Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's comparable offerings, steers 700-750 lbs sold 8.00 higher and heifers 550-700 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.71/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −168.55 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$314.71

51 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$26.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.70

vs NE average

+3.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	318.93	1,768	43
Medium and Large 1-2	517	292.00	1,510	8thin

One grade step is worth $26.93/cwt here — about $259 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 sale51 hd

314.71

—

NE average4 barns · 419 hd

344.41

−29.70

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

+3.94

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−168.55

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

38 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	400–450	409	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,260	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	882	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,896	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	563	281.24/cwt	278.00–284.00	1,583	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	771	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,804	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,571	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	628	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	1,912	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	653	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,701	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	613	272.95/cwt	267.00–276.00	1,673	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	693	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,947	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,143	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	522	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	734	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,982	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,775	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,365	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,944	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	259.35/cwt	256.00–259.75	2,147	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	550	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,722	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	732	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,764	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,469	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,596	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,531	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	293.75/cwt	291.00–297.00	1,627	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	825	225.99/cwt	224.50–227.75	1,864	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	843	247.92/cwt	247.50–249.50	2,090	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	280.67/cwt	276.00–284.25	2,074	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	235.60/cwt	235.60–235.60	2,281	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	319.63/cwt	319.00–322.00	1,806	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	244.94/cwt	243.00–245.25	2,180	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	265.73/cwt	265.00–266.00	2,054	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,779	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	248.14/cwt	246.50–249.00	1,896	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	324.26/cwt	320.00–329.50	1,511	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	371	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,284	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,280	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,828	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,928	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	517	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,510	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	653	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,698	8

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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 1,475Last week 2,013Year ago 2,642

Compared to last week's comparable offerings, steers 700-750 lbs sold 8.00 higher and heifers 550-700 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	409	308.00	308.00
15	550–600	563	278.00–284.00	281.24
36	600–650	613	267.00–276.00	272.95
81	650–700	653	260.50	260.50
69	700–750	732	241.00	241.00
26	750–800	771	234.00	234.00
68	800–850	825	224.50–227.75	225.99
9	850–900	882	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	441	333.00	333.00
17	450–500	489	313.00	313.00
44	550–600	554	291.00–297.00	293.75
60	600–650	626	283.50	283.50
13	650–700	665	267.50	267.50
7	750–800	765	239.00	239.00
9	900–950	916	210.50	210.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	346.00	346.00
23	500–550	505	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	445	353.00	353.00
6	500–550	522	329.00	329.00
13	550–600	550	313.00	313.00
23	600–650	628	304.50	304.50
8	650–700	693	281.00	281.00
6	700–750	734	270.00	270.00
38	800–850	843	247.50–249.50	247.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	565	319.00–322.00	319.63
72	650–700	650	299.00	299.00
194	700–750	739	276.00–284.25	280.67
22	750–800	773	265.00–266.00	265.73
103	800–850	828	256.00–259.75	259.35
71	850–900	890	243.00–245.25	244.94
232	950–1000	968	235.60	235.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	466	320.00–329.50	324.26
37	750–800	764	246.50–249.00	248.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	517	292.00	292.00
8	650–700	653	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	278	411.00	411.00
7	350–400	367	372.00	372.00

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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