Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-08-21

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 21
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
3,342 head
▲ 1,161 vs last sale 2,181▲ 1,871 vs year ago 1,471 · +127.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 900-950 lbs sold 6.00 lower and heifers 1000-1050 sold 3.00 lower. 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 $281.46/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −189.24 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$281.46
45 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,502
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−26.01
vs NE average
+10.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513291.651,49619thin
Medium and Large 1-2549274.011,50426
One grade step is worth $17.64/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale45 hd
281.46
—
NE average4 barns · 340 hd
307.47
−26.01
National average163 barns · 7,520 hd
270.50
+10.96
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−189.24
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

45 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned380383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,4555
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned400340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,36012
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513291.65/cwt290.00–294.001,49619
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4417
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558273.65/cwt273.00–275.001,52719
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,68633
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,64412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy669263.36/cwt261.00–265.001,76212
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677275.78/cwt271.00–279.251,86735
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707265.21/cwt263.00–266.001,87544
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778256.78/cwt247.00–258.001,998201
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1831249.80/cwt248.50–251.502,076173
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy835242.12/cwt237.50–243.002,02261
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880241.64/cwt240.00–241.752,126246
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930235.22/cwt232.00–237.002,188412
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy933226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,10927
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,002215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,15430
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,035227.64/cwt225.00–227.752,356533
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,062224.50/cwt224.50–224.502,384150
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned390311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,2136
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531278.25/cwt278.25–278.251,4787
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy542267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4475
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551272.75/cwt272.75–272.751,50311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Spayed571255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,45626
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy576262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5095
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615265.54/cwt260.50–268.001,63366
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Spayed620252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5629
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy622249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5498
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,6539
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1694251.39/cwt251.25–252.001,74542
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Spayed696247.75/cwt247.75–247.751,72412
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Spayed708250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7708
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719252.83/cwt247.00–256.751,81845
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781237.92/cwt235.75–240.001,858104
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,91214
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed817237.27/cwt230.50–239.001,938198
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy894214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,91314
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908232.80/cwt229.00–235.002,11430
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed926225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,08464
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy933211.94/cwt208.25–213.251,977167
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1985215.20/cwt211.00–223.002,12014
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,037215.63/cwt213.50–217.502,23638
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,048197.10/cwt197.10–197.102,06634
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,056199.18/cwt198.00–200.352,103214
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1493286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,41010

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.