Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago on a thin test, steers 800-850 lbs sold 6.00 higher and heifers 800-850 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to 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 $301.63/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −132.88 against this barn's trailing median of $434.51.

Average price

$301.63

16 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−26.14

vs NE average

+32.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	301.63	1,662	16thin

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 sale16 hd

301.63

—

NE average4 barns · 983 hd

327.77

−26.14

National average153 barns · 8,958 hd

269.28

+32.35

This barn, trailing median24 sales

434.51

−132.88

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

19 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	750–800	781	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,910	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	291.81/cwt	290.00–293.50	1,669	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,041	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	268.45/cwt	266.00–274.00	1,801	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,833	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,280	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	721	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,723	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	243.16/cwt	238.00–246.00	2,009	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	982	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,268	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,013	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	256.25/cwt	256.25–256.25	2,329	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,043	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,910	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,763	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,053	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	267.38/cwt	266.50–271.50	2,201	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	276.32/cwt	271.00–277.00	2,177	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	257.60/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,850	44

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 Jun 26, 2024

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

Receipts 657Last week 1,795Year ago 1,207

Compared to two weeks ago on a thin test, steers 800-850 lbs sold 6.00 higher and heifers 800-850 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to 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
8	750–800	781	244.50	244.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	516	318.00	318.00
10	550–600	572	290.00–293.50	291.81
30	600–650	632	279.00	279.00
16	650–700	671	266.00–274.00	268.45
44	700–750	718	256.00–265.00	257.60
150	800–850	826	238.00–246.00	243.16
11	850–900	852	239.50	239.50
20	1000–1050	1,018	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	721	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	603	304.00	304.00
8	650–700	680	296.00	296.00
17	700–750	707	289.00	289.00
52	750–800	788	271.00–277.00	276.32
44	800–850	823	266.50–271.50	267.38
59	900–950	909	256.25	256.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	692	276.00	276.00
12	800–850	821	250.00	250.00
14	950–1000	982	231.00	231.00

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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