Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-09-18

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Sep 18
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,522 head
▲ 1,276 vs last sale 2,246▲ 116 vs year ago 3,406 · +3.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
143 head
▲ 129 vs last sale 14▲ 143 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of yearling feeders on offer along with cow/calf pairs and a few bawling calves selling in the mix. Compared to the comparable offerings from two weeks ago steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. 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 $271.80/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −198.90 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$271.80
30 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,537
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.68
vs NE average
+5.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562274.561,54425
Medium and Large 1-2582258.001,5025thin
One grade step is worth $16.56/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale30 hd
271.80
—
NE average8 barns · 477 hd
293.49
−21.68
National average174 barns · 10,991 hd
266.64
+5.16
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−198.90
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 PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,643$3,26551
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,502$3,25635
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,603$3,16227
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,394$3,10915

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2568
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1493305.01/cwt295.00–308.001,50422
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5127
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571272.45/cwt270.00–275.001,55618
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5025
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7429
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6188
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668269.69/cwt265.00–279.001,80249
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned675240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,62012
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6925
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739267.60/cwt259.00–270.001,978165
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775261.81/cwt257.00–263.252,02943
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823253.41/cwt247.50–258.752,086255
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,87010
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1889246.88/cwt239.50–249.002,195404
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy897231.75/cwt231.75–231.752,07962
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy931231.09/cwt225.00–233.002,15152
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940239.50/cwt237.50–241.002,251479
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fancy961245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,35486
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1962234.98/cwt227.50–237.502,261692
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000232.25/cwt232.25–232.252,323102
Steers1150–1200Large 11,193207.50/cwt207.50–207.502,47586
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3675
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4129
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,35910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580262.06/cwt255.00–268.001,52017
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned603249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,50113
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2647240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5537
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,66212
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717237.07/cwt235.50–238.501,70021
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750221.50/cwt221.50–221.501,66113
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760232.33/cwt230.00–236.751,766142
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy801220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7628
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1843229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,93033
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2861211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,8178
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1862224.84/cwt222.00–226.001,938204
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy943210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9805
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1961214.50/cwt214.50–214.502,0617
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,041203.34/cwt202.00–206.002,11733
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,118198.60/cwt198.00–200.002,22061
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3943,109.07/head3,050.00–3,200.003,10915
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5023,255.98/head3,250.00–3,260.003,25635
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,6033,161.95/head3,000.00–3,250.003,16227
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,6233,317.34/head3,260.00–3,425.003,31737
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,6973,125.00/head3,125.00–3,125.003,12514

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.