Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2026-07-15

Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-15

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jul 15

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Jul 1Jul 15Jul 29 →

Receipts

1,070 head

▼ 840 vs last sale 1,910▼ 664 vs year ago 1,734 · −38.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago yearling steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower on a thin test of the market, with not enough comparable offerings of heifers to establish a trend. The bulk of the offerings of yearlings sold in load lots coming out of grow yards and off short summer grass.

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 $448.60/cwt on 30 head, down $33.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 20 comparable sales and sits −22.10 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.

Average price

$448.60

▼ 33.82 vs prior sale

30 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$40.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−49.48

vs NE average

+9.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	460.86	2,558	21
Medium and Large 1-2	577	420.00	2,423	9thin

One grade step is worth $40.86/cwt here — about $134 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 sale30 hd

448.60

—

NE average4 barns · 279 hd

498.08

−49.48

National average158 barns · 7,617 hd

439.15

+9.45

This barn, trailing median20 sales

470.70

−22.10

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

23 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,360	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	460.86/cwt	460.00–462.00	2,558	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,423	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,757	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	412.61/cwt	408.00–417.50	2,571	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	410.64/cwt	409.00–413.00	2,760	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,991	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	366.08/cwt	364.00–366.75	3,093	82
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	894	366.25/cwt	366.25–366.25	3,274	186
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	938	350.28/cwt	344.50–359.00	3,286	97
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,021	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	3,231	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,096	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	435.60/cwt	432.00–442.50	2,339	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	430.67/cwt	407.50–435.00	2,412	53
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	401.93/cwt	401.00–405.00	2,528	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,330	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	384.93/cwt	370.50–390.00	2,533	90
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,577	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	350.24/cwt	349.50–351.00	2,704	75
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	2,960	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,091	12
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	905	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,842	75
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	990	288.75/cwt	288.75–288.75	2,859	31

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 Jul 15, 2026

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

Receipts 1,070Last week 1,910Year ago 1,734

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	900–950	905	314.00	314.00
31	950–1000	990	288.75	288.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	413	507.50	507.50
41	500–550	537	432.00–442.50	435.60
53	550–600	560	407.50–435.00	430.67
26	600–650	629	401.00–405.00	401.93
90	650–700	658	370.50–390.00	384.93
5	700–750	726	355.00	355.00
75	750–800	772	349.50–351.00	350.24
6	800–850	847	349.50	349.50
12	850–900	883	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	649	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	1000–1050	1,021	316.50	316.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	550.00	550.00
21	550–600	555	460.00–462.00	460.86
30	600–650	621	444.00	444.00
82	800–850	845	364.00–366.75	366.08
186	850–900	894	366.25	366.25
97	900–950	938	344.50–359.00	350.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	577	420.00	420.00
10	600–650	623	408.00–417.50	412.61
35	650–700	672	409.00–413.00	410.64
15	750–800	771	388.00	388.00

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.