Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2026-02-25

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Feb 25
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
4,103 head
▲ 1,725 vs last sale 2,378▼ 841 vs year ago 4,944 · −17.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was 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 $494.91/cwt on 172 head. That ranks 19 of 21 comparable sales and sits +27.62 against this barn's trailing median of $467.29.
Average price
$494.91
172 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,751
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$328
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.06
vs NE average
+7.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567501.022,843125
Medium and Large 1-2525478.682,51547
One grade step is worth $22.34/cwt here — about $328 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale172 hd
494.91
—
NE average5 barns · 1,196 hd
518.97
−24.06
National average172 barns · 11,832 hd
487.02
+7.89
This barn, trailing median21 sales
467.29
+27.62
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

21 sales
522481440398median 467.2903/0404/2207/0109/2311/04
Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.27, low $412.17, median $467.29 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

57 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1408586.00/cwt586.00–586.002,3917
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472544.95/cwt542.50–547.002,57225
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned501456.00/cwt456.00–456.002,2856
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1507541.00/cwt541.00–541.002,74322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy510473.49/cwt470.00–476.002,41512
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530492.17/cwt484.00–501.002,60923
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,5906
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy578473.89/cwt472.00–475.002,73919
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned578466.00/cwt466.00–466.002,6935
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581498.62/cwt495.00–503.002,89779
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy614450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,7635
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625470.21/cwt463.00–474.002,939209
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630425.04/cwt423.00–426.002,67816
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663443.11/cwt431.00–454.502,938168
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692420.69/cwt414.00–424.002,91118
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718418.02/cwt413.00–420.003,001179
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy730395.36/cwt385.00–401.502,88641
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy743366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,71913
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766401.16/cwt388.50–411.753,073303
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy821367.95/cwt365.00–370.003,02187
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822379.41/cwt373.00–385.503,119342
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860371.39/cwt364.75–377.003,194290
Steers850–900Large 1864337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,91611
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2881336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,96011
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy883351.00/cwt346.00–352.253,099139
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1911358.48/cwt350.00–362.253,266246
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy941331.00/cwt331.00–331.003,11522
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1961330.91/cwt328.00–337.503,180153
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,023323.11/cwt322.25–324.503,305222
Steers1100–1150Large 11,112284.00/cwt284.00–284.003,15812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345588.00/cwt588.00–588.002,0296
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned464494.00/cwt494.00–494.002,2926
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed467541.00/cwt541.00–541.002,52620
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned479461.00/cwt461.00–461.002,2088
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488494.00/cwt494.00–494.002,4117
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy517450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3275
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,28413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528480.62/cwt475.00–487.502,53817
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2551425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,3428
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed570490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,79313
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578460.94/cwt451.00–463.002,66473
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy579431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,4959
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631427.13/cwt415.00–446.002,695122
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672402.54/cwt394.00–409.002,705104
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716376.76/cwt369.00–390.002,698198
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy717365.23/cwt365.00–365.502,61937
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1762361.83/cwt352.00–365.002,75779
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy777345.00/cwt344.00–345.502,68127
Heifers750–800Large 1794332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,63615
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy825325.47/cwt322.00–329.002,68526
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828348.28/cwt338.50–357.502,884161
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement8373,146.26/head2,925.00–3,200.003,14625
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1859326.07/cwt323.00–327.002,80126
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Replacement9053,025.00/head3,025.00–3,025.003,02536
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1910313.71/cwt312.50–322.502,85591
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy926304.43/cwt300.00–307.002,81934
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1959303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,90638

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.