Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of yearling feeders on offer along with cow/calf pairs and a few bawling calves selling in the mix. Compared to the comparable offerings from two weeks ago steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. 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 $271.80/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −211.46 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$271.80

30 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,537

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$16.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.68

vs NE average

+5.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	274.56	1,544	25
Medium and Large 1-2	582	258.00	1,502	5thin

One grade step is worth $16.56/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale30 hd

271.80

—

NE average8 barns · 477 hd

293.49

−21.68

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+5.16

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−211.46

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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,643	$3,265	51
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,502	$3,256	35
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,603	$3,162	27
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,394	$3,109	15

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1-2	700–750	720	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,692	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,502	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,618	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	305.01/cwt	295.00–308.00	1,504	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	897	231.75/cwt	231.75–231.75	2,079	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	931	231.09/cwt	225.00–233.00	2,151	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	961	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,354	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,870	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	267.60/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,978	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	269.69/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,802	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	261.81/cwt	257.00–263.25	2,029	43
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,193	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,475	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,256	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,620	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,742	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	272.45/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,556	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,930	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	237.07/cwt	235.50–238.50	1,700	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	262.06/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,520	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	801	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,762	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	943	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,980	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,041	203.34/cwt	202.00–206.00	2,117	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,603	3,161.95/head	3,000.00–3,250.00	3,162	27
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,502	3,255.98/head	3,250.00–3,260.00	3,256	35
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,697	3,125.00/head	3,125.00–3,125.00	3,125	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,394	3,109.07/head	3,050.00–3,200.00	3,109	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,623	3,317.34/head	3,260.00–3,425.00	3,317	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	224.84/cwt	222.00–226.00	1,938	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,501	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	861	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,817	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,412	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,662	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,061	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	253.41/cwt	247.50–258.75	2,086	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	246.88/cwt	239.50–249.00	2,195	404
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,512	7
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,118	198.60/cwt	198.00–200.00	2,220	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,367	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	232.33/cwt	230.00–236.75	1,766	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	232.25/cwt	232.25–232.25	2,323	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	234.98/cwt	227.50–237.50	2,261	692
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	239.50/cwt	237.50–241.00	2,251	479
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,359	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,553	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,661	13

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 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,522Last week 2,246Year ago 3,406

Replacement CattleReceipts 143Last week 14Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	582	258.00	258.00
8	600–650	627	258.00	258.00
5	700–750	720	235.00	235.00
10	800–850	824	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	375	335.00	335.00
22	450–500	493	295.00–308.00	305.01
7	500–550	540	280.00	280.00
18	550–600	571	270.00–275.00	272.45
9	600–650	622	280.00	280.00
49	650–700	668	265.00–279.00	269.69
165	700–750	739	259.00–270.00	267.60
43	750–800	775	257.00–263.25	261.81
255	800–850	823	247.50–258.75	253.41
404	850–900	889	239.50–249.00	246.88
479	900–950	940	237.50–241.00	239.50
692	950–1000	962	227.50–237.50	234.98
102	1000–1050	1,000	232.25	232.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	850–900	897	231.75	231.75
52	900–950	931	225.00–233.00	231.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
86	950–1000	961	245.00	245.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	1150–1200	1,193	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	675	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	516	265.00	265.00
17	550–600	580	255.00–268.00	262.06
12	650–700	662	251.00	251.00
21	700–750	717	235.50–238.50	237.07
142	750–800	760	230.00–236.75	232.33
33	800–850	843	229.00	229.00
204	850–900	862	222.00–226.00	224.84
7	950–1000	961	214.50	214.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	801	220.00	220.00
5	900–950	943	210.00	210.00
33	1000–1050	1,041	202.00–206.00	203.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	603	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	533	265.00	265.00
10	550–600	550	247.00	247.00
7	600–650	647	240.00	240.00
13	750–800	750	221.50	221.50
8	850–900	861	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	1100–1150	1,118	198.00–200.00	198.60

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	27	—	1,603	3,000.00–3,250.00	3,161.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,502	3,250.00–3,260.00	3,255.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,697	3,125.00	3,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,394	3,050.00–3,200.00	3,109.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	37	—	1,623	3,260.00–3,425.00	3,317.34

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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