Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-04-24

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Apr 24
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,651 head
▼ 116 vs last sale 2,767▼ 1,521 vs year ago 4,172 · −36.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder sale last week a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.18/cwt on 346 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −129.97 against this barn's trailing median of $425.15.
Average price
$295.18
346 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,648
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.14
vs NE average
+24.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558296.421,655326
Medium and Large 1-2555275.001,52620
One grade step is worth $21.42/cwt here — about $129 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 sale346 hd
295.18
—
NE average9 barns · 1,846 hd
294.04
+1.14
National average178 barns · 11,596 hd
270.19
+24.99
This barn, trailing median21 sales
425.15
−129.97
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
484433383332median 425.1503/0404/2207/0109/0910/28
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

66 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed357420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4995
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2407327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,3317
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,51710
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned434364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,5809
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed451370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,66912
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy478335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,60110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1489347.49/cwt346.00–348.001,69976
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy527315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6607
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529329.12/cwt324.00–335.501,74165
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned540315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7016
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned564305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7208
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed582336.32/cwt333.00–339.001,957180
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy593304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,8036
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595294.50/cwt294.50–294.501,7527
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1603310.58/cwt308.00–314.001,87352
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned603293.67/cwt292.00–294.001,77149
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed608327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,98810
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy617295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8205
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2647275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7797
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672289.28/cwt283.00–294.001,944138
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned681270.75/cwt268.00–272.001,84430
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,84913
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned759263.82/cwt263.00–267.002,00229
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy765248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,8975
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805249.72/cwt248.00–251.002,01035
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2834224.13/cwt220.00–230.001,86912
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy843239.17/cwt239.00–239.502,01635
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy896241.17/cwt240.00–241.502,16185
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,18234
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2958205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,96416
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,083208.75/cwt208.75–208.752,26120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed296380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1255
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1628
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed387358.92/cwt352.00–362.501,38932
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432329.20/cwt326.00–337.001,42220
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy439297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,3045
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475315.56/cwt306.00–320.001,49995
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,39717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned489289.80/cwt286.00–293.001,41713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned532275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4639
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533302.09/cwt299.00–306.001,61052
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy541293.96/cwt289.00–294.501,59051
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,52620
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned556262.33/cwt258.00–265.001,45913
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed568302.37/cwt301.00–307.001,717122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575293.13/cwt287.50–295.001,68579
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy613263.44/cwt262.50–264.501,61515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628277.96/cwt274.25–283.251,746186
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630265.29/cwt261.00–268.501,67114
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,5716
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,70812
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy681240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,63411
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2706223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,5785
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719246.05/cwt245.00–247.001,76953
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy731241.16/cwt236.25–243.751,763123
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767233.99/cwt232.75–239.001,79525
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy772227.69/cwt226.50–228.001,75824
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy804214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,7215
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1836226.60/cwt226.60–226.601,89471
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1857229.10/cwt229.10–229.101,963202
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy870213.63/cwt208.50–218.001,85932
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy906199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,80317
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed388364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,4126
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed482326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,5717
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1588289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,6997
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1772235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,81412

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.