Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-02-05

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Feb 5
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
3,782 head
▼ 1,644 vs last sale 5,426▲ 386 vs year ago 3,396 · +11.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher and steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, heifers under 600 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet bidding and buying noticed. The consignment sheet was all longtime weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $359.21/cwt on 275 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −111.49 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$359.21
275 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,010
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.84
vs NE average
+16.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560362.332,029236
Medium and Large 1-2557340.321,89439
One grade step is worth $22.01/cwt here — about $134 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale275 hd
359.21
—
NE average9 barns · 4,414 hd
377.05
−17.84
National average187 barns · 18,766 hd
342.38
+16.83
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−111.49
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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411425.71/cwt409.00–435.001,75034
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,62017
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1492394.05/cwt378.00–403.501,93998
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518363.81/cwt362.50–370.001,88538
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518352.96/cwt352.00–354.001,82813
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568362.05/cwt342.00–374.502,056198
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,92426
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,95618
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632335.05/cwt321.00–342.502,118240
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665319.67/cwt304.00–324.002,126119
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687292.17/cwt290.00–296.502,007111
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726305.19/cwt291.00–312.002,216416
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776287.59/cwt280.50–294.502,232451
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828279.28/cwt272.00–285.752,312217
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2844255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1529
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866274.95/cwt259.75–281.002,381157
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1932261.51/cwt258.00–267.752,437147
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2406347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,4115
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428378.93/cwt378.50–380.001,62222
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,4727
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483351.32/cwt349.00–352.001,69776
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533339.77/cwt331.00–351.001,81194
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537307.62/cwt306.00–312.001,65218
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565315.28/cwt298.00–333.501,78162
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6876
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619295.06/cwt285.00–306.001,826172
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623279.38/cwt279.00–280.001,74116
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667267.58/cwt265.00–270.001,78519
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672287.67/cwt279.25–297.001,933239
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement678285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,93230
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717279.21/cwt272.00–282.002,00256
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement756276.52/cwt270.50–277.252,09071
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778265.06/cwt259.00–271.002,062199
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1824246.76/cwt241.00–253.002,03347
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy867230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,99412
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1919241.46/cwt241.25–245.002,21986

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.