Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2026-08-26

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 26
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
1,586 head
▼ 334 vs last sale 1,920▼ 3 vs year ago 1,589 · −0.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold sharply lower on the day. Some comparable weights 20.00 lower. Demand was mostly moderate. A lot of negative news in the cattle sector the last two weeks adding downward pressure to Wednesday market. The auctioneer chant a tick slower as they had to break the bids down to 1.00 and a lot of bids came in at .50 instead of the 2.50 to 5.00 bids a few weeks ago. Also, the feedlots traded live slaughter steers and heifers 7.00 to 8.00 lower at 218.00 and dressed sales sold 10.00 to 11.00 lower at mostly 345.00. With the feedlots trading in the red, most prospective buyers backed up their live auction bids. The video sale on Wednesday was good for today's market and is at the following link https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_2938.pdf

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $424.75/cwt on 10 head, down $42.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 20 comparable sales and sits −45.95 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$424.75
▼ 42.54 vs prior sale
10 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,319
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−80.87
vs NE average
+53.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546424.752,31910thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
424.75
—
NE average2 barns · 440 hd
505.62
−80.87
National average153 barns · 5,891 hd
371.00
+53.75
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−45.95
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

35 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0907
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,2765
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,3625
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656375.25/cwt371.00–382.002,46226
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4015
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730353.72/cwt351.00–362.002,58235
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6288
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780350.22/cwt348.00–355.002,73229
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1837346.50/cwt346.50–346.502,90027
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1856340.58/cwt340.00–341.002,91531
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1924310.50/cwt310.50–310.502,86979
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy948303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,8729
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1974314.64/cwt300.00–317.003,065217
Steers1000–1050Large 11,016305.13/cwt297.00–306.003,100201
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020288.85/cwt288.85–288.852,94631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2389429.00/cwt429.00–429.001,6696
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2447435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9447
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,79712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8825
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579343.39/cwt332.00–358.001,98816
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636331.54/cwt331.00–332.002,10913
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2648321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,0806
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1688342.53/cwt336.00–346.002,35726
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1709343.25/cwt341.50–344.502,43448
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy721331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,38712
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Spayed778333.25/cwt333.25–333.252,593110
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779329.57/cwt321.00–333.502,56788
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3926
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy845286.50/cwt286.50–286.502,42113
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865302.10/cwt282.00–320.002,613151
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed889322.25/cwt322.25–322.252,865111
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy907274.50/cwt274.50–274.502,4905
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1921283.48/cwt281.25–291.002,61124
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1980265.19/cwt263.50–278.002,59940
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,079269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,9038

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.