Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-02-26

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Feb 26
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
4,944 head
▲ 3,147 vs last sale 1,797▲ 2,085 vs year ago 2,859 · +72.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers 550-700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher with 700-800 lbs heifers selling steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $359.63/cwt on 149 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −111.07 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$359.63
149 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,951
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$34.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.05
vs NE average
+11.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543366.611,991119
Medium and Large 1-2540331.921,79130
One grade step is worth $34.69/cwt here — about $200 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 sale149 hd
359.63
—
NE average8 barns · 1,482 hd
356.58
+3.05
National average180 barns · 14,929 hd
348.24
+11.39
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−111.07
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

49 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,5026
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438415.05/cwt400.00–420.001,81845
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned443385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7066
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,8268
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515379.62/cwt374.00–395.001,95552
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532333.65/cwt330.00–335.501,77524
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned544351.10/cwt345.00–356.001,91027
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed570375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,13819
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned570325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8536
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587346.76/cwt341.00–351.002,03521
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed610364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,22036
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624337.46/cwt329.00–341.002,10676
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624313.69/cwt309.00–315.001,95723
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy640288.50/cwt288.50–288.501,8467
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672310.22/cwt301.00–317.002,08568
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722298.92/cwt286.00–310.502,158584
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776288.39/cwt276.50–297.002,238352
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2786268.41/cwt266.00–270.502,11013
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817279.13/cwt270.00–285.252,280383
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872269.96/cwt259.00–273.002,354455
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1914268.05/cwt263.50–270.752,450187
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1977255.48/cwt251.75–258.502,496319
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,037250.50/cwt250.50–250.502,59810
Steers1050–1100Large 11,095239.25/cwt239.25–239.252,62026
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,47913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned391363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,4197
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455349.20/cwt340.00–356.001,58938
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,48214
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1507330.93/cwt324.00–337.501,67851
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned522302.16/cwt301.00–303.001,57712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed533317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,6925
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,62610
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561312.34/cwt298.00–316.001,75280
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568285.16/cwt283.00–287.001,62028
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622300.43/cwt293.00–307.001,869118
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624287.13/cwt283.00–290.001,79252
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665287.31/cwt280.00–291.001,911150
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685266.65/cwt264.00–269.001,82728
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716252.18/cwt251.00–255.001,80617
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724275.19/cwt271.00–281.001,992213
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769270.23/cwt262.50–279.002,078231
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772254.11/cwt247.00–257.001,96248
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement817265.52/cwt261.00–270.002,16920
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1829251.45/cwt245.00–259.002,085255
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2837240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0095
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1879245.84/cwt242.00–250.752,161221
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1942234.68/cwt234.25–237.002,21188
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1976230.68/cwt229.00–236.002,251129
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned447370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6546

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.