Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-07-10

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jul 10
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
902 head
▲ 245 vs last sale 657▼ 831 vs year ago 1,733 · −48.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to 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 $339.86/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −130.84 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$339.86
42 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$320
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$45.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.64
vs NE average
+36.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527346.331,82536
Medium and Large 1-2500301.001,5056thin
One grade step is worth $45.33/cwt here — about $320 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 sale42 hd
339.86
—
NE average2 barns · 589 hd
349.49
−9.64
National average160 barns · 9,699 hd
302.91
+36.95
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−130.84
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

26 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,4559
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned430358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,5396
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457376.97/cwt375.00–380.001,72343
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned482330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5915
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,5056
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,79624
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,88112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned610320.23/cwt318.00–322.001,95316
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,72210
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy787258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,03044
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy834258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,1525
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy885255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,25799
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy912236.25/cwt236.25–236.252,15542
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1976250.25/cwt250.25–250.252,442239
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,2959
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,59317
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned470312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,4697
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,59320
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned529297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,57111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed552322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,78043
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,83110
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy692254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,7585
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,82349
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy782241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,8897
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1838239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,00334
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1898243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,18238

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.