Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-05-15

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, May 15
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
1,475 head
▼ 538 vs last sale 2,013▼ 1,167 vs year ago 2,642 · −44.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's comparable offerings, steers 700-750 lbs sold 8.00 higher and heifers 550-700 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $314.71/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −155.99 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$314.71
51 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,726
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−29.70
vs NE average
+3.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554318.931,76843
Medium and Large 1-2517292.001,5108thin
One grade step is worth $26.93/cwt here — about $259 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale51 hd
314.71
—
NE average4 barns · 419 hd
344.41
−29.70
National average163 barns · 10,302 hd
310.77
+3.94
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−155.99
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
522483445406median 470.7003/0404/2207/0109/2310/28
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

38 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,57115
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466324.26/cwt320.00–329.501,51114
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy517292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5108
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy522329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,7176
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy550313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,72213
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565319.63/cwt319.00–322.001,80624
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy628304.50/cwt304.50–304.501,91223
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,94472
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy653260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6988
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy693281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,9478
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy734270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9826
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739280.67/cwt276.00–284.252,074194
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2764248.14/cwt246.50–249.001,89637
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773265.73/cwt265.00–266.002,05422
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828259.35/cwt256.00–259.752,147103
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy843247.92/cwt247.50–249.502,09038
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1890244.94/cwt243.00–245.252,18071
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968235.60/cwt235.60–235.602,281232
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed371346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,2845
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned395324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,2806
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy409308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,2606
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1441333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,46913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,53117
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed505316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,59623
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554293.75/cwt291.00–297.001,62744
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy563281.24/cwt278.00–284.001,58315
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy613272.95/cwt267.00–276.001,67336
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,77560
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy653260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,70181
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,77913
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy732241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,76469
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,8287
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy771234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,80426
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy825225.99/cwt224.50–227.751,86468
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy882215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8969
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1916210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,9289
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,1435
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1367372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,3657

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.