Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-03-05

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 5
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
4,002 head
▼ 942 vs last sale 4,944▲ 1,990 vs year ago 2,012 · +98.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 650-900 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with steers over 900 lbs selling steady to 7.00 lower. Heifers 500-750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher with heifers over 750 lbs selling steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $355.71/cwt on 336 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −114.99 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$355.71
336 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,978
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$478
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$66.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.65
vs NE average
+6.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555368.372,045264
Medium and Large 1-2577312.501,80350
Medium and Large 2-3519302.001,56722
One grade step is worth $66.37/cwt here — about $478 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 sale336 hd
355.71
—
NE average7 barns · 1,495 hd
365.36
−9.65
National average172 barns · 12,998 hd
349.28
+6.43
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−114.99
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

58 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,43221
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414408.63/cwt406.00–416.001,69225
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,57916
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,01934
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3519302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,56722
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536365.15/cwt355.00–370.001,95786
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy558352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,9646
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576369.70/cwt368.00–378.002,129124
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,80350
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned586326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,91014
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624333.95/cwt325.50–343.002,084112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy625319.38/cwt319.00–320.001,99616
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,00344
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3642296.50/cwt296.50–296.501,90435
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,82610
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681321.87/cwt308.00–331.502,192174
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy694300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,08275
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723305.80/cwt299.00–311.002,211211
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy744288.59/cwt287.00–289.002,14734
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766291.05/cwt284.00–294.002,229113
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1832279.24/cwt274.75–281.752,323307
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy840260.75/cwt260.00–263.002,19027
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy845242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,0455
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy852259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,2077
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1863270.51/cwt268.00–280.002,335117
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2891245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1835
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1929257.34/cwt253.50–264.752,391132
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1972249.60/cwt249.00–250.002,42628
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,007245.83/cwt244.00–254.502,47675
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,5149
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3381342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,3058
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472327.59/cwt326.00–328.001,54635
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,5587
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,68926
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505334.13/cwt324.00–338.001,68752
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3507297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,50622
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy541317.53/cwt316.00–318.001,71825
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,6875
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed557304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,69386
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577312.13/cwt307.00–317.001,801216
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,6947
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned585279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,6326
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609304.30/cwt295.00–308.501,853137
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,67727
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy639286.94/cwt285.00–288.001,83482
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement655290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,90049
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674285.61/cwt276.00–289.501,925176
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685259.04/cwt254.50–266.001,77440
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1708277.70/cwt268.00–279.001,96678
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement749280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0979
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy765251.05/cwt250.00–253.501,92171
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775263.87/cwt258.50–271.502,045235
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement778271.26/cwt269.50–272.502,110128
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9126
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821250.85/cwt245.00–254.502,059139
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement844278.25/cwt278.25–278.252,34864
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1879239.03/cwt235.00–240.502,101139
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1961233.36/cwt230.50–237.002,24318

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.