Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower and steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher, all weights of heifers sold steady to 8.00 higher. The consignment sheet consisted of yearling feeders, weaned spring calves and spring calves coming off their mothers most of which had received fall vaccinations. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet bidding noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.40/cwt on 248 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −181.86 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$301.40

248 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,680

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$32.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.22

vs NE average

+7.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	302.18	1,682	242
Medium and Large 1-2	586	270.00	1,582	6thin

One grade step is worth $32.18/cwt here — about $100 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale248 hd

301.40

—

NE average7 barns · 3,075 hd

309.61

−8.22

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+7.09

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−181.86

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

35 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,464	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	453	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	289	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	977	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	333.43/cwt	333.00–336.00	1,214	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	301.40/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,438	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,785	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	252.37/cwt	248.50–254.00	2,100	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	284.26/cwt	277.00–285.75	1,814	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	633	269.07/cwt	267.00–270.50	1,703	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	745	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,892	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	291.89/cwt	286.00–302.50	1,702	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	290.75/cwt	290.75–290.75	1,963	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	311.34/cwt	306.00–321.00	1,659	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,912	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,887	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	320.46/cwt	318.00–325.00	1,343	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	279.19/cwt	276.00–279.50	1,837	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	1,449	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,582	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	400.25/cwt	400.25–400.25	1,145	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,193	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	706	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,624	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	929	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,086	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	240.70/cwt	239.25–247.75	1,983	58
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	355	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,001	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	317.05/cwt	308.00–324.00	1,528	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	251.23/cwt	242.50–254.25	2,294	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	272.92/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,558	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	268.35/cwt	266.00–270.50	2,096	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	318.72/cwt	309.00–325.00	1,320	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,048	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	235.17/cwt	231.75–236.50	2,159	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	297.60/cwt	288.00–313.00	1,518	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,456	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	268.75/cwt	268.75–268.75	1,656	54

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 Oct 9, 2024

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

Receipts 1,974Last week 2,426Year ago 1,119

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	605	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	453	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	289	338.00	338.00
36	350–400	364	333.00–336.00	333.43
30	400–450	414	309.00–325.00	318.72
54	450–500	477	285.00–310.00	301.40
29	500–550	510	288.00–313.00	297.60
149	550–600	571	260.00–281.00	272.92
58	800–850	824	239.25–247.75	240.70
37	850–900	881	232.50	232.50
66	900–950	918	231.75–236.50	235.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	562	259.00	259.00
15	750–800	761	234.50	234.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	600–650	616	268.75	268.75
19	700–750	706	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	286	400.25	400.25
57	350–400	388	373.50	373.50
64	450–500	482	308.00–324.00	317.05
128	500–550	533	306.00–321.00	311.34
114	550–600	583	286.00–302.50	291.89
114	650–700	675	290.75	290.75
141	750–800	781	266.00–270.50	268.35
77	800–850	832	248.50–254.00	252.37
110	900–950	913	242.50–254.25	251.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
181	600–650	638	277.00–285.75	284.26
103	650–700	658	276.00–279.50	279.19
24	700–750	745	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	633	267.00–270.50	269.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	367	325.00	325.00
22	400–450	419	318.00–325.00	320.46
6	550–600	586	270.00	270.00
31	700–750	744	257.00	257.00
17	800–850	803	235.00	235.00
13	900–950	929	224.50	224.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	355	282.00	282.00

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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