Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2026-04-08

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Apr 8
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,384 head
▲ 418 vs last sale 1,966▲ 779 vs year ago 1,605 · +48.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 20.00-30.00 higher and steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $506.92/cwt on 208 head, up $29.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 20 comparable sales and sits +36.22 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$506.92
▲ 29.50 vs prior sale
208 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,839
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$547
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$89.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.20
vs NE average
+16.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561513.802,881192
Medium and Large 1-2550424.382,33516thin
One grade step is worth $89.42/cwt here — about $547 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 sale208 hd
506.92
—
NE average3 barns · 598 hd
498.72
+8.20
National average167 barns · 10,529 hd
490.83
+16.09
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
+36.22
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

51 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed416553.00/cwt553.00–553.002,30014
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419587.00/cwt587.00–587.002,4608
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned483472.78/cwt460.00–480.002,28418
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484526.00/cwt526.00–526.002,5468
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1489551.83/cwt546.00–565.002,69866
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned489501.00/cwt501.00–501.002,4507
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514535.68/cwt527.00–538.002,75363
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy531430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,2837
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3739
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583484.00/cwt481.00–485.002,82244
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed584513.00/cwt513.00–513.002,99685
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed612476.42/cwt476.00–476.502,916106
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned621416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,58310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645452.20/cwt451.00–459.002,917176
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,99290
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy688382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,6325
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714420.08/cwt408.00–427.502,99951
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2737397.99/cwt396.00–400.002,93376
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed769397.00/cwt397.00–397.003,0539
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832355.22/cwt354.00–357.502,95534
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840369.24/cwt362.00–376.003,102206
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874355.34/cwt353.00–360.003,10677
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2877341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,99114
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1926348.30/cwt347.50–354.003,22565
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1971343.50/cwt342.00–344.003,33560
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy985331.00/cwt331.00–331.003,26010
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,024327.00/cwt327.00–327.003,34844
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed402555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,23122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned471400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8845
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed478445.90/cwt441.00–450.002,13111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned494444.44/cwt444.00–445.002,19616
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1496476.00/cwt476.00–476.002,36136
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520430.25/cwt430.00–431.002,23737
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536457.96/cwt450.00–463.002,45548
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned537400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,14810
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed555467.00/cwt467.00–467.002,59279
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565447.00/cwt447.00–447.002,52614
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed579420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4325
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609433.53/cwt427.00–435.502,640108
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed660425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,80573
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,55415
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy735356.84/cwt355.50–361.002,62346
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2756337.79/cwt336.00–340.002,55420
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy772322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,4869
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781352.52/cwt348.00–354.502,75320
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818346.32/cwt345.00–350.002,833110
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2842320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,69422
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy895318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,84653
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy923285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,6318
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1942318.50/cwt318.50–318.503,00035
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,001309.00/cwt309.00–309.003,09334

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.