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Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 20

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Mar 13Mar 20Apr 3 →

Receipts

2,790 head

▼ 1,293 vs last sale 4,083▲ 556 vs year ago 2,234 · +24.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 500-800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers 500-700 lbs sold 6.00 to 12.00 higher with heifers over 700 lbs selling uneven from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd 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 $289.19/cwt on 218 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −135.96 against this barn's trailing median of $425.15.

Average price

$289.19

218 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$22.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.79

vs NE average

+11.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	291.94	1,605	191
Medium and Large 1-2	530	269.74	1,429	27

One grade step is worth $22.19/cwt here — about $176 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 sale218 hd

289.19

—

NE average4 barns · 818 hd

296.97

−7.79

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

+11.97

This barn, trailing median21 sales

425.15

−135.96

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

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. 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	344	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,359	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	406	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,571	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,531	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	438	399.75/cwt	399.75–399.75	1,751	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	455	364.20/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,657	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	466	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,528	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	517	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,437	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	335.87/cwt	329.00–339.00	1,777	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	538	317.33/cwt	316.00–318.00	1,707	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,769	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	567	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,520	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	578	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,734	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	287.63/cwt	283.00–291.00	1,671	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,560	37
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	604	320.07/cwt	316.50–324.00	1,933	186
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	625	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,775	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	303.96/cwt	298.00–307.50	1,942	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,579	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	286.23/cwt	280.00–291.50	1,941	95
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,782	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	697	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,739	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,699	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	708	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	2,064	37
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	274.32/cwt	265.00–281.00	1,994	129
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	737	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,898	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	271.04/cwt	264.00–276.50	2,079	92
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	254.15/cwt	248.00–259.00	2,069	146
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	826	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,205	50
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	842	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,025	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	888	240.09/cwt	238.75–240.50	2,132	38
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,169	24
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	932	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,148	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	960	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,006	5
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,005	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,241	6
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1,029	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,017	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	314	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,149	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,299	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	393	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,281	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	330.15/cwt	327.00–334.00	1,354	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	426	319.68/cwt	317.50–321.00	1,362	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	436	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,221	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,442	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,300	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,312	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,355	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	504	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,593	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	519	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,412	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,611	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	525	290.41/cwt	286.00–294.00	1,525	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,514	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,370	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	558	278.40/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,553	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	558	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,456	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	293.82/cwt	286.00–295.50	1,687	76
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	282.92/cwt	273.00–285.50	1,746	281
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	620	259.40/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,608	130
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	262.44/cwt	254.00–266.50	1,756	217
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	678	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,681	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	678	231.42/cwt	230.50–232.00	1,569	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	713	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,676	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	244.50/cwt	240.00–249.50	1,773	140
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	739	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,836	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	239.67/cwt	232.50–242.50	1,843	209
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	785	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,943	39
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	786	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,772	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	831	221.85/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,844	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	234.37/cwt	233.50–235.50	1,957	41
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,960	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,907	9
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,977	8
Bulls	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,141	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,202	12

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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 2,790Last week 4,083Year ago 2,234

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	381	341.00	341.00
18	400–450	410	327.00–334.00	330.15
17	450–500	452	319.00	319.00
24	500–550	523	308.00	308.00
76	550–600	574	286.00–295.50	293.82
281	600–650	617	273.00–285.50	282.92
217	650–700	669	254.00–266.50	262.44
140	700–750	725	240.00–249.50	244.50
209	750–800	769	232.50–242.50	239.67
41	800–850	835	233.50–235.50	234.37
5	900–950	918	213.50	213.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	326.00	326.00
19	400–450	426	317.50–321.00	319.68
27	500–550	525	286.00–294.00	290.41
38	550–600	558	271.00–280.00	278.40
130	600–650	620	253.00–263.00	259.40
9	650–700	678	248.00	248.00
10	700–750	713	235.00	235.00
12	750–800	786	225.50	225.50
13	800–850	831	220.00–223.00	221.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	486	270.00	270.00
6	500–550	519	272.00	272.00
5	550–600	550	249.00	249.00
13	650–700	678	230.50–232.00	231.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	436	280.00	280.00
11	500–550	500	271.00	271.00
10	550–600	558	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	453	287.00	287.00
6	500–550	537	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	366.00	366.00
15	500–550	504	316.00	316.00
39	750–800	785	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	739	248.50	248.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	424	361.00	361.00
42	500–550	529	329.00–339.00	335.87
6	550–600	551	321.00	321.00
29	600–650	639	298.00–307.50	303.96
95	650–700	678	280.00–291.50	286.23
129	700–750	727	265.00–281.00	274.32
92	750–800	767	264.00–276.50	271.04
146	800–850	814	248.00–259.00	254.15
24	900–950	917	236.50	236.50
6	1000–1050	1,005	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	344	395.00	395.00
5	400–450	406	387.00	387.00
19	450–500	455	360.00–368.00	364.20
186	600–650	604	316.50–324.00	320.07
37	700–750	708	291.50	291.50
50	800–850	826	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	466	328.00	328.00
18	500–550	538	316.00–318.00	317.33
7	700–750	737	257.50	257.50
5	800–850	842	240.50	240.50
38	850–900	888	238.75–240.50	240.09
8	900–950	932	230.50	230.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	399.75	399.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	581	283.00–291.00	287.63
5	650–700	688	259.00	259.00
11	700–750	702	242.00	242.00
5	950–1000	960	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	647	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	567	268.00	268.00
37	600–650	600	260.00	260.00
5	1000–1050	1,029	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	278.00	278.00
6	600–650	625	284.00	284.00
7	650–700	697	249.50	249.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	578	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	871	219.00	219.00
8	950–1000	955	207.00	207.00
12	1100–1150	1,141	193.00	193.00

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.