Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-10-16

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 16
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,114 head
▲ 1,140 vs last sale 1,974▲ 804 vs year ago 2,310 · +34.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 0▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of bawling spring calves and yearling feeders along with some spring bred cows on offer. Almost all the bawling spring calves had received fall vaccinations. Compared to last week steers calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and steer calves over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Yearling steers over 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifer calves sold uneven and yearling heifers over 800 lbs sold 3.00 higher. 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 $302.96/cwt on 626 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −167.74 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$302.96
626 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.02
vs NE average
+3.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551305.141,680585
Medium and Large 1-2560271.941,52341
One grade step is worth $33.20/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale626 hd
302.96
—
NE average11 barns · 6,949 hd
311.98
−9.02
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
+3.63
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−167.74
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
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,308$2,56719
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,323$2,31214
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,324$1,8757

Every lot

62 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2341350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1946
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,37319
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy372340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2655
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2404303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,22411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431335.07/cwt331.00–338.001,44432
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy436312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,3609
Steers450–500Medium 2461255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1769
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467300.48/cwt300.00–301.001,40315
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy483321.14/cwt320.00–323.001,55131
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484339.42/cwt337.00–340.001,64367
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy526303.94/cwt296.00–307.001,59995
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537314.50/cwt310.00–319.001,689196
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560271.94/cwt270.00–277.001,52341
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566302.42/cwt295.00–307.501,712234
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy574287.04/cwt286.75–288.001,64860
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy615300.17/cwt299.50–301.001,846162
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy626271.61/cwt270.00–274.001,70023
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned631282.24/cwt277.00–288.001,781171
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed656284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,86312
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned670245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,64522
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned674273.95/cwt268.50–277.001,846103
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,72710
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned713254.08/cwt253.00–258.001,81223
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned763256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,95713
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed776257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,99423
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy801250.50/cwt250.50–250.502,00711
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810265.88/cwt265.00–267.502,154101
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Unweaned817230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,8837
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875258.58/cwt255.75–260.502,263107
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy907242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,1956
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1914253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,31212
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy955237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,26310
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2995221.50/cwt221.50–221.502,20411
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,014229.75/cwt229.75–229.752,3306
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,15913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,28122
Heifers350–400Medium 2396279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,10510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423312.81/cwt308.00–319.001,32323
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,13819
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy453322.73/cwt321.00–323.001,46252
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy463291.98/cwt290.00–296.001,35262
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475308.90/cwt302.00–311.001,46758
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2746
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy502302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,51942
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518290.12/cwt277.00–295.501,503223
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy531266.73/cwt263.00–268.001,41649
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy569260.07/cwt255.00–262.001,480159
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583273.54/cwt272.00–275.001,59599
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy588281.50/cwt281.50–281.501,65530
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned616258.67/cwt250.00–266.501,593191
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy630242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5258
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned674234.84/cwt230.00–240.001,58310
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1697256.25/cwt256.25–256.251,78618
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753246.25/cwt246.25–246.251,85413
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1837242.03/cwt240.50–242.502,02693
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1864236.50/cwt236.50–236.502,04311
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy928219.50/cwt219.50–219.502,03711
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1957227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,17720
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy964214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,0638
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3082,566.75/head2,500.00–2,600.002,56719
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3232,312.17/head2,250.00–2,375.002,31214
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3241,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8757

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.