Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-10-02

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 2
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,426 head
▼ 1,096 vs last sale 3,522▲ 416 vs year ago 2,010 · +20.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, bawling steers sold sharply higher and yearling steers over 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Bawling heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and yearling heifers over 700 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. On the bawling calves the calves that had not received fall vaccinations and/or were carrying baby fat sold at a sizable discount. Demand was good to very 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 $302.27/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −168.43 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$302.27
112 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−13.00
vs NE average
+15.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552302.271,668112
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 sale112 hd
302.27
—
NE average5 barns · 1,001 hd
315.27
−13.00
National average167 barns · 15,497 hd
286.82
+15.45
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−168.43
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

42 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,3467
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428334.87/cwt332.00–338.001,43316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,5328
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523314.75/cwt310.00–319.001,64651
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576291.83/cwt278.00–302.001,68161
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623271.54/cwt270.00–274.001,69219
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned623268.78/cwt266.00–271.001,67451
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,7077
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned676261.13/cwt253.50–269.001,76567
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned716251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,79725
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730262.53/cwt262.00–263.001,91645
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763264.07/cwt260.50–265.752,01562
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2798236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,88324
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy826246.50/cwt246.50–246.502,03612
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870251.45/cwt247.00–254.502,18894
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy875239.50/cwt239.50–239.502,09613
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2895225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,01411
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1929246.39/cwt238.50–248.002,289323
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1972244.22/cwt238.50–246.102,374286
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,057228.81/cwt227.00–229.752,41952
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1346331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,1458
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382319.60/cwt306.00–334.001,22110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430312.27/cwt298.00–319.501,34323
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,46027
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524284.39/cwt279.00–291.001,49052
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571267.04/cwt259.50–275.001,52551
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned619255.45/cwt246.50–262.001,58151
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7128
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy682250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,70512
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned685246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,6895
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,74817
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Spayed740243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,80215
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771246.75/cwt242.50–248.501,90265
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813242.24/cwt241.00–245.001,969124
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed833244.19/cwt239.25–246.002,034150
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy838231.25/cwt231.25–231.251,93831
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed893236.75/cwt236.75–236.752,11462
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1894232.08/cwt229.00–233.002,07586
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed913232.74/cwt225.50–233.752,125106
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1939225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,11345
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1958228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,18419
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,42413

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.