Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of weaned spring calves on offer with some bawling calves selling in the mix. Compared to last week steers under 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower, heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was 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 $336.17/cwt on 379 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −147.08 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$336.17

379 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$28.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.65

vs NE average

+9.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	336.78	1,883	371
Medium and Large 1-2	547	308.00	1,685	8thin

One grade step is worth $28.78/cwt here — about $198 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 sale379 hd

336.17

—

NE average8 barns · 3,202 hd

343.82

−7.65

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+9.54

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−147.08

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

53 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 1Fleshy	750–800	781	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,109	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	642	290.46/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,865	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	588	318.80/cwt	317.00–319.50	1,875	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	277.58/cwt	273.00–279.50	2,176	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,746	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	353.35/cwt	351.00–359.00	1,844	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	309	409.41/cwt	409.00–410.00	1,265	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	333.59/cwt	326.00–349.00	1,895	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	300.39/cwt	295.75–314.50	2,031	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	344.25/cwt	341.00–349.00	1,618	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	383.02/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,762	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	289.13/cwt	285.50–292.25	2,053	507
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,685	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	314.13/cwt	302.50–321.50	1,951	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	270.05/cwt	265.00–277.00	2,206	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,433	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	729	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,925	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	481	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,785	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	388	394.66/cwt	393.00–399.00	1,531	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,672	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	251.73/cwt	248.50–255.50	1,969	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,316	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	408	343.95/cwt	341.00–345.00	1,403	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	679	260.87/cwt	256.50–265.00	1,771	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	631	276.42/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,744	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	711	270.82/cwt	270.50–272.00	1,926	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,729	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,800	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	677	288.27/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,952	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1050–1100	1,076	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,303	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	891	253.59/cwt	251.00–255.50	2,259	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	479	366.46/cwt	360.50–373.00	1,755	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	909	250.06/cwt	249.00–250.50	2,273	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	378	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,399	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	409	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,546	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,643	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	634	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,883	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	456	353.15/cwt	351.00–354.00	1,610	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	506	328.43/cwt	328.00–329.00	1,662	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	312.16/cwt	304.00–323.00	1,648	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	732	281.83/cwt	278.00–284.00	2,063	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,134	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,527	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,558	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,642	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	300.04/cwt	291.00–308.00	1,704	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	322	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,236	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	586	285.68/cwt	284.00–287.00	1,674	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	272.09/cwt	269.00–274.00	1,815	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	287.47/cwt	281.00–293.00	1,779	530
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	245.63/cwt	244.50–246.00	2,004	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	258.12/cwt	252.00–261.50	1,866	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	333.58/cwt	329.00–338.00	1,444	18

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 5,335Last week 4,852Year ago 3,075

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	378.00	378.00
64	450–500	479	360.50–373.00	366.46
6	500–550	515	339.00	339.00
21	550–600	588	317.00–319.50	318.80
26	600–650	642	290.00–292.00	290.46
126	650–700	677	282.00–292.00	288.27
166	700–750	732	278.00–284.00	281.83
28	750–800	781	270.00	270.00
70	850–900	891	251.00–255.50	253.59
97	900–950	909	249.00–250.50	250.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	440	393.00	393.00
25	450–500	460	380.00–385.00	383.02
74	500–550	522	351.00–359.00	353.35
270	550–600	568	326.00–349.00	333.59
286	600–650	621	302.50–321.50	314.13
258	650–700	676	295.75–314.50	300.39
507	700–750	710	285.50–292.25	289.13
372	750–800	784	273.00–279.50	277.58
287	800–850	817	265.00–277.00	270.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	309	409.00–410.00	409.41
12	350–400	377	380.00	380.00
31	450–500	470	341.00–349.00	344.25
8	500–550	547	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	729	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	350–400	388	393.00–399.00	394.66
38	450–500	481	371.00	371.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	400	418.00	418.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,076	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	467	327.00	327.00
313	500–550	528	304.00–323.00	312.16
145	550–600	568	291.00–308.00	300.04
530	600–650	619	281.00–293.00	287.47
180	650–700	667	269.00–274.00	272.09
143	700–750	723	252.00–261.50	258.12
58	750–800	782	248.50–255.50	251.73
77	800–850	816	244.50–246.00	245.63
30	900–950	906	235.50	235.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	376	350.00	350.00
18	400–450	433	329.00–338.00	333.58
5	550–600	575	271.00	271.00
9	600–650	627	262.00	262.00
6	650–700	677	242.50	242.50
9	750–800	766	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	408	341.00–345.00	343.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	586	284.00–287.00	285.68
112	600–650	631	271.00–281.00	276.42
30	650–700	679	256.50–265.00	260.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
133	700–750	711	270.50–272.00	270.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	322	384.00	384.00
45	350–400	378	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	456	351.00–354.00	353.15
55	500–550	506	328.00–329.00	328.43
20	600–650	634	297.00	297.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Huss Livestock