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Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Nov 20

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Nov 13Nov 20Dec 4 →

Receipts

2,832 head

▲ 803 vs last sale 2,029▼ 954 vs year ago 3,786 · −25.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of weaned and bawling spring calves along with long yearlings selling in the mix. Compared to last week steers 450-600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and steers 600-850 steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers 450-750 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd from beginning to end of the auction.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $312.05/cwt on 384 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −158.65 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.

Average price

$312.05

384 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$36.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.47

vs NE average

+2.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	312.52	1,729	379
Medium and Large 1-2	555	276.00	1,532	5thin

One grade step is worth $36.52/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale384 hd

312.05

—

NE average8 barns · 3,452 hd

321.51

−9.47

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+2.79

This barn, trailing median20 sales

470.70

−158.65

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

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

48 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,414	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	425	378.69/cwt	378.00–379.00	1,609	39
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,626	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	465	364.54/cwt	362.00–368.00	1,695	33
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	341.95/cwt	329.00–358.00	1,624	55
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	319.67/cwt	307.00–329.50	1,688	180
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,532	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	306.06/cwt	293.00–314.50	1,763	199
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	294.65/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,827	74
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	623	273.12/cwt	267.00–276.50	1,702	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	298.68/cwt	287.00–304.50	1,888	123
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	285.18/cwt	271.00–289.00	1,908	64
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	278.33/cwt	274.00–281.25	1,909	50
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	702	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,801	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	703	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,923	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	279.05/cwt	272.00–284.50	2,037	34
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	758	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,236	76
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	272.00/cwt	262.75–278.75	2,105	177
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	775	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,969	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	807	261.60/cwt	257.50–263.00	2,111	51
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	271.28/cwt	269.00–273.25	2,219	154
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	261.09/cwt	255.50–266.25	2,285	246
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	898	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,191	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	933	244.61/cwt	241.50–246.00	2,282	26
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	243.89/cwt	242.50–245.00	2,380	38
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,083	224.75/cwt	224.75–224.75	2,434	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,152	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	363	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,093	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,262	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	311.99/cwt	309.00–320.00	1,373	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	279.55/cwt	278.00–281.00	1,308	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	300.81/cwt	292.00–314.00	1,420	69
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	292.78/cwt	283.00–303.50	1,528	148
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	526	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,378	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	265.81/cwt	261.50–271.00	1,491	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	284.62/cwt	282.00–287.00	1,622	116
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	265.96/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,646	70
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	273.13/cwt	263.50–277.25	1,753	91
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	267.00/cwt	264.00–269.75	1,778	57
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	674	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,624	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	687	253.16/cwt	250.50–254.75	1,739	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	248.89/cwt	246.50–253.00	1,834	27
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	242.38/cwt	239.50–244.50	1,871	82
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,942	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	824	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,821	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	861	229.85/cwt	229.50–230.00	1,979	17
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,120	15
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,134	5

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Huss Livestock Market - Kearney, NE

Wed Nov 20, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 2,832Last week 2,029Year ago 3,786

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	526	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	687	250.50–254.75	253.16
12	800–850	824	221.00	221.00
17	850–900	861	229.50–230.00	229.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	301.00	301.00
25	450–500	468	278.00–281.00	279.55
45	550–600	561	261.50–271.00	265.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	335	344.00	344.00
8	350–400	370	341.00	341.00
41	400–450	440	309.00–320.00	311.99
69	450–500	472	292.00–314.00	300.81
148	500–550	522	283.00–303.50	292.78
116	550–600	570	282.00–287.00	284.62
91	600–650	642	263.50–277.25	273.13
57	650–700	666	264.00–269.75	267.00
27	700–750	737	246.50–253.00	248.89
82	750–800	772	239.50–244.50	242.38
12	800–850	816	238.00	238.00
15	900–950	940	225.50	225.50
5	950–1000	957	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
70	600–650	619	262.00–270.00	265.96
12	650–700	674	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	600–650	623	267.00–276.50	273.12
5	700–750	702	256.50	256.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
74	600–650	620	284.00–300.00	294.65
64	650–700	669	271.00–289.00	285.18
15	700–750	703	273.50	273.50
6	750–800	775	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	376	376.00	376.00
10	400–450	443	367.00	367.00
55	450–500	475	329.00–358.00	341.95
180	500–550	528	307.00–329.50	319.67
199	550–600	576	293.00–314.50	306.06
123	600–650	632	287.00–304.50	298.68
50	650–700	686	274.00–281.25	278.33
34	700–750	730	272.00–284.50	279.05
177	750–800	774	262.75–278.75	272.00
154	800–850	818	269.00–273.25	271.28
246	850–900	875	255.50–266.25	261.09
38	950–1000	976	242.50–245.00	243.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	555	276.00	276.00
5	1050–1100	1,083	224.75	224.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	400–450	425	378.00–379.00	378.69
33	450–500	465	362.00–368.00	364.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	800–850	807	257.50–263.00	261.60
6	850–900	898	244.00	244.00
26	900–950	933	241.50–246.00	244.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	750–800	758	295.00	295.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.