Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of bawling spring calves and yearling feeders on offer with most of the bawling calves having received fall vaccinations, those that had not sold at a discount. Compared to last week steer calves 500-600 lbs sold 5.00 and steer calves over 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Heifer calves 450-650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower with 650-700 lbs heifer calves selling sharply higher. Yearling feeders sold 2.00 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 $308.92/cwt on 457 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −174.34 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$308.92

457 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$29.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.00

vs NE average

+9.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	312.68	1,706	398
Medium and Large 1-2	549	283.61	1,558	59

One grade step is worth $29.07/cwt here — about $147 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 sale457 hd

308.92

—

NE average11 barns · 6,547 hd

311.92

−3.00

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

+9.88

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−174.34

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

47 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 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	541	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,618	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	751	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,983	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	260.10/cwt	260.10–260.10	2,278	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	306.66/cwt	297.00–312.50	1,726	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	319.68/cwt	319.00–321.00	1,387	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,498	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	258.52/cwt	255.00–260.50	1,624	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	320.55/cwt	316.00–325.50	1,654	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	726	258.13/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,874	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	286.88/cwt	283.25–295.00	1,804	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	511	336.44/cwt	336.00–337.00	1,719	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	562	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,568	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	288.18/cwt	284.00–292.00	1,542	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	679	273.26/cwt	269.00–284.25	1,855	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	781	251.61/cwt	250.25–256.50	1,965	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	1,575	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	669	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,759	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,923	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,277	5
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,104	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,385	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	582	260.95/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,519	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	911	229.25/cwt	229.25–229.25	2,088	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	488	283.59/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,384	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,113	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,350	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	351.86/cwt	347.00–356.00	1,439	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	847	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,168	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,857	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	460	322.28/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,482	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	931	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,290	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	422	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,426	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	857	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,168	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	382	350.47/cwt	349.00–351.00	1,339	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	720	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,656	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	534	309.18/cwt	308.00–312.00	1,651	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	255.41/cwt	253.00–257.00	1,586	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	764	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,818	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	350.67/cwt	345.00–353.00	1,315	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	418	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,547	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	300.97/cwt	292.00–308.00	1,415	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	291.92/cwt	287.00–297.00	1,664	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,386	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	275.37/cwt	270.00–283.50	1,545	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,463	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	718	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	283.16/cwt	276.00–291.50	1,495	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	254.69/cwt	253.50–255.00	1,689	49

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 2,388Last week 3,114Year ago 2,788

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	541	299.00	299.00
17	550–600	562	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	382	349.00–351.00	350.47
15	400–450	422	338.00	338.00
36	450–500	460	316.00–326.00	322.28
27	500–550	534	308.00–312.00	309.18
52	550–600	570	287.00–297.00	291.92
25	750–800	751	264.00	264.00
35	800–850	847	256.00	256.00
41	850–900	857	253.00	253.00
55	900–950	931	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	300	371.00	371.00
13	350–400	363	372.00	372.00
13	400–450	409	347.00–356.00	351.86
14	450–500	471	334.50	334.50
49	500–550	516	316.00–325.50	320.55
189	550–600	563	297.00–312.50	306.66
112	850–900	876	260.10	260.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	434	319.00–321.00	319.68
27	500–550	535	284.00–292.00	288.18
6	550–600	592	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	600–650	628	255.00–260.50	258.52
18	650–700	669	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
252	600–650	629	283.25–295.00	286.88
113	650–700	679	269.00–284.25	273.26
28	700–750	726	254.00–260.00	258.13
31	750–800	781	250.25–256.50	251.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
81	500–550	511	336.00–337.00	336.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	418	370.00	370.00
56	600–650	615	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	393	325.00	325.00
26	400–450	433	320.00	320.00
95	450–500	470	292.00–308.00	300.97
79	500–550	528	276.00–291.50	283.16
156	550–600	561	270.00–283.50	275.37
43	750–800	777	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1100–1150	1,104	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	450–500	488	281.00–290.00	283.59
91	550–600	582	260.00–266.00	260.95
27	900–950	911	229.25	229.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	600–650	621	253.00–257.00	255.41
49	650–700	663	253.50–255.00	254.69
13	700–750	720	230.00	230.00
7	750–800	764	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	375	345.00–353.00	350.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	583	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	718	244.50	244.50

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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