Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers under 700 lbs sold unevenly steady with heifers over 700 lbs selling 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd that were being selective with their bidding and buying.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $316.70/cwt on 164 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −166.56 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$316.70

164 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−17.17

vs NE average

+6.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	316.70	1,787	164

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale164 hd

316.70

—

NE average8 barns · 1,000 hd

333.86

−17.17

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+6.99

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−166.56

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

49 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	927	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,095	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	319.98/cwt	316.00–324.00	1,824	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,893	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	864	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,065	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,862	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	831	245.69/cwt	245.50–246.50	2,042	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	264.75/cwt	264.75–264.75	1,866	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	628	292.24/cwt	289.50–296.00	1,835	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,640	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,040	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	230.22/cwt	229.50–233.00	2,162	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	272.96/cwt	270.50–282.75	2,001	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	569	307.70/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,751	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	336.76/cwt	332.00–341.00	1,411	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,231	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	299.54/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,564	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,645	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	977	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,091	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	782	234.67/cwt	228.00–235.25	1,835	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	719	245.45/cwt	241.75–246.50	1,765	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	531	293.72/cwt	293.50–294.50	1,560	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	611	269.74/cwt	267.50–270.50	1,648	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	653	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,685	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,467	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	261.62/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,897	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	252.48/cwt	247.00–254.50	1,714	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	315	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	992	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,804	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,571	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,587	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	309.89/cwt	308.00–311.00	1,949	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	251.93/cwt	248.00–253.75	1,922	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	229.25/cwt	229.25–229.25	1,866	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	261.44/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,650	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	587	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,699	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	276.56/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,687	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	502	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,606	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	333	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,126	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	290.86/cwt	288.00–293.00	1,949	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	401	386.58/cwt	386.00–387.00	1,550	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	277	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,053	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	658	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,033	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	292.12/cwt	287.00–298.50	1,621	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	620	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,820	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	443	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,573	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	503	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,595	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	266.25/cwt	263.50–268.50	1,784	99

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 May 8, 2024

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

Receipts 2,013Last week 2,651Year ago 2,719

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	355.00	355.00
6	500–550	500	329.00	329.00
21	550–600	569	306.00–310.00	307.70
75	600–650	628	289.50–296.00	292.24
57	800–850	831	245.50–246.50	245.69
23	850–900	864	239.00	239.00
8	900–950	927	226.00	226.00
8	950–1000	977	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	400–450	429	370.00	370.00
6	450–500	466	352.00	352.00
117	550–600	570	316.00–324.00	319.98
131	600–650	629	308.00–311.00	309.89
44	650–700	670	288.00–293.00	290.86
142	700–750	733	270.50–282.75	272.96
10	750–800	754	270.50	270.50
81	900–950	939	229.50–233.00	230.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	457	321.00	321.00
6	650–700	673	268.00	268.00
36	700–750	725	260.00–264.00	261.62
23	750–800	763	248.00–253.75	251.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	440	357.00	357.00
10	500–550	503	317.00	317.00
10	550–600	587	289.50	289.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	401	386.00–387.00	386.58
16	650–700	658	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	350.00	350.00
7	350–400	362	340.00	340.00
71	400–450	419	332.00–341.00	336.76
80	500–550	522	298.00–310.00	299.54
45	550–600	555	287.00–298.50	292.12
23	600–650	610	275.00–281.00	276.56
99	650–700	670	263.50–268.50	266.25
68	700–750	705	264.75	264.75
18	800–850	814	229.25	229.25
15	900–950	910	208.00	208.00
14	950–1000	950	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	531	293.50–294.50	293.72
24	600–650	611	267.50–270.50	269.74
5	650–700	653	258.00	258.00
83	700–750	719	241.75–246.50	245.45
120	750–800	782	228.00–235.25	234.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	550	275.00	275.00
19	600–650	631	260.00–264.00	261.44
38	650–700	679	247.00–254.50	252.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	315	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	277	380.00	380.00
9	500–550	502	320.00	320.00
28	600–650	620	293.50	293.50

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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