Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2026-07-01

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jul 1
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
1,910 head
▼ 592 vs last sale 2,502▲ 676 vs year ago 1,234 · +54.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher and heifer over 500 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher except 750-850 lbs heifers selling 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $482.42/cwt on 45 head, down $24.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 20 comparable sales and sits +11.72 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$482.42
▼ 24.86 vs prior sale
45 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.45
vs NE average
+13.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1577486.452,80733
Medium and Large 1-2580471.342,73412thin
One grade step is worth $15.11/cwt here — about $73 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 sale45 hd
482.42
—
NE average4 barns · 142 hd
488.87
−6.45
National average32 barns · 3,072 hd
468.91
+13.51
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
+11.72
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

36 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370625.00/cwt625.00–625.002,3137
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1406559.00/cwt559.00–559.002,27013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478539.55/cwt537.00–545.002,57971
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577486.45/cwt480.00–493.002,80733
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580471.34/cwt469.00–473.002,73412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1602499.00/cwt499.00–499.003,00473
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611473.00/cwt473.00–473.002,89012
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,90315
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677450.00/cwt450.00–450.003,0478
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710423.39/cwt414.00–434.003,00621
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1781405.16/cwt393.00–419.003,164109
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817377.95/cwt372.00–387.503,08823
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874368.60/cwt365.50–372.003,222191
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy877350.00/cwt350.00–350.003,07094
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910369.27/cwt355.00–374.253,360328
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy918346.00/cwt346.00–346.003,17619
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1974359.25/cwt359.25–359.253,499113
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy993336.50/cwt336.50–336.503,34134
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,005330.75/cwt330.75–330.753,32449
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned356600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,13613
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383558.00/cwt558.00–558.002,13722
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440488.00/cwt488.00–488.002,1476
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1492530.72/cwt527.00–532.002,61139
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1502490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,46010
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,4345
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1603421.96/cwt420.00–435.002,54479
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635397.74/cwt391.00–406.002,52648
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725374.01/cwt370.00–382.002,71273
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769362.50/cwt355.50–366.502,78814
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1814335.77/cwt335.00–337.002,73336
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,86957
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1927320.88/cwt320.50–323.002,97545
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1970316.50/cwt316.50–316.503,0709
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned348690.00/cwt690.00–690.002,4018
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2582442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,57220
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1812371.00/cwt371.00–371.003,01320

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.