Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of bawling spring calves on offer, near 400 head of which had not received fall vaccinations. Compared to last week steer calves 400-600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and steer calves 600-750 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-600 lbs sold steady and heifer calves over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. 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 $303.95/cwt on 283 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −179.31 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$303.95

283 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$17.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.91

vs NE average

+2.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	306.65	1,634	239
Medium and Large 1-2	527	289.29	1,525	44

One grade step is worth $17.35/cwt here — about $109 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 sale283 hd

303.95

—

NE average12 barns · 7,285 hd

309.86

−5.91

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+2.10

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−179.31

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

31 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	281.63/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,470	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	313.09/cwt	308.00–315.00	955	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	303.99/cwt	299.00–319.00	1,335	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,899	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,664	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	271.53/cwt	262.00–274.00	1,534	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,855	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,546	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	284.80/cwt	276.00–292.00	1,780	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,122	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,459	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	391	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,361	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	709	259.73/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,841	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	292.78/cwt	291.00–296.00	1,517	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	773	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,917	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	346.58/cwt	338.00–357.00	1,445	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	299.16/cwt	297.00–301.00	1,708	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,737	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,355	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	257.55/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,628	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	341.47/cwt	339.50–342.00	1,595	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	258.60/cwt	257.00–264.00	1,381	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,646	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	684	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,744	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	310.56/cwt	299.50–322.00	1,593	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	309.54/cwt	301.00–317.00	1,167	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,237	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,069	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	2,282	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,186	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	293.63/cwt	285.00–304.00	1,398	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	278.13/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,190	32

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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Receipts 1,453Last week 2,580Year ago 2,002

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	400–450	439	299.00–319.00	303.99
60	450–500	476	285.00–304.00	293.63
79	500–550	522	270.00–287.00	281.63
60	550–600	565	262.00–274.00	271.53
5	950–1000	961	227.50	227.50
13	1050–1100	1,069	213.50	213.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	305	308.00–315.00	313.09
56	350–400	377	301.00–317.00	309.54
32	400–450	428	275.00–281.00	278.13
48	500–550	534	257.00–264.00	258.60
9	650–700	690	238.50	238.50
11	700–750	702	237.00	237.00
6	800–850	810	234.50	234.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
66	600–650	632	250.00–263.00	257.55
10	650–700	684	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
150	600–650	625	276.00–292.00	284.80
14	650–700	671	276.50	276.50
12	700–750	709	258.00–261.00	259.73
22	750–800	773	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	330	340.00	340.00
6	400–450	417	325.00	325.00
32	500–550	518	291.00–296.00	292.78
12	550–600	552	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	307	403.00	403.00
5	350–400	384	380.00	380.00
61	400–450	417	338.00–357.00	346.58
28	450–500	467	339.50–342.00	341.47
157	500–550	513	299.50–322.00	310.56
82	550–600	571	297.00–301.00	299.16
20	600–650	600	289.50	289.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	350–400	391	348.00	348.00

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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