Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-09-04

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Sep 4
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,246 head
▼ 1,096 vs last sale 3,342▼ 329 vs year ago 2,575 · −12.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 0▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the comparable offerings from two weeks ago, steers 850-950 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers 750-800 lbs sold steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $301.29/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −169.41 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$301.29
48 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.14
vs NE average
+31.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538301.291,62148
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale48 hd
301.29
—
NE average2 barns · 94 hd
301.15
+0.14
National average147 barns · 6,928 hd
269.40
+31.89
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−169.41
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.

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,398$2,8009

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
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned466333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,55239
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,58813
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned537301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,61623
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned555300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,66512
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Source/Aged647270.50/cwt270.50–270.501,7507
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1654274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,79216
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6549
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,84525
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,89811
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Source/Aged745264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,96720
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775258.79/cwt257.00–261.752,00660
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827244.50/cwt244.50–244.502,02222
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,04015
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869241.51/cwt238.75–246.002,099229
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1919240.79/cwt235.50–243.252,213362
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1990231.09/cwt226.00–234.002,288147
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,041221.75/cwt221.75–221.752,30853
Steers1100–1150Large 11,115216.40/cwt214.00–218.002,413247
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned340315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned403306.75/cwt306.75–306.751,23617
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3837
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned479288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,38036
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4625
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1593264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,56836
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4595
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Source/Aged663254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,68420
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,63927
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6369
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,73221
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1787237.14/cwt230.00–238.001,86669
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1831231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,92419
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed845229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,93510
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1882226.40/cwt224.00–232.501,997142
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed895225.75/cwt225.75–225.752,02019
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1916231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,1165
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Spayed967222.25/cwt222.25–222.252,14957
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1977218.82/cwt214.00–222.252,138264
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3982,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8009

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.