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Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-13

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 13

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Mar 6Mar 13Mar 20 →

Receipts

4,083 head

▲ 2,071 vs last sale 2,012▲ 51 vs year ago 4,032 · +1.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers over 650 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $325.42/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −145.28 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.

Average price

$325.42

133 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,827

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$31.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.34

vs NE average

+9.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	329.66	1,864	115
Medium and Large 1-2	534	298.33	1,593	18thin

One grade step is worth $31.33/cwt here — about $271 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale133 hd

325.42

—

NE average9 barns · 1,384 hd

330.76

−5.34

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

+9.35

This barn, trailing median20 sales

470.70

−145.28

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

20 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.27, low $419.84, median $470.70 across 20 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	340	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,408	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	454	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,516	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	356.19/cwt	352.00–362.00	1,656	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	482	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,817	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,385	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,716	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	525	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,827	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	527	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,623	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,834	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	582	332.26/cwt	331.75–335.00	1,934	58
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	593	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,791	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,836	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	624	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,803	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	635	287.02/cwt	286.00–288.00	1,823	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	651	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,979	91
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	285.06/cwt	285.00–285.50	1,884	71
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	668	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,784	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	694	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,888	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	269.49/cwt	265.50–274.50	1,959	341
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	745	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,900	43
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	265.39/cwt	261.00–269.00	2,036	212
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	775	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,139	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	796	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,910	37
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	255.16/cwt	247.25–257.00	2,072	155
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	844	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,941	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	855	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,035	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	250.70/cwt	244.00–255.00	2,164	366
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	242.78/cwt	237.00–246.85	2,200	150
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	944	232.25/cwt	232.25–232.25	2,192	60
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	227.76/cwt	226.25–228.75	2,209	95
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,059	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,272	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	371	346.34/cwt	342.00–348.00	1,285	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,431	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	466	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,524	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	292.59/cwt	288.00–297.50	1,562	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	280.71/cwt	275.00–283.50	1,600	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	578	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,696	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	256.49/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,518	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	271.26/cwt	270.00–271.50	1,725	60
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	644	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,684	42
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	256.26/cwt	251.00–261.50	1,722	139
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	688	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,686	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	703	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,677	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	707	257.60/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,821	85
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	707	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,813	61
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	249.17/cwt	242.50–252.50	1,806	243
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	236.59/cwt	232.50–238.75	1,793	110
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	769	247.22/cwt	245.00–249.25	1,901	375
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	231.65/cwt	228.00–233.75	1,916	231
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	829	224.20/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,859	66
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	221.09/cwt	219.50–221.50	1,904	106
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	212.75/cwt	212.75–212.75	1,951	21
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	213.00/cwt	209.25–213.25	2,085	160

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 13, 2024

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

Receipts 4,083Last week 2,012Year ago 4,032

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	593	302.00	302.00
14	600–650	635	286.00–288.00	287.02
15	650–700	694	272.00	272.00
37	750–800	796	240.00	240.00
7	850–900	855	238.00	238.00
60	900–950	944	232.25	232.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	465	352.00–362.00	356.19
17	500–550	520	330.00	330.00
18	550–600	575	319.00	319.00
6	600–650	616	298.00	298.00
71	650–700	661	285.00–285.50	285.06
341	700–750	727	265.50–274.50	269.49
212	750–800	767	261.00–269.00	265.39
155	800–850	812	247.25–257.00	255.16
366	850–900	863	244.00–255.00	250.70
150	900–950	906	237.00–246.85	242.78
95	950–1000	970	226.25–228.75	227.76
5	1050–1100	1,059	214.50	214.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	340	414.00	414.00
30	450–500	482	377.00	377.00
14	500–550	525	348.00	348.00
58	550–600	582	331.75–335.00	332.26
91	650–700	651	304.00	304.00
35	750–800	775	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	844	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	454	334.00	334.00
6	500–550	527	308.00	308.00
6	550–600	575	310.00	310.00
12	600–650	624	289.00	289.00
21	650–700	668	267.00	267.00
43	700–750	745	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	500	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	435	329.00	329.00
43	500–550	534	288.00–297.50	292.59
39	550–600	570	275.00–283.50	280.71
60	600–650	636	270.00–271.50	271.26
139	650–700	672	251.00–261.50	256.26
243	700–750	725	242.50–252.50	249.17
110	750–800	758	232.50–238.75	236.59
231	800–850	827	228.00–233.75	231.65
106	850–900	861	219.50–221.50	221.09
21	900–950	917	212.75	212.75
160	950–1000	979	209.25–213.25	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	600–650	644	261.50	261.50
9	650–700	688	245.00	245.00
31	700–750	703	238.50	238.50
66	800–850	829	223.00–225.00	224.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	592	253.00–260.00	256.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	371	342.00–348.00	346.34
42	450–500	466	327.00	327.00
44	550–600	578	293.50	293.50
61	700–750	707	256.50	256.50
375	750–800	769	245.00–249.25	247.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
85	700–750	707	255.00–258.00	257.60

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.