Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-03-06

Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 6

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Feb 28Mar 6Mar 13 →

Receipts

2,012 head

▼ 847 vs last sale 2,859▼ 919 vs year ago 2,931 · −31.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $283.67/cwt on 223 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −141.48 against this barn's trailing median of $425.15.

Average price

$283.67

223 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$19.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.35

vs NE average

+11.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	285.87	1,584	198
Medium and Large 1-2	540	266.27	1,437	25

One grade step is worth $19.59/cwt here — about $146 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale223 hd

283.67

—

NE average4 barns · 1,095 hd

293.02

−9.35

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

+11.76

This barn, trailing median21 sales

425.15

−141.48

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.00, low $346.15, median $425.15 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

47 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	441	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,561	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,604	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	345.04/cwt	343.00–348.00	1,591	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	326.68/cwt	319.00–327.50	1,784	52
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,656	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	328.69/cwt	319.00–339.00	1,877	162
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	625	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,813	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,966	88
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	631	285.91/cwt	284.00–287.00	1,804	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	285.56/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,910	84
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	695	268.65/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,867	23
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	275.01/cwt	265.50–277.00	1,958	131
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,992	16
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	252.07/cwt	251.75–254.00	2,097	67
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,976	17
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	243.85/cwt	243.85–243.85	2,219	68
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,182	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,226	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,168	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,292	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	462	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,467	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	465	285.98/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,330	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,442	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,357	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	271.41/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,436	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	297.83/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,578	106
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	545	281.39/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,534	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,554	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,435	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	597	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,600	64
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	601	269.67/cwt	266.00–270.75	1,621	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	635	257.48/cwt	257.00–258.00	1,635	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,596	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,606	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	247.85/cwt	245.50–254.00	1,688	200
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	239.57/cwt	236.00–241.50	1,691	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	241.82/cwt	240.00–243.50	1,734	46
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	765	238.93/cwt	237.00–241.00	1,828	76
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	235.26/cwt	233.50–235.50	1,804	93
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	809	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,780	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	227.95/cwt	223.50–228.50	1,890	161
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	854	224.75/cwt	224.75–224.75	1,919	23
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,907	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	427	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,196	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,499	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	572	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,573	20
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	695	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,717	6

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 6, 2024

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

Receipts 2,012Last week 2,859Year ago 2,931

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	465	283.00–288.00	285.98
23	500–550	545	280.00–282.00	281.39
64	550–600	597	268.00	268.00
21	600–650	635	257.00–258.00	257.48
10	800–850	809	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	334.00	334.00
6	450–500	476	303.00	303.00
106	500–550	530	291.00–300.00	297.83
5	550–600	552	281.50	281.50
40	600–650	601	266.00–270.75	269.67
200	650–700	681	245.50–254.00	247.85
46	700–750	717	240.00–243.50	241.82
93	750–800	767	233.50–235.50	235.26
161	800–850	829	223.50–228.50	227.95
8	850–900	879	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
76	750–800	765	237.00–241.00	238.93
23	850–900	854	224.75	224.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	393	312.00	312.00
5	400–450	400	292.00	292.00
5	450–500	450	287.00	287.00
19	500–550	529	271.00–272.00	271.41
6	550–600	574	250.00	250.00
22	600–650	641	249.00	249.00
9	650–700	650	247.00	247.00
23	700–750	706	236.00–241.50	239.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	462	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	476	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	631	284.00–287.00	285.91
23	650–700	695	265.00–271.00	268.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	442	363.00	363.00
17	450–500	461	343.00–348.00	345.04
52	500–550	546	319.00–327.50	326.68
162	550–600	571	319.00–339.00	328.69
88	600–650	629	312.50	312.50
84	650–700	669	280.00–293.00	285.56
131	700–750	712	265.50–277.00	275.01
16	750–800	775	257.00	257.00
67	800–850	832	251.75–254.00	252.07
68	900–950	910	243.85	243.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	354.00	354.00
12	550–600	550	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	625	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	850–900	882	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	280.00	280.00
20	550–600	572	275.00	275.00
6	650–700	695	247.00	247.00

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.