Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $283.67/cwt on 223 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −150.84 against this barn's trailing median of $434.51.

Average price

$283.67

223 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$19.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.35

vs NE average

+11.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	285.87	1,584	198
Medium and Large 1-2	540	266.27	1,437	25

One grade step is worth $19.59/cwt here — about $146 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.00, low $355.00, median $434.51 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale223 hd

283.67

—

NE average4 barns · 1,095 hd

293.02

−9.35

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

+11.76

This barn, trailing median24 sales

434.51

−150.84

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

47 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	809	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,780	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	465	285.98/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,330	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	695	268.65/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,867	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	631	285.91/cwt	284.00–287.00	1,804	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	257.48/cwt	257.00–258.00	1,635	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	281.39/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,534	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	227.95/cwt	223.50–228.50	1,890	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,182	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	597	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,600	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	326.68/cwt	319.00–327.50	1,784	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	285.56/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,910	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,604	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,966	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	275.01/cwt	265.50–277.00	1,958	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	235.26/cwt	233.50–235.50	1,804	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	269.67/cwt	266.00–270.75	1,621	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,992	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	441	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,561	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,907	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	765	238.93/cwt	237.00–241.00	1,828	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	243.85/cwt	243.85–243.85	2,219	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	625	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,813	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	572	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,573	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,292	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,596	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,606	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,976	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	247.85/cwt	245.50–254.00	1,688	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,168	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	854	224.75/cwt	224.75–224.75	1,919	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	427	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,196	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	271.41/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,436	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,226	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	241.82/cwt	240.00–243.50	1,734	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	695	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,717	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	239.57/cwt	236.00–241.50	1,691	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	328.69/cwt	319.00–339.00	1,877	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	297.83/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,578	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	462	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,467	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	345.04/cwt	343.00–348.00	1,591	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,357	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,656	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	252.07/cwt	251.75–254.00	2,097	67

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Huss Livestock Market - Kearney, NE

Wed Mar 6, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 2,012Last week 2,859Year ago 2,931

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	465	283.00–288.00	285.98
23	500–550	545	280.00–282.00	281.39
64	550–600	597	268.00	268.00
21	600–650	635	257.00–258.00	257.48
10	800–850	809	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	334.00	334.00
6	450–500	476	303.00	303.00
106	500–550	530	291.00–300.00	297.83
5	550–600	552	281.50	281.50
40	600–650	601	266.00–270.75	269.67
200	650–700	681	245.50–254.00	247.85
46	700–750	717	240.00–243.50	241.82
93	750–800	767	233.50–235.50	235.26
161	800–850	829	223.50–228.50	227.95
8	850–900	879	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
76	750–800	765	237.00–241.00	238.93
23	850–900	854	224.75	224.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	393	312.00	312.00
5	400–450	400	292.00	292.00
5	450–500	450	287.00	287.00
19	500–550	529	271.00–272.00	271.41
6	550–600	574	250.00	250.00
22	600–650	641	249.00	249.00
9	650–700	650	247.00	247.00
23	700–750	706	236.00–241.50	239.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	462	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	476	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	631	284.00–287.00	285.91
23	650–700	695	265.00–271.00	268.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	442	363.00	363.00
17	450–500	461	343.00–348.00	345.04
52	500–550	546	319.00–327.50	326.68
162	550–600	571	319.00–339.00	328.69
88	600–650	629	312.50	312.50
84	650–700	669	280.00–293.00	285.56
131	700–750	712	265.50–277.00	275.01
16	750–800	775	257.00	257.00
67	800–850	832	251.75–254.00	252.07
68	900–950	910	243.85	243.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	354.00	354.00
12	550–600	550	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	625	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	850–900	882	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	280.00	280.00
20	550–600	572	275.00	275.00
6	650–700	695	247.00	247.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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