Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-01-24

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 24
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
5,712 head
▲ 2,311 vs last sale 3,401▲ 512 vs year ago 5,200 · +9.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold uneven from 5.00 higher to 6.00 lower and heifers under 800 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. 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 $246.62/cwt on 3,579 head.
Average price
$246.62
3,579 head · 749 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,847
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$310
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$38.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−22.85
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2590255.091,50535
Medium and Large 1750246.741,8503,519
Large 1837216.961,81625
One grade step is worth $38.13/cwt here — about −$310 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 sale3,579 hd
246.62
—
NE average10 barns · 17,049 hd
269.46
−22.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1470317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,49014
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy514292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,39822
Steers—Medium and Large 1537315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,69210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy544246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3385
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned555286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,5878
Steers—Medium and Large 1569293.98/cwt284.00–298.001,67385
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed590306.42/cwt306.00–307.501,808152
Steers—Medium and Large 1616278.03/cwt272.00–284.001,71354
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy632261.73/cwt258.00–267.501,65445
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned653260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6988
Steers—Medium and Large 1665270.46/cwt265.00–272.001,799408
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy680252.06/cwt247.00–258.501,71480
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed711263.57/cwt260.50–266.001,874134
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy728239.61/cwt233.00–243.001,744384
Steers—Medium and Large 1731249.65/cwt244.00–256.001,825457
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned735240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,76434
Steers—Large 1754229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,7306
Steers—Medium and Large 1761240.73/cwt234.00–243.001,832341
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy783231.29/cwt229.00–233.001,811112
Steers—Medium and Large 1815235.79/cwt230.50–241.501,922317
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy817227.57/cwt222.00–229.001,859245
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2823217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7868
Steers—Large 1863213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,83819
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy868217.18/cwt214.00–218.001,88581
Steers—Medium and Large 1872222.35/cwt218.25–228.751,939430
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned887213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,89413
Steers—Medium and Large 1909215.27/cwt213.00–216.251,957102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,18313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,35328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1501278.00/cwt276.00–279.001,39321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy515244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,25712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy540263.05/cwt262.00–264.001,42017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed562273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,53780
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574241.47/cwt238.00–244.001,38622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580261.65/cwt260.00–263.501,51848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy587252.53/cwt252.00–255.001,48268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned612243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,48722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy629240.80/cwt237.00–245.501,51581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630251.53/cwt247.00–255.001,585143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy644218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668244.91/cwt240.00–248.001,636182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy669234.14/cwt228.00–236.001,566120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement671257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,72453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723225.63/cwt222.50–233.001,631300
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy724216.00/cwt214.00–217.501,56427
Heifers—Large 1725212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,5419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1763218.65/cwt215.00–223.501,668319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy772210.74/cwt210.00–212.001,62730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement776227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,76570
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814214.97/cwt209.00–218.001,75056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy824204.75/cwt204.75–204.751,68751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1906202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,83543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1996197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,9627

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.