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Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Apr 30

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Apr 23Apr 30May 7 →

Receipts

1,910 head

▼ 779 vs last sale 2,689▲ 1,910 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, heifers under 650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Around 150 head of bawling calves sold in the mix that had received weaning vaccinations.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.00/cwt on 199 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −92.14 against this barn's trailing median of $425.15.

Average price

$333.00

199 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$46.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.82

vs NE average

+3.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	334.89	1,880	191
Large 2	588	288.00	1,693	8thin

One grade step is worth $46.89/cwt here — about $186 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 sale199 hd

333.00

—

NE average7 barns · 1,276 hd

347.82

−14.82

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

+3.66

This barn, trailing median21 sales

425.15

−92.14

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

21 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.00, low $346.15, median $425.15 across 21 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	406	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,868	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,798	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,870	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,095	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,017	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	397.59/cwt	385.00–406.00	2,278	65
Steers	550–600	Large 2	587	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,843	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	365.25/cwt	356.00–377.00	2,235	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	654	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,381	75
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,319	10
Steers	700–750	Large 2	707	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,902	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	329.99/cwt	328.00–331.00	2,392	33
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	310.75/cwt	309.50–317.00	2,446	60
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,326	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	309.96/cwt	307.75–312.50	2,520	89
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	290.11/cwt	280.00–292.50	2,675	166
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,587	60
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,034	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,771	60
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,065	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,609	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,595	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,677	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	350.62/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,634	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	329.86/cwt	326.00–335.00	1,742	53
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	336.82/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,933	138
Heifers	550–600	Large 2	588	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,693	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	325.80/cwt	319.00–331.00	2,033	41
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	317.03/cwt	306.00–325.00	2,127	79
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,951	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	292.15/cwt	288.00–308.00	2,147	65
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	294.22/cwt	282.00–298.00	2,218	214
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	270.45/cwt	260.00–273.00	2,280	30
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	276.59/cwt	263.00–282.00	2,409	239
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	945	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,410	8
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	992	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,584	54

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Huss Livestock Market - Kearney, NE

Wed Apr 30, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 1,910Last week 2,689Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	588	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	390.00	390.00
6	450–500	462	363.00	363.00
53	500–550	528	326.00–335.00	329.86
138	550–600	574	320.00–342.00	336.82
41	600–650	624	319.00–331.00	325.80
79	650–700	671	306.00–325.00	317.03
65	700–750	735	288.00–308.00	292.15
214	750–800	754	282.00–298.00	294.22
30	800–850	843	260.00–273.00	270.45
239	850–900	871	263.00–282.00	276.59
8	900–950	945	255.00	255.00
54	950–1000	992	260.50	260.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	466	350.00–352.00	350.62
7	650–700	687	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	587	314.00	314.00
7	700–750	707	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1050–1100	1,065	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	406	460.00	460.00
18	450–500	486	431.00	431.00
65	550–600	573	385.00–406.00	397.59
30	600–650	612	356.00–377.00	365.25
10	650–700	675	343.50	343.50
33	700–750	725	328.00–331.00	329.99
60	750–800	787	309.50–317.00	310.75
89	800–850	813	307.75–312.50	309.96
166	900–950	922	280.00–292.50	290.11
60	950–1000	958	270.00	270.00
60	1000–1050	1,034	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
75	650–700	654	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	420	428.00	428.00
7	450–500	482	388.00	388.00
5	500–550	524	385.00	385.00
5	750–800	794	293.00	293.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.