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Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 29

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Receipts

5,426 head

▲ 1,999 vs last sale 3,427▲ 178 vs year ago 5,248 · +3.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 450 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. The offering included long time weaned steers and heifers along with some bawling calves selling in the mix.

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 $353.26/cwt on 391 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −117.44 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.

Average price

$353.26

391 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$43.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.04

vs NE average

+4.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	354.95	2,002	376
Medium and Large 1-2	578	311.00	1,796	15thin

One grade step is worth $43.95/cwt here — about $206 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 sale391 hd

353.26

—

NE average9 barns · 3,125 hd

364.30

−11.04

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+4.60

This barn, trailing median20 sales

470.70

−117.44

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

63 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,727	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,670	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	474	403.10/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,911	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	377.31/cwt	376.00–380.00	1,804	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,863	57
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	494	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,813	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	509	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,929	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	362.63/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,940	61
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	538	354.90/cwt	353.00–357.50	1,909	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,853	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	353.18/cwt	350.00–356.00	2,038	219
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	338.24/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,962	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	586	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,136	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	589	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,708	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	603	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,020	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	615	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,162	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	342.76/cwt	337.00–346.00	2,111	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	631	325.64/cwt	324.00–327.00	2,055	131
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	321.80/cwt	315.00–330.25	2,159	513
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	289.21/cwt	288.00–291.00	1,943	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	674	309.94/cwt	300.00–312.00	2,089	136
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,862	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	713	286.19/cwt	282.00–290.00	2,041	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	726	289.27/cwt	278.00–296.00	2,100	75
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	302.38/cwt	297.00–316.00	2,201	367
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	295.82/cwt	288.50–301.50	2,260	370
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	779	282.78/cwt	276.00–284.50	2,203	156
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	281.19/cwt	277.50–284.00	2,311	363
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	853	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,256	24
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	275.69/cwt	273.50–276.75	2,410	52
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,235	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	270.77/cwt	267.00–271.75	2,459	113
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	910	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,207	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,483	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	355.42/cwt	350.00–362.00	1,695	40
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	494	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,680	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	340.14/cwt	334.00–345.00	1,752	53
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	524	321.86/cwt	317.00–325.00	1,687	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,577	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,639	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	560	334.89/cwt	331.00–337.50	1,875	65
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,688	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	315.25/cwt	311.00–320.00	1,828	124
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	608	320.99/cwt	320.50–321.50	1,952	89
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	271.34/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,674	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	631	294.01/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,855	75
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	304.72/cwt	300.00–310.50	1,938	280
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	672	295.55/cwt	293.50–298.50	1,986	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,814	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	291.13/cwt	283.00–294.00	1,968	503
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	256.36/cwt	255.00–266.50	1,841	73
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	280.50/cwt	270.00–285.50	2,053	288
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	273.37/cwt	272.75–278.50	2,053	84
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	752	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,903	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	758	275.28/cwt	273.00–276.00	2,087	42
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	791	259.27/cwt	257.50–264.50	2,051	96
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	802	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,161	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	261.13/cwt	260.50–262.50	2,094	70
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,316	88
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,396	9

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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 5,426Last week 3,427Year ago 5,248

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	396	436.00	436.00
57	450–500	489	381.00	381.00
61	500–550	535	360.00–368.00	362.63
219	550–600	577	350.00–356.00	353.18
48	600–650	616	337.00–346.00	342.76
513	650–700	671	315.00–330.25	321.80
367	700–750	728	297.00–316.00	302.38
370	750–800	764	288.50–301.50	295.82
363	800–850	822	277.50–284.00	281.19
52	850–900	874	273.50–276.75	275.69
113	900–950	908	267.00–271.75	270.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	494	367.00	367.00
42	500–550	538	353.00–357.50	354.90
17	550–600	580	334.00–340.00	338.24
131	600–650	631	324.00–327.00	325.64
136	650–700	674	300.00–312.00	309.94
75	700–750	726	278.00–296.00	289.27
156	750–800	779	276.00–284.50	282.78
24	850–900	853	264.50	264.50
5	900–950	910	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	474	400.00–405.00	403.10
15	550–600	586	364.50	364.50
23	600–650	615	351.50	351.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	360.00	360.00
9	550–600	570	325.00	325.00
12	650–700	672	288.00–291.00	289.21
5	700–750	700	266.00	266.00
19	850–900	885	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
15	450–500	478	376.00–380.00	377.31
10	500–550	509	379.00	379.00
12	550–600	565	340.00	340.00
13	600–650	603	335.00	335.00
17	700–750	713	282.00–290.00	286.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	589	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	360	412.00	412.00
40	450–500	477	350.00–362.00	355.42
53	500–550	515	334.00–345.00	340.14
124	550–600	580	311.00–320.00	315.25
280	600–650	636	300.00–310.50	304.72
503	650–700	676	283.00–294.00	291.13
288	700–750	732	270.00–285.50	280.50
84	750–800	751	272.75–278.50	273.37
70	800–850	802	260.50–262.50	261.13
88	900–950	934	248.00	248.00
9	950–1000	990	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	494	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	524	317.00–325.00	321.86
75	600–650	631	292.50–295.00	294.01
96	750–800	791	257.50–264.50	259.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	672	293.50–298.50	295.55
42	750–800	758	273.00–276.00	275.28
23	800–850	802	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	527	311.00	311.00
21	600–650	617	271.00–272.00	271.34
7	650–700	672	270.00	270.00
73	700–750	718	255.00–266.50	256.36
6	750–800	752	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	435	355.00	355.00
21	500–550	524	301.00	301.00
20	550–600	578	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	550–600	560	331.00–337.50	334.89
89	600–650	608	320.50–321.50	320.99

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.