533295.49/cwt294.00–299.501,57525
Steers—Medium and Large 1554297.36/cwt290.00–300.001,647211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy554283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,5717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585273.40/cwt268.00–278.501,59932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy590250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4757
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy604271.75/cwt271.00–273.001,64127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622257.87/cwt256.00–264.501,60464
Steers—Medium and Large 1661258.54/cwt257.00–263.501,709398
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy680250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,70010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2684241.20/cwt234.00–243.501,650139
Steers—Medium and Large 1720249.23/cwt243.00–254.001,794146
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy739235.28/cwt235.00–237.501,73967
Steers—Medium and Large 1775233.69/cwt230.25–240.001,811292
Steers—Medium and Large 1829229.08/cwt226.75–231.001,899259
Steers—Medium and Large 1864225.45/cwt222.50–227.251,948239
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,1746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2409261.65/cwt261.00–262.001,07023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned445280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,24612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482272.86/cwt267.00–279.001,31516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516246.21/cwt243.00–250.001,27073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy518266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,38019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,32010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562262.31/cwt259.00–263.501,47426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy585248.18/cwt244.00–253.501,45243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620242.67/cwt236.00–249.501,505198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned636227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,44413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657240.91/cwt235.00–244.001,583137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy689227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,56712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714220.55/cwt217.00–226.501,575358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768214.50/cwt214.50–214.501,64728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy791205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826206.40/cwt203.00–207.251,70572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1867208.50/cwt208.50–208.501,80812
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,06817
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,27518

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.