Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of bawling spring calves, weaned spring calves and yearling feeders on offer. About 750 head of the bawling spring calves had not received fall vaccinations, majority of which sold at a discount creating wide price spreads within the weighted averages. Compared to last week yearling steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower, steer calves over 500 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower and heifers calves 450-600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower with heifer calves over 600 lbs selling 10.00 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 $303.36/cwt on 357 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −179.90 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$303.36

357 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$14.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.69

vs NE average

+2.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	304.86	1,660	320
Medium and Large 1-2	534	290.41	1,551	37

One grade step is worth $14.44/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale357 hd

303.36

—

NE average10 barns · 6,992 hd

314.05

−10.69

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+2.67

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−179.90

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

42 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	400–450	428	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,348	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	907	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,950	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	634	253.59/cwt	252.50–254.00	1,608	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	684	246.51/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,686	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	301.81/cwt	299.50–319.00	1,253	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	271.17/cwt	258.00–275.00	1,540	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	303.68/cwt	302.00–306.00	1,430	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	318.20/cwt	316.00–322.00	1,362	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	290.41/cwt	287.00–293.50	1,551	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	731	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,824	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	289.88/cwt	276.00–298.50	1,823	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	259.16/cwt	259.00–259.50	1,775	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	292.87/cwt	286.00–301.00	1,702	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,455	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,900	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,802	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,856	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,313	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,287	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	331.42/cwt	320.00–349.00	1,534	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	256.13/cwt	254.00–256.50	2,151	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	342.89/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,457	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	257.61/cwt	251.50–258.00	2,236	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	266.55/cwt	259.00–267.50	2,036	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	283.43/cwt	274.00–293.00	1,465	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	600	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,509	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	712	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,723	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	265.69/cwt	259.00–269.50	1,631	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	707	287.75/cwt	287.75–287.75	2,034	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	313.27/cwt	302.00–329.00	1,626	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	222.31/cwt	221.00–225.50	2,176	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	243.95/cwt	239.50–251.50	1,886	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	291.54/cwt	281.00–301.00	1,391	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,482	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,270	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	264.75/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,361	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,645	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,811	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	247.14/cwt	247.00–247.50	2,031	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	253.35/cwt	246.75–257.25	1,839	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	310.54/cwt	301.00–324.00	1,183	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,078	7

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 2,580Last week 2,388Year ago 2,264

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	428	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	634	252.50–254.00	253.59
34	650–700	684	244.00–251.00	246.51
13	900–950	907	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	350–400	381	301.00–324.00	310.54
59	400–450	415	299.50–319.00	301.81
103	450–500	477	281.00–301.00	291.54
133	500–550	517	274.00–293.00	283.43
61	550–600	568	258.00–275.00	271.17
69	600–650	622	264.50	264.50
87	650–700	686	264.00	264.00
41	700–750	726	246.75–257.25	253.35
66	750–800	773	239.50–251.50	243.95
100	800–850	822	247.00–247.50	247.14
7	850–900	875	237.50	237.50
20	950–1000	979	221.00–225.50	222.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	600	251.50	251.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
103	600–650	614	259.00–269.50	265.69
14	700–750	712	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	438	290.00	290.00
21	500–550	514	264.00–266.00	264.75
7	550–600	588	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	428	316.00–322.00	318.20
14	450–500	471	302.00–306.00	303.68
37	500–550	534	287.00–293.50	290.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
284	600–650	629	276.00–298.50	289.88
18	650–700	685	259.00–259.50	259.16
18	700–750	731	249.50	249.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	342	384.00	384.00
5	350–400	381	382.00	382.00
70	400–450	425	340.00–347.00	342.89
41	450–500	463	320.00–349.00	331.42
188	500–550	519	302.00–329.00	313.27
132	550–600	581	286.00–301.00	292.87
15	600–650	630	286.00	286.00
16	650–700	675	275.00	275.00
10	700–750	701	271.00	271.00
115	750–800	764	259.00–267.50	266.55
40	800–850	840	254.00–256.50	256.13
99	850–900	868	251.50–258.00	257.61
6	950–1000	973	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	700–750	707	287.75	287.75

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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