Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-10-30

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 30
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,580 head
▲ 192 vs last sale 2,388▲ 316 vs year ago 2,264 · +14.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of bawling spring calves, weaned spring calves and yearling feeders on offer. About 750 head of the bawling spring calves had not received fall vaccinations, majority of which sold at a discount creating wide price spreads within the weighted averages. Compared to last week yearling steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower, steer calves over 500 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower and heifers calves 450-600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower with heifer calves over 600 lbs selling 10.00 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 $303.36/cwt on 357 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −167.34 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$303.36
357 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.69
vs NE average
+2.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545304.861,660320
Medium and Large 1-2534290.411,55137
One grade step is worth $14.44/cwt here — about $109 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 sale357 hd
303.36
—
NE average10 barns · 6,992 hd
314.05
−10.69
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
+2.67
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−167.34
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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1342384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,31319
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,4555
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425342.89/cwt340.00–347.001,45770
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428318.20/cwt316.00–322.001,36221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463331.42/cwt320.00–349.001,53441
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471303.68/cwt302.00–306.001,43014
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519313.27/cwt302.00–329.001,626188
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534290.41/cwt287.00–293.501,55137
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581292.87/cwt286.00–301.001,702132
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned629289.88/cwt276.00–298.501,823284
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,80215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,85616
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned685259.16/cwt259.00–259.501,77518
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1701271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,90010
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy707287.75/cwt287.75–287.752,03465
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned731249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,82418
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764266.55/cwt259.00–267.502,036115
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840256.13/cwt254.00–256.502,15140
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868257.61/cwt251.50–258.002,23699
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1973235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,2876
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381310.54/cwt301.00–324.001,18349
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415301.81/cwt299.50–319.001,25359
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2708
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477291.54/cwt281.00–301.001,391103
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514264.75/cwt264.00–266.001,36121
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517283.43/cwt274.00–293.001,465133
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568271.17/cwt258.00–275.001,54061
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4827
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned600251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,5098
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned614265.69/cwt259.00–269.501,631103
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,64569
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy634253.59/cwt252.50–254.001,60822
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy684246.51/cwt244.00–251.001,68634
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1686264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,81187
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned712242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,72314
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726253.35/cwt246.75–257.251,83941
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773243.95/cwt239.50–251.501,88666
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1822247.14/cwt247.00–247.502,031100
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,0787
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy907215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,95013
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1979222.31/cwt221.00–225.502,17620
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3487

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.