Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-11-06

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Nov 6
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
1,453 head
▼ 1,127 vs last sale 2,580▼ 549 vs year ago 2,002 · −27.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of bawling spring calves on offer, near 400 head of which had not received fall vaccinations. Compared to last week steer calves 400-600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and steer calves 600-750 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-600 lbs sold steady and heifer calves over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. 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 $303.95/cwt on 283 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −166.75 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$303.95
283 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,617
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.91
vs NE average
+2.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533306.651,634239
Medium and Large 1-2527289.291,52544
One grade step is worth $17.35/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale283 hd
303.95
—
NE average12 barns · 7,285 hd
309.86
−5.91
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
+2.10
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−166.75
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

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1307403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,23722
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,12213
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4595
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed391348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,36143
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417346.58/cwt338.00–357.001,44561
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3556
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467341.47/cwt339.50–342.001,59528
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513310.56/cwt299.50–322.001,593157
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518292.78/cwt291.00–296.001,51732
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2552280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,54612
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571299.16/cwt297.00–301.001,70882
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600289.50/cwt289.50–289.501,73720
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned625284.80/cwt276.00–292.001,780150
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned671276.50/cwt276.50–276.501,85514
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned709259.73/cwt258.00–261.001,84112
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned773248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,91722
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305313.09/cwt308.00–315.0095523
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377309.54/cwt301.00–317.001,16756
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428278.13/cwt275.00–281.001,19032
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439303.99/cwt299.00–319.001,33572
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476293.63/cwt285.00–304.001,39860
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522281.63/cwt270.00–287.001,47079
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534258.60/cwt257.00–264.001,38148
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565271.53/cwt262.00–274.001,53460
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned632257.55/cwt250.00–263.001,62866
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned684255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,74410
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,6469
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2702237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,66411
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,8996
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1961227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,1865
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,069213.50/cwt213.50–213.502,28213

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.