Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 500-650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and steers over 750 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers under 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher and heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 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 $320.16/cwt on 348 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −163.10 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$320.16

348 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,834

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$20.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.50

vs NE average

+14.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	320.51	1,837	342
Medium and Large 1-2	550	300.00	1,650	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.51/cwt here — about $187 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale348 hd

320.16

—

NE average6 barns · 1,380 hd

321.65

−1.50

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+14.69

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−163.10

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

50 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	500–550	534	294.97/cwt	288.00–297.50	1,575	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	345.80/cwt	345.50–346.00	1,649	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	816	216.03/cwt	215.25–218.00	1,763	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	261.09/cwt	253.50–264.00	1,749	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,064	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	305.21/cwt	296.00–307.50	1,898	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	330.36/cwt	329.00–332.00	1,411	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	341.03/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,272	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	791	248.07/cwt	247.75–251.00	1,962	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,097	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	274.32/cwt	265.00–281.50	1,720	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	951	215.87/cwt	213.50–218.00	2,053	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	310.38/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,512	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	237.39/cwt	233.00–238.00	1,697	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,241	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	786	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,702	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	317.49/cwt	310.00–331.00	1,857	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	720	261.09/cwt	256.50–265.00	1,880	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	820	237.78/cwt	235.50–240.00	1,950	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	873	230.36/cwt	229.00–238.25	2,011	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	636	259.34/cwt	259.00–259.50	1,649	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	678	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,671	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	675	302.66/cwt	298.25–308.00	2,043	158
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	947	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,894	19
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	800–850	812	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,770	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	291.18/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,686	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,159	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	230.08/cwt	228.50–231.00	1,762	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,785	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,372	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	372.38/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,583	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	281.79/cwt	278.00–284.00	1,874	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	702	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,811	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	652	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,819	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	642	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,788	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,777	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	219.22/cwt	217.50–220.50	1,879	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	274.70/cwt	269.00–277.00	1,967	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,414	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,470	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	431	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,491	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	263.58/cwt	259.00–266.50	2,016	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	335.68/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,742	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	910	222.75/cwt	222.75–222.75	2,027	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,956	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	262.57/cwt	262.00–263.00	1,791	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	260.29/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,510	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	561	302.40/cwt	301.00–303.00	1,696	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	708	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,021	33

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 10, 2024

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

Receipts 2,767Last week 2,631Year ago 3,636

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	345.00	345.00
17	350–400	373	338.00–345.00	341.03
38	400–450	427	329.00–332.00	330.36
73	450–500	487	305.00–314.00	310.38
25	500–550	534	288.00–297.50	294.97
98	550–600	579	287.00–292.00	291.18
186	600–650	627	265.00–281.50	274.32
45	650–700	670	253.50–264.00	261.09
62	700–750	715	233.00–238.00	237.39
14	750–800	766	228.50–231.00	230.08
26	850–900	857	217.50–220.50	219.22
11	950–1000	978	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	636	259.00–259.50	259.34
12	650–700	678	246.50	246.50
16	750–800	786	216.50	216.50
43	800–850	816	215.25–218.00	216.03
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	900–950	947	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	812	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	483	284.00	284.00
11	500–550	505	280.00	280.00
19	600–650	610	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
188	550–600	561	301.00–303.00	302.40
51	650–700	652	279.00	279.00
21	700–750	702	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
37	600–650	642	278.50	278.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	580	259.00–263.00	260.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	425	370.00–375.00	372.38
27	450–500	477	345.50–346.00	345.80
58	500–550	519	334.00–340.00	335.68
275	550–600	585	310.00–331.00	317.49
147	600–650	622	296.00–307.50	305.21
25	650–700	665	278.00–284.00	281.79
31	700–750	716	269.00–277.00	274.70
54	750–800	765	259.00–266.50	263.58
26	800–850	811	254.50	254.50
49	850–900	860	251.00	251.00
20	1050–1100	1,067	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	700–750	720	256.50–265.00	261.09
111	750–800	791	247.75–251.00	248.07
71	800–850	820	235.50–240.00	237.78
156	850–900	873	229.00–238.25	230.36
11	900–950	910	222.75	222.75
19	950–1000	951	213.50–218.00	215.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
158	650–700	675	298.25–308.00	302.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	564	315.00	315.00
17	600–650	642	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
14	650–700	682	262.00–263.00	262.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	431	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
33	700–750	708	285.50	285.50

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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