Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of weaned and bawling spring calves on offer with some old crop yearlings selling in the mix. Compared to last sale steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower, heifers 500-700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower with heifers weighing over 700 lbs steady to 6.00 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 $328.70/cwt on 387 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −154.56 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$328.70

387 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,844

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$12.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.68

vs NE average

−4.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	329.39	1,857	365
Medium and Large 1-2	513	317.28	1,628	22

One grade step is worth $12.11/cwt here — about $229 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 sale387 hd

328.70

—

NE average3 barns · 630 hd

334.37

−5.68

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

−4.17

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−154.56

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

71 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 1-2Unweaned	400–450	417	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,485	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	491	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,864	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	315.98/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,795	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	356.31/cwt	347.00–359.00	1,675	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	340.17/cwt	335.00–344.00	1,412	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,586	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,670	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	808	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,262	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	249.63/cwt	246.50–250.25	2,426	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	382	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,385	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	547	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,707	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	416	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,531	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,886	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,592	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,674	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	458	311.37/cwt	301.00–325.00	1,426	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	291.50/cwt	286.50–303.00	1,968	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	258.31/cwt	255.10–267.00	2,431	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	364.69/cwt	358.00–370.00	1,882	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	279.24/cwt	275.50–286.00	2,022	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	272.51/cwt	266.00–277.00	1,820	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	333.89/cwt	326.00–335.00	1,643	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	271.36/cwt	268.50–273.00	2,065	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	312.98/cwt	303.50–325.00	1,931	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	258.07/cwt	254.00–261.00	2,225	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	340.65/cwt	329.00–347.50	1,938	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	312.85/cwt	301.00–321.00	1,830	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	266.24/cwt	263.50–268.00	2,212	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	711	271.72/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,932	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	642	294.78/cwt	290.00–296.75	1,892	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	690	280.80/cwt	279.00–282.00	1,938	77
Steers	Large 2	800–850	831	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,903	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	616	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,558	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	339.99/cwt	335.00–346.00	1,343	11
Heifers	Large 2	700–750	710	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	529	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,566	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	443	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,484	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	831	237.26/cwt	237.00–238.00	1,972	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	579	254.58/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,474	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	261.72/cwt	259.00–264.00	1,767	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	244.75/cwt	244.75–244.75	2,220	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	577	283.41/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,635	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	259.42/cwt	253.00–263.50	1,865	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	251.79/cwt	244.00–255.50	2,060	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	271.00/cwt	266.00–274.00	1,829	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,311	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	268.23/cwt	264.00–272.00	1,580	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	242.60/cwt	241.00–243.00	2,115	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	285.48/cwt	283.00–287.00	1,733	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,238	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	309.08/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,616	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	301	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,029	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	522	278.79/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,455	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	367.12/cwt	366.00–368.00	1,373	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	285.31/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,321	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,261	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	296.33/cwt	288.00–303.00	1,713	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	759	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,152	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	526	300.56/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,581	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	259.08/cwt	255.50–260.75	2,021	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	334.36/cwt	332.00–336.00	1,378	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,389	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	270.35/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,446	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,677	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	898	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,205	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	443	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,298	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	778	264.11/cwt	263.00–264.50	2,055	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	914	249.39/cwt	242.00–252.75	2,279	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	528	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,764	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	824	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,126	6

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.

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Huss Livestock Market - Kearney, NE

Mon Dec 30, 2024

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	382	362.50	362.50
7	400–450	417	356.00	356.00
6	450–500	491	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	550–600	568	310.00–325.00	315.98
12	650–700	667	279.50	279.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	383	414.00	414.00
32	450–500	470	347.00–359.00	356.31
63	500–550	516	358.00–370.00	364.69
75	550–600	569	329.00–347.50	340.65
114	600–650	617	303.50–325.00	312.98
178	650–700	675	286.50–303.00	291.50
151	700–750	724	275.50–286.00	279.24
51	750–800	761	268.50–273.00	271.36
128	800–850	831	263.50–268.00	266.24
101	850–900	862	254.00–261.00	258.07
205	900–950	941	255.10–267.00	258.31
91	950–1000	972	246.50–250.25	249.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	395	335.00–346.00	339.99
14	400–450	415	335.00–344.00	340.17
47	450–500	492	326.00–335.00	333.89
25	650–700	668	266.00–277.00	272.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	500	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
114	800–850	808	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	528	334.00	334.00
158	550–600	585	301.00–321.00	312.85
27	600–650	642	290.00–296.75	294.78
77	650–700	690	279.00–282.00	280.80
30	700–750	711	270.00–274.00	271.72
105	750–800	778	263.00–264.50	264.11
6	800–850	824	258.00	258.00
7	850–900	898	245.50	245.50
57	900–950	914	242.00–252.75	249.39
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	831	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	526	300.00–301.00	300.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	416	368.00	368.00
28	500–550	547	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	622	256.00	256.00
9	650–700	659	254.00	254.00
15	800–850	806	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	443	335.00	335.00
43	450–500	458	301.00–325.00	311.37
8	500–550	529	296.00	296.00
58	550–600	577	280.00–287.50	283.41
99	650–700	675	259.00–264.00	261.72
19	800–850	831	237.00–238.00	237.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	443	293.00	293.00
67	500–550	522	274.00–285.00	278.79
16	600–650	616	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	710	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	550–600	579	254.00–255.00	254.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	374	366.00–368.00	367.12
109	500–550	523	302.00–315.00	309.08
126	550–600	578	288.00–303.00	296.33
86	600–650	607	283.00–287.00	285.48
206	650–700	675	266.00–274.00	271.00
169	700–750	719	253.00–263.50	259.42
203	750–800	780	255.50–260.75	259.08
163	800–850	818	244.00–255.50	251.79
29	850–900	872	241.00–243.00	242.60
13	900–950	907	244.75	244.75
8	1000–1050	1,022	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	301	342.00	342.00
8	350–400	385	327.50	327.50
7	400–450	415	316.00	316.00
18	450–500	463	280.00–288.00	285.31
45	500–550	535	270.00–271.00	270.35
30	550–600	589	264.00–272.00	268.23
6	650–700	668	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
51	750–800	759	283.50	283.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	412	332.00–336.00	334.36
17	450–500	460	302.00	302.00

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