Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-06-12

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jun 12
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,795 head
▲ 424 vs last sale 1,371▲ 67 vs year ago 1,728 · +3.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 0▼ 66 vs year ago 152 · −43.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the comparable offerings two weeks ago, steers 650-750 lbs sold 6.00 higher and steers 800-850 lbs sold 5.00 lower, the heifers 650-800 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd who were being selective on their purchases.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.25/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −129.89 against this barn's trailing median of $425.15.
Average price
$295.25
113 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.95
vs NE average
+29.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558298.131,66596
Medium and Large 1-2594279.001,65717thin
One grade step is worth $19.13/cwt here — about $7 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale113 hd
295.25
—
NE average5 barns · 964 hd
306.20
−10.95
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
+29.88
This barn, trailing median21 sales
425.15
−129.89
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.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,425$3,59016
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,466$3,04616
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,303$3,31119

Every lot

53 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy450341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,53511
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned457341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,5586
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476349.50/cwt349.50–349.501,6645
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493316.50/cwt316.50–316.501,56011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527332.20/cwt328.00–335.501,75126
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,82518
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned557320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,78213
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy580315.11/cwt310.50–318.751,82894
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582300.51/cwt300.00–301.001,74910
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,88836
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,82016
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy645289.75/cwt289.75–289.751,86919
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy655266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,7427
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8387
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667303.86/cwt301.00–305.002,02785
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy684290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,98419
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1702290.26/cwt289.75–293.002,038148
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy730269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,96710
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,9357
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy786264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,0758
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833261.78/cwt257.50–266.252,181103
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2837239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,0005
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy840249.50/cwt249.50–249.502,09615
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1904245.50/cwt245.50–245.502,2195
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed336392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,3175
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned396341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,3505
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed409351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,4367
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed455339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,5427
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,49310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned489310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5165
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511314.40/cwt313.00–316.001,60717
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565295.64/cwt295.00–298.501,67067
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy588289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,69912
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,65717
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1601283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,7046
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy623272.38/cwt266.00–276.501,69733
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676267.40/cwt264.75–269.001,808216
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy681260.89/cwt260.00–263.501,77719
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy719250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,8016
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2751234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,7577
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy768239.57/cwt239.00–240.001,84012
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770248.08/cwt244.50–251.501,910164
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy816229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8697
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1822239.62/cwt235.00–243.501,970157
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1884235.50/cwt235.50–235.502,08233
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy887223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,9825
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy920219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,0157
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,085197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,1378
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2642271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7407
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3377132.00/cwt132.00–132.004985
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4253,589.84/head3,450.00–3,750.003,59016
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4663,046.20/head3,000.00–3,125.003,04616
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3033,311.09/head3,050.00–3,400.003,31119

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.