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Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 8

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Dec 30Jan 8Jan 15 →

Receipts

4,829 head

▲ 761 vs last sale 4,068▲ 1,579 vs year ago 3,250 · +48.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction steers 500-700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with steers over 700 lbs selling 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifers 550-700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with heifers over 700 lbs selling steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

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 $346.58/cwt on 246 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −124.12 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.

Average price

$346.58

246 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,937

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$25.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.69

vs NE average

+4.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	347.20	1,938	240
Medium and Large 1-2	585	322.00	1,884	6thin

One grade step is worth $25.20/cwt here — about $55 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 sale246 hd

346.58

—

NE average7 barns · 2,829 hd

355.27

−8.69

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+4.50

This barn, trailing median20 sales

470.70

−124.12

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

52 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	433	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,606	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	462	356.61/cwt	356.00–357.00	1,648	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,817	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	365.21/cwt	360.00–369.00	1,895	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	526	351.32/cwt	350.50–352.00	1,848	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	343.88/cwt	333.00–351.50	1,957	178
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	585	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,884	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	592	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,900	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	614	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,072	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	320.89/cwt	313.50–333.00	1,983	156
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	638	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,755	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	659	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,106	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	300.80/cwt	292.00–311.75	2,036	299
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	679	287.48/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,952	53
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	300.16/cwt	287.00–306.50	2,161	488
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	733	280.02/cwt	273.00–282.50	2,053	145
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	282.12/cwt	277.50–290.25	2,201	256
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	786	267.49/cwt	267.00–268.50	2,102	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	278.60/cwt	265.00–283.50	2,296	664
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	844	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,085	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	271.27/cwt	267.25–273.50	2,336	256
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	881	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,247	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	270.84/cwt	262.50–273.75	2,454	133
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	943	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,258	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	975	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,364	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	365.64/cwt	362.00–370.00	1,313	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	438	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,472	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,423	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	335.52/cwt	331.00–343.00	1,543	58
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	530	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,569	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	302.57/cwt	301.00–308.00	1,622	54
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	540	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,593	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	558	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,696	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	573	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,656	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	299.76/cwt	296.00–304.00	1,754	120
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,638	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	287.53/cwt	279.00–294.00	1,806	232
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	644	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,823	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	673	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,787	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	278.50/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,891	415
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	707	273.20/cwt	266.50–276.00	1,932	59
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	269.29/cwt	262.00–275.00	1,955	309
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	258.73/cwt	255.25–275.00	1,972	188
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	779	250.78/cwt	250.50–251.00	1,954	27
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	809	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,974	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	831	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,044	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	247.42/cwt	244.00–249.00	2,118	44
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	888	235.80/cwt	235.00–238.00	2,094	51
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,238	58
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	491	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,596	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	606	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,836	14

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 Jan 8, 2025

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

Receipts 4,829Last week 4,068Year ago 3,250

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	558	304.00	304.00
20	600–650	644	283.00	283.00
59	700–750	707	266.50–276.00	273.20
18	800–850	831	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	336.00	336.00
13	500–550	530	296.00	296.00
8	550–600	573	289.00	289.00
8	650–700	673	265.50	265.50
27	750–800	779	250.50–251.00	250.78
5	800–850	809	244.00	244.00
51	850–900	888	235.00–238.00	235.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	359	362.00–370.00	365.64
58	450–500	460	331.00–343.00	335.52
54	500–550	536	301.00–308.00	302.57
120	550–600	585	296.00–304.00	299.76
232	600–650	628	279.00–294.00	287.53
415	650–700	679	272.00–285.00	278.50
309	700–750	726	262.00–275.00	269.29
188	750–800	762	255.25–275.00	258.73
44	850–900	856	244.00–249.00	247.42
58	950–1000	973	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	442	322.00	322.00
6	600–650	609	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
9	800–850	844	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	433	371.00	371.00
13	450–500	462	356.00–357.00	356.61
22	500–550	526	350.50–352.00	351.32
5	550–600	592	321.00	321.00
53	650–700	679	285.00–290.00	287.48
145	700–750	733	273.00–282.50	280.02
28	750–800	786	267.00–268.50	267.49
10	850–900	881	255.00	255.00
6	900–950	943	239.50	239.50
11	950–1000	975	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	491	370.00	370.00
35	500–550	519	360.00–369.00	365.21
178	550–600	569	333.00–351.50	343.88
156	600–650	618	313.50–333.00	320.89
299	650–700	677	292.00–311.75	300.80
488	700–750	720	287.00–306.50	300.16
256	750–800	780	277.50–290.25	282.12
664	800–850	824	265.00–283.50	278.60
256	850–900	861	267.25–273.50	271.27
133	900–950	906	262.50–273.75	270.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	600–650	614	337.50	337.50
20	650–700	659	319.50	319.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	585	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	638	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	491	325.00	325.00
14	600–650	606	303.00	303.00

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.