Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold sharply higher and steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good to very 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 $327.85/cwt on 500 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −155.41 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$327.85

500 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,828

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$24.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.90

vs NE average

+2.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	330.65	1,853	444
Medium and Large 1-2	534	305.66	1,631	56

One grade step is worth $24.99/cwt here — about $222 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale500 hd

327.85

—

NE average8 barns · 4,033 hd

348.75

−20.90

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+2.48

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−155.41

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

52 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	500–550	535	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,455	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,581	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	672	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,727	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	531	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	895	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,094	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	478	304.48/cwt	304.00–305.00	1,455	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	289.28/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,669	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	290.67/cwt	280.00–302.00	1,959	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	386.67/cwt	380.00–391.00	1,485	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,643	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	309.66/cwt	288.00–322.50	1,620	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	344.64/cwt	339.00–350.00	1,434	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	277.33/cwt	268.50–279.00	2,147	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,427	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	311.92/cwt	301.00–320.00	1,918	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	280.34/cwt	273.00–284.75	2,030	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,507	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	405.77/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,347	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	655	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,834	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	868	255.14/cwt	253.00–258.00	2,215	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	1,517	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	322.04/cwt	311.00–330.75	1,871	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	346.39/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,812	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	356.75/cwt	346.00–383.00	1,720	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,822	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,709	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	309.63/cwt	301.00–318.00	1,607	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	269.80/cwt	266.00–273.00	1,805	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,046	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,369	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	293.06/cwt	288.00–299.50	1,682	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	994	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,276	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	354.32/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,318	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	242.64/cwt	241.25–247.00	2,152	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	274.39/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,723	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	324.78/cwt	316.00–336.00	1,520	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	571	281.37/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,607	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	248.36/cwt	243.00–250.50	1,932	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	243.07/cwt	242.75–243.25	2,003	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	885	238.21/cwt	236.00–240.00	2,108	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	462	345.75/cwt	345.00–346.00	1,597	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	249.51/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,806	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	371.67/cwt	365.00–377.00	1,208	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	281.11/cwt	279.00–284.00	1,490	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	342.50/cwt	337.50–357.00	1,483	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	392.99/cwt	386.00–398.00	1,713	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	772	261.92/cwt	260.00–263.00	2,022	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	275.17/cwt	267.00–277.50	1,549	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	315.26/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,252	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	267.84/cwt	267.00–269.00	2,180	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	2,394	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	248.74/cwt	247.00–254.75	2,074	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	265.20/cwt	262.50–273.00	1,772	28

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 Dec 4, 2024

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	535	272.00	272.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	549	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	478	304.00–305.00	304.48
6	500–550	531	296.00	296.00
73	550–600	571	280.00–284.00	281.37
19	650–700	672	257.00	257.00
6	850–900	895	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	397	310.00–317.50	315.26
32	500–550	530	279.00–284.00	281.11
23	550–600	563	267.00–277.50	275.17
9	700–750	712	240.00	240.00
5	800–850	806	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	325	365.00–377.00	371.67
48	350–400	372	350.00–357.00	354.32
109	400–450	433	337.50–357.00	342.50
104	450–500	468	316.00–336.00	324.78
148	500–550	519	301.00–318.00	309.63
163	550–600	574	288.00–299.50	293.06
108	600–650	628	270.00–279.00	274.39
129	650–700	669	266.00–273.00	269.80
72	700–750	724	246.00–256.00	249.51
35	750–800	778	243.00–250.50	248.36
120	800–850	824	242.75–243.25	243.07
118	850–900	887	241.25–247.00	242.64
8	950–1000	994	229.00	229.00
10	1000–1050	1,046	226.50	226.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	462	345.00–346.00	345.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	400–450	416	339.00–350.00	344.64
6	450–500	487	311.50	311.50
45	500–550	523	288.00–322.50	309.66
11	550–600	577	280.00–301.00	289.28
6	600–650	604	272.00	272.00
28	650–700	668	262.50–273.00	265.20
30	800–850	834	247.00–254.75	248.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	332	400.00–410.00	405.77
13	350–400	384	380.00–391.00	386.67
31	400–450	436	386.00–398.00	392.99
179	450–500	482	346.00–383.00	356.75
157	500–550	523	330.00–360.00	346.39
287	550–600	581	311.00–330.75	322.04
250	600–650	615	301.00–320.00	311.92
271	650–700	674	280.00–302.00	290.67
254	700–750	724	273.00–284.75	280.34
226	750–800	774	268.50–279.00	277.33
101	800–850	814	267.00–269.00	267.84
78	900–950	926	258.50	258.50
16	950–1000	950	255.50	255.50
24	1000–1050	1,005	249.50	249.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	655	280.00	280.00
19	750–800	772	260.00–263.00	261.92
14	850–900	868	253.00–258.00	255.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	850–900	885	236.00–240.00	238.21

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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