Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2020-08-05

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 5
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,042 head
2,068 vs last sale 3,110 1,042 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
78 head
78 vs last sale 0 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 800-900 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 higher, with not enough sales volume in the other weight classes of steers or heifers to establish a trend. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.96/cwt on 621 head.
Average price
$147.96
621 head · 805 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,191
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.37
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1812148.441,205582
Medium and Large 1-2704140.7699139
One grade step is worth $7.68/cwt here — about $214 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 sale621 hd
147.96
NE average5 barns · 3,171 hd
145.59
+2.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

20 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1363179.00/cwt179.00–179.006506
HeifersMedium and Large 1660141.50/cwt141.50–141.509345
HeifersMedium and Large 1383166.00/cwt166.00–166.0063611
HeifersMedium and Large 1647140.50/cwt140.50–140.5090915
HeifersMedium and Large 1826132.25/cwt132.25–132.251,09225
HeifersMedium and Large 1884133.62/cwt131.75–134.101,18180
SteersMedium and Large 1859146.34/cwt145.00–147.001,257317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585154.00/cwt154.00–154.009017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730137.86/cwt135.00–141.001,00632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4741,309.84/cwt1,285.00–1,325.0019,30737
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3591,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0018,68616
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3421,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0014,7629
HeifersMedium and Large 1915133.36/cwt127.35–134.251,220104
SteersMedium and Large 1586162.25/cwt162.25–162.2595149
SteersMedium and Large 1448179.00/cwt179.00–179.0080217
SteersMedium and Large 1692156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,08037
SteersMedium and Large 1915133.94/cwt133.50–134.751,22648
SteersMedium and Large 1827147.44/cwt143.00–151.001,219114
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed737147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,08371
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed657138.00/cwt138.00–138.0090720

How this sale compares

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.