Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to 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 $339.86/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −143.40 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$339.86

42 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,778

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

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

$45.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.64

vs NE average

+36.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	346.33	1,825	36
Medium and Large 1-2	500	301.00	1,505	6thin

One grade step is worth $45.33/cwt here — about $320 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale42 hd

339.86

—

NE average2 barns · 589 hd

349.49

−9.64

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

+36.95

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−143.40

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

26 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	650–700	692	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,758	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	782	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,889	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	787	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,030	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	885	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,257	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	834	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,152	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	912	236.25/cwt	236.25–236.25	2,155	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,003	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,182	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,455	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,881	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,539	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	2,442	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	552	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,780	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,823	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,571	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,831	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,593	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	482	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,295	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,469	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	320.23/cwt	318.00–322.00	1,953	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,796	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	376.97/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,723	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,722	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,505	6

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 Jul 10, 2024

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

Receipts 902Last week 657Year ago 1,733

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago a trend is not applicable. 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
5	650–700	692	254.00	254.00
7	750–800	782	241.50	241.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	477	334.00	334.00
10	650–700	678	270.00	270.00
49	700–750	729	250.00	250.00
34	800–850	838	239.00	239.00
38	850–900	898	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
43	550–600	552	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	470	312.50	312.50
11	500–550	529	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	382	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	750–800	787	258.00	258.00
5	800–850	834	258.00	258.00
99	850–900	885	255.00	255.00
42	900–950	912	236.25	236.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	377	386.00	386.00
43	450–500	457	375.00–380.00	376.97
24	500–550	513	350.00	350.00
12	550–600	555	339.00	339.00
239	950–1000	976	250.25	250.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	358.00	358.00
16	600–650	610	318.00–322.00	320.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	482	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	500	301.00	301.00
10	700–750	710	242.50	242.50

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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