Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2024-12-04

Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Dec 4

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Nov 20Dec 4Dec 11 →

Receipts

3,981 head

▲ 1,149 vs last sale 2,832▲ 2,202 vs year ago 1,779 · +123.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold sharply higher and steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

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 $327.85/cwt on 500 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −142.85 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.

Average price

$327.85

500 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,828

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$24.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.90

vs NE average

+2.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	330.65	1,853	444
Medium and Large 1-2	534	305.66	1,631	56

One grade step is worth $24.99/cwt here — about $222 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale500 hd

327.85

—

NE average8 barns · 4,033 hd

348.75

−20.90

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+2.48

This barn, trailing median20 sales

470.70

−142.85

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

52 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	405.77/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,347	27
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	386.67/cwt	380.00–391.00	1,485	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	344.64/cwt	339.00–350.00	1,434	51
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	392.99/cwt	386.00–398.00	1,713	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	356.75/cwt	346.00–383.00	1,720	179
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	1,517	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	346.39/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,812	157
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	309.66/cwt	288.00–322.50	1,620	45
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	289.28/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,669	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	322.04/cwt	311.00–330.75	1,871	287
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	604	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,643	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	311.92/cwt	301.00–320.00	1,918	250
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	655	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,834	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	265.20/cwt	262.50–273.00	1,772	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	290.67/cwt	280.00–302.00	1,959	271
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	280.34/cwt	273.00–284.75	2,030	254
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	772	261.92/cwt	260.00–263.00	2,022	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	277.33/cwt	268.50–279.00	2,147	226
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	267.84/cwt	267.00–269.00	2,180	101
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	248.74/cwt	247.00–254.75	2,074	30
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	868	255.14/cwt	253.00–258.00	2,215	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	885	238.21/cwt	236.00–240.00	2,108	18
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	2,394	78
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,427	16
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,005	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,507	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	371.67/cwt	365.00–377.00	1,208	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	354.32/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,318	48
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	315.26/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,252	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	342.50/cwt	337.50–357.00	1,483	109
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	462	345.75/cwt	345.00–346.00	1,597	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	324.78/cwt	316.00–336.00	1,520	104
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	478	304.48/cwt	304.00–305.00	1,455	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	309.63/cwt	301.00–318.00	1,607	148
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	281.11/cwt	279.00–284.00	1,490	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	531	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,572	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	275.17/cwt	267.00–277.50	1,549	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	571	281.37/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,607	73
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	293.06/cwt	288.00–299.50	1,682	163
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	274.39/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,723	108
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	269.80/cwt	266.00–273.00	1,805	129
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	672	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,727	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,709	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	249.51/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,806	72
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	248.36/cwt	243.00–250.50	1,932	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	806	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,822	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	243.07/cwt	242.75–243.25	2,003	120
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	242.64/cwt	241.25–247.00	2,152	118
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	895	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,094	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	994	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,276	8
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,046	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,369	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,455	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,581	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 Dec 4, 2024

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

Receipts 3,981Last week 2,832Year ago 1,779

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	535	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	549	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	478	304.00–305.00	304.48
6	500–550	531	296.00	296.00
73	550–600	571	280.00–284.00	281.37
19	650–700	672	257.00	257.00
6	850–900	895	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	397	310.00–317.50	315.26
32	500–550	530	279.00–284.00	281.11
23	550–600	563	267.00–277.50	275.17
9	700–750	712	240.00	240.00
5	800–850	806	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	325	365.00–377.00	371.67
48	350–400	372	350.00–357.00	354.32
109	400–450	433	337.50–357.00	342.50
104	450–500	468	316.00–336.00	324.78
148	500–550	519	301.00–318.00	309.63
163	550–600	574	288.00–299.50	293.06
108	600–650	628	270.00–279.00	274.39
129	650–700	669	266.00–273.00	269.80
72	700–750	724	246.00–256.00	249.51
35	750–800	778	243.00–250.50	248.36
120	800–850	824	242.75–243.25	243.07
118	850–900	887	241.25–247.00	242.64
8	950–1000	994	229.00	229.00
10	1000–1050	1,046	226.50	226.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	462	345.00–346.00	345.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	400–450	416	339.00–350.00	344.64
6	450–500	487	311.50	311.50
45	500–550	523	288.00–322.50	309.66
11	550–600	577	280.00–301.00	289.28
6	600–650	604	272.00	272.00
28	650–700	668	262.50–273.00	265.20
30	800–850	834	247.00–254.75	248.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	332	400.00–410.00	405.77
13	350–400	384	380.00–391.00	386.67
31	400–450	436	386.00–398.00	392.99
179	450–500	482	346.00–383.00	356.75
157	500–550	523	330.00–360.00	346.39
287	550–600	581	311.00–330.75	322.04
250	600–650	615	301.00–320.00	311.92
271	650–700	674	280.00–302.00	290.67
254	700–750	724	273.00–284.75	280.34
226	750–800	774	268.50–279.00	277.33
101	800–850	814	267.00–269.00	267.84
78	900–950	926	258.50	258.50
16	950–1000	950	255.50	255.50
24	1000–1050	1,005	249.50	249.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	655	280.00	280.00
19	750–800	772	260.00–263.00	261.92
14	850–900	868	253.00–258.00	255.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	850–900	885	236.00–240.00	238.21

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.