Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 700 lbs sold 2.00 lower and steers over 750 lbs sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.77/cwt on 252 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −168.49 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$314.77

252 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,762

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

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

$35.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.07

vs NE average

+4.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	318.94	1,795	222
Medium and Large 1-2	539	283.91	1,531	30

One grade step is worth $35.03/cwt here — about $264 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.86, low $448.60, median $483.26 across 23 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 sale252 hd

314.77

—

NE average5 barns · 913 hd

326.85

−12.07

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

+4.01

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−168.49

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

51 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 1	700–750	732	245.21/cwt	242.50–246.00	1,795	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	278.51/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,955	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	317.21/cwt	307.00–330.00	1,833	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,582	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	257.82/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,720	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	298.15/cwt	289.00–303.00	1,398	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	214.25/cwt	214.25–214.25	1,984	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,780	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	270.19/cwt	267.50–277.50	1,705	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	225.55/cwt	221.50–226.75	1,946	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	231.42/cwt	229.50–232.00	1,770	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	2,071	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	255.23/cwt	254.00–257.00	2,001	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	258.24/cwt	254.00–263.00	1,485	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,662	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,158	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	692	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,799	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	552	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,667	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,557	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	909	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,000	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	571	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,713	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,061	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,164	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	732	257.24/cwt	256.00–258.00	1,883	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	795	242.15/cwt	241.00–243.75	1,925	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	841	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,800	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	298.91/cwt	297.00–307.50	1,856	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	234.59/cwt	230.00–238.00	2,025	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,868	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,432	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	252.12/cwt	249.00–255.00	1,694	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	471	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,545	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	700–750	749	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,854	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	750–800	752	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,854	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	270.97/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,442	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	269.54/cwt	263.00–272.00	1,550	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,155	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,441	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	609	290.40/cwt	287.00–293.50	1,769	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	277.77/cwt	274.00–282.00	1,444	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	296.88/cwt	295.00–299.00	1,559	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	550	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,507	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	283.99/cwt	275.00–289.00	1,880	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	855	215.00/cwt	214.00–215.25	1,838	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	678	244.74/cwt	241.00–247.00	1,659	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	283.87/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,385	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	231.90/cwt	228.50–233.50	1,591	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,773	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	347.07/cwt	341.00–353.00	1,586	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	231.17/cwt	228.00–232.00	2,143	154

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 Apr 3, 2024

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

Receipts 2,631Last week 2,790Year ago 2,780

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	469	289.00–303.00	298.15
17	550–600	553	286.00	286.00
195	600–650	631	267.50–277.50	270.19
119	650–700	667	255.00–264.00	257.82
38	700–750	732	242.50–246.00	245.21
35	750–800	765	229.50–232.00	231.42
71	800–850	836	223.50	223.50
43	850–900	863	221.50–226.75	225.55
67	900–950	926	214.25	214.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	520	274.00–282.00	277.77
11	550–600	575	254.00–263.00	258.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	650–700	678	241.00–247.00	244.74
5	800–850	841	214.00	214.00
35	850–900	855	214.00–215.25	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
40	700–750	749	247.50	247.50
78	750–800	752	246.50	246.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	369	313.00	313.00
5	400–450	415	300.00	300.00
21	450–500	488	281.00–285.00	283.87
58	500–550	532	265.00–277.00	270.97
53	550–600	575	263.00–272.00	269.54
19	650–700	686	228.50–233.50	231.90
17	850–900	863	205.50	205.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	457	341.00–353.00	347.07
54	500–550	533	334.00	334.00
130	550–600	578	307.00–330.00	317.21
81	600–650	621	297.00–307.50	298.91
99	650–700	662	275.00–289.00	283.99
150	700–750	702	270.00–279.00	278.51
182	750–800	784	254.00–257.00	255.23
52	800–850	826	250.75	250.75
62	850–900	863	230.00–238.00	234.59
154	900–950	927	228.00–232.00	231.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	423	368.00	368.00
19	500–550	543	306.00	306.00
9	550–600	552	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	571	300.00	300.00
42	600–650	609	287.00–293.50	290.40
89	650–700	692	260.00	260.00
32	700–750	732	256.00–258.00	257.24
24	750–800	795	241.00–243.75	242.15
15	900–950	909	220.00	220.00
33	1050–1100	1,061	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	550	274.00	274.00
5	600–650	610	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	525	295.00–299.00	296.88
19	650–700	672	249.00–255.00	252.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	471	328.00	328.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	362	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	482	297.00	297.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	299.00	299.00

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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