Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher and heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher on a thin test of heifers. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $292.77/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −141.74 against this barn's trailing median of $434.51.

Average price

$292.77

30 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−41.49

vs NE average

+25.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	292.77	1,633	30

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

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 sale30 hd

292.77

—

NE average3 barns · 922 hd

334.26

−41.49

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

+25.15

This barn, trailing median24 sales

434.51

−141.74

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

36 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 1Unweaned	750–800	795	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,900	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	750–800	758	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,956	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	240.90/cwt	237.50–243.00	1,727	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	783	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,879	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,719	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	543	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,890	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	249.86/cwt	245.25–251.50	1,954	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,610	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,460	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	704	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,785	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,693	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,656	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	257.30/cwt	256.00–262.00	1,860	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	433	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	596	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,997	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	665	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,065	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	428	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,588	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	833	255.48/cwt	254.85–260.00	2,128	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	938	233.82/cwt	231.50–237.75	2,193	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,935	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,981	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	297.28/cwt	292.50–300.00	2,013	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,323	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	715	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,959	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	230.75/cwt	230.75–230.75	1,848	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,834	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	228.21/cwt	224.00–229.75	1,999	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	266.50/cwt	265.25–269.50	2,135	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,008	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	640	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,779	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	767	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	2,044	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	972	222.21/cwt	220.00–223.00	2,160	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	687	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,910	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	613	271.32/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,663	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	682	261.50/cwt	260.00–264.50	1,783	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	551	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,576	5

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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 1,371Last week 1,475Year ago 2,099

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher and heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher on a thin test of heifers. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	529	320.00	320.00
7	600–650	640	278.00	278.00
12	750–800	795	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	758	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	783	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	428	371.00	371.00
23	500–550	543	348.00	348.00
9	550–600	596	335.00	335.00
5	650–700	665	310.50	310.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	687	278.00	278.00
16	700–750	715	274.00	274.00
28	750–800	767	266.50	266.50
71	800–850	833	254.85–260.00	255.48
105	900–950	938	231.50–237.75	233.82
23	950–1000	972	220.00–223.00	222.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	639	310.00	310.00
31	650–700	677	292.50–300.00	297.28
20	700–750	707	284.00	284.00
85	800–850	801	265.25–269.50	266.50
51	950–1000	980	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	717	237.50–243.00	240.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	552	300.00	300.00
66	650–700	668	274.50	274.50
32	700–750	723	256.00–262.00	257.30
252	750–800	782	245.25–251.50	249.86
8	800–850	801	230.75	230.75
170	850–900	876	224.00–229.75	228.21
16	900–950	904	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	495	295.00	295.00
7	550–600	577	279.00	279.00
14	700–750	704	253.50	253.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	433	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	551	286.00	286.00
20	600–650	613	270.00–273.00	271.32
15	650–700	682	260.00–264.50	261.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	868	198.00	198.00

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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