Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-03-26

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 26
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,058 head
▲ 1,477 vs last sale 2,581▲ 4,058 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 0▲ 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 650-900 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers 550-850 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was 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 $364.20/cwt on 348 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −106.50 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$364.20
348 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,104
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.75
vs NE average
+0.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1581364.722,118323
Medium and Large 1-2539357.421,92725
One grade step is worth $7.30/cwt here — about $191 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale348 hd
364.20
—
NE average5 barns · 806 hd
379.95
−15.75
National average170 barns · 13,177 hd
363.98
+0.22
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−106.50
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.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,300$2,53660

Every lot

60 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338472.00/cwt472.00–472.001,5959
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2362390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4125
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422422.76/cwt418.00–431.001,78432
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed462430.50/cwt430.50–430.501,98910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487407.42/cwt396.00–411.001,984127
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed535371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,98518
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,7747
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573371.65/cwt366.00–385.002,130203
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy594353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,097120
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622328.50/cwt328.50–328.502,0438
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy641333.46/cwt333.00–335.002,13734
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned650322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0936
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662342.83/cwt333.00–346.502,270242
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy676326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,20419
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,12410
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed711331.11/cwt329.50–335.252,354122
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718315.23/cwt310.00–324.002,263115
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,1146
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779309.98/cwt304.00–312.502,415225
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy787296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,330107
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820295.91/cwt288.00–301.252,426294
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2836268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,24011
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866287.96/cwt285.50–291.752,494313
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy878272.71/cwt271.00–277.002,394120
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1917275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,52272
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy930260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,4188
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy960252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,41910
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,001242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,42211
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,016258.64/cwt258.00–259.002,62825
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,083243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,6325
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,63422
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1442403.41/cwt403.00–407.001,78353
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned459327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,50112
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy462391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,80646
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475367.18/cwt359.00–371.001,74459
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,5938
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy492350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7225
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy516382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,97119
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518352.92/cwt351.00–354.001,82828
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed528367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,93873
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6656
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned567284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,61011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570297.21/cwt290.00–301.001,69422
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575316.63/cwt310.00–334.001,821138
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609319.16/cwt308.00–327.501,944148
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,85710
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678293.21/cwt286.00–299.501,988160
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729283.28/cwt282.00–293.502,065109
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement760282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,14331
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1777272.65/cwt271.00–275.002,118129
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy786264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,0755
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2801250.50/cwt250.50–250.502,00718
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1812271.51/cwt270.00–272.002,205109
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy831259.45/cwt258.00–262.002,15627
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865259.08/cwt255.00–261.002,24116
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1900251.75/cwt251.75–251.752,26613
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1707307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,1706
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1651,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9757
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,3052,613.61/head2,350.00–2,725.002,61433
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3382,605.44/head2,475.00–2,775.002,60520

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.