Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-03-19

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 19
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,581 head
▼ 1,421 vs last sale 4,002▼ 209 vs year ago 2,790 · −7.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed. The consignment sheet of weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers was shorter than expected due to winter weather covering much of the trade area over night and during the morning hours.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $331.00/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −139.70 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$331.00
17 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,758
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−53.45
vs NE average
−26.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531331.001,75817thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
331.00
—
NE average8 barns · 2,072 hd
384.45
−53.45
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
−26.16
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−139.70
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

34 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434385.52/cwt375.00–395.001,67317
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,75817
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631349.01/cwt347.00–351.002,202133
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,1248
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,19527
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713280.02/cwt277.50–287.501,99720
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732314.36/cwt300.00–320.002,301365
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767302.35/cwt296.00–307.252,319193
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,21222
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1824288.10/cwt285.50–289.752,37475
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy857274.67/cwt274.00–276.002,35457
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872285.66/cwt279.00–292.502,491198
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1909278.74/cwt274.50–281.602,534154
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1977269.50/cwt269.50–269.502,63337
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,025262.33/cwt261.50–263.002,68927
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441342.88/cwt342.00–345.001,51217
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468345.50/cwt340.00–351.001,61710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527323.37/cwt318.00–331.001,70412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569312.63/cwt305.00–315.001,77972
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed572332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,89920
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630305.53/cwt297.00–314.001,92578
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1684296.09/cwt288.00–299.502,025153
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,9586
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728285.26/cwt281.50–287.002,077167
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed763284.00/cwt282.00–285.002,16758
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1764276.40/cwt271.00–277.752,11292
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783249.51/cwt247.50–250.001,95436
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2812249.09/cwt241.00–252.502,02356
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821265.50/cwt265.50–265.502,18082
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1862264.12/cwt260.00–266.252,277115
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2879243.85/cwt243.85–243.852,14316
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy889248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,20577
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908251.50/cwt251.50–251.502,2848
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1968240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3235

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.