Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the comparable offerings from two weeks ago, steers 850-950 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers 750-800 lbs sold steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.29/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −181.97 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$301.29

48 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.14

vs NE average

+31.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	301.29	1,621	48

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 sale48 hd

301.29

—

NE average2 barns · 94 hd

301.15

+0.14

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

+31.89

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−181.97

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,398	$2,800	9

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,552	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	221.75/cwt	221.75–221.75	2,308	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,588	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,462	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,459	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,732	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,639	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,116	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,383	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	600–650	647	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,898	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,040	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	241.51/cwt	238.75–246.00	2,099	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	240.79/cwt	235.50–243.25	2,213	362
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	700–750	745	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,967	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,616	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	258.79/cwt	257.00–261.75	2,006	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,792	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	237.14/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,866	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	895	225.75/cwt	225.75–225.75	2,020	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,654	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,022	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,380	36
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,115	216.40/cwt	214.00–218.00	2,413	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,568	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	226.40/cwt	224.00–232.50	1,997	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,845	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	231.09/cwt	226.00–234.00	2,288	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	403	306.75/cwt	306.75–306.75	1,236	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	967	222.25/cwt	222.25–222.25	2,149	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,636	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	218.82/cwt	214.00–222.25	2,138	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	845	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,935	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,071	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,924	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	650–700	663	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,684	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,398	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	9

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 Sep 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,246Last week 3,342Year ago 2,575

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	450–500	466	333.00	333.00
23	500–550	537	301.00	301.00
12	550–600	555	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	524	303.00	303.00
16	650–700	654	274.00	274.00
11	700–750	740	256.50	256.50
60	750–800	775	257.00–261.75	258.79
22	800–850	827	244.50	244.50
229	850–900	869	238.75–246.00	241.51
362	900–950	919	235.50–243.25	240.79
147	950–1000	990	226.00–234.00	231.09
53	1000–1050	1,041	221.75	221.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	647	270.50	270.50
20	700–750	745	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	678	244.00	244.00
25	700–750	735	251.00	251.00
15	850–900	868	235.00	235.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
247	1100–1150	1,115	214.00–218.00	216.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	578	253.00	253.00
5	600–650	608	240.00	240.00
9	700–750	724	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	477	290.00	290.00
36	550–600	593	264.50	264.50
27	650–700	680	241.00	241.00
21	700–750	731	237.00	237.00
69	750–800	787	230.00–238.00	237.14
19	800–850	831	231.50	231.50
142	850–900	882	224.00–232.50	226.40
5	900–950	916	231.00	231.00
264	950–1000	977	214.00–222.25	218.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	845	229.00	229.00
19	850–900	895	225.75	225.75
57	950–1000	967	222.25	222.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	315.00	315.00
17	400–450	403	306.75	306.75
36	450–500	479	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	663	254.00	254.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,398	2,800.00	2,800.00

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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