Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-05-21

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, May 21
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
3,508 head
▲ 1,694 vs last sale 1,814▲ 3,508 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 650-800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, on the heifer offerings heifers 750-900 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Around 200 head of bawling calves sold in the mix with some having received pre- weaning vaccinations and some not. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.47/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −84.68 against this barn's trailing median of $425.15.
Average price
$340.47
125 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,887
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.22
vs NE average
+6.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549344.681,89294
Medium and Large 1-2570327.691,86931
One grade step is worth $16.99/cwt here — about $23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale125 hd
340.47
—
NE average6 barns · 1,563 hd
363.69
−23.22
National average158 barns · 12,726 hd
334.26
+6.21
This barn, trailing median21 sales
425.15
−84.68
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
484433383332median 425.1503/0404/2207/0109/0910/28
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

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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4765
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390451.00/cwt451.00–451.001,7598
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned392448.00/cwt448.00–448.001,7567
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned447421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,88216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,8299
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned482385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8567
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537406.17/cwt390.00–410.002,18142
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned545400.06/cwt396.00–401.002,18032
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,0236
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584375.72/cwt368.00–379.002,19443
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616364.09/cwt355.00–369.002,24371
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674353.46/cwt340.50–360.002,382222
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned680323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,19619
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722331.47/cwt322.00–341.502,393100
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,30021
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764326.47/cwt321.00–340.002,49460
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,2799
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy792312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,4719
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2812281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,28215
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827303.17/cwt298.50–314.002,507195
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872293.51/cwt290.00–297.502,55991
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy872280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,44228
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910285.26/cwt280.00–288.002,596187
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1973276.50/cwt276.50–276.502,69058
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,021253.05/cwt245.00–258.002,58445
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned315465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,4658
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1399424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,6925
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436393.13/cwt382.00–402.001,71424
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned444394.95/cwt390.00–400.001,75442
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned471385.50/cwt385.50–385.501,8167
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482378.13/cwt375.00–381.001,82326
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,7755
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528351.62/cwt348.00–357.001,85743
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,7705
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562347.04/cwt340.00–349.001,95033
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578326.48/cwt324.00–330.001,88726
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned597316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,88713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,98516
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640323.61/cwt319.00–332.002,07195
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,9846
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690310.47/cwt306.00–323.002,142157
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726302.58/cwt297.00–311.502,197296
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy751261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,96018
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781288.95/cwt287.00–301.002,257240
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813282.53/cwt270.00–287.502,297257
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2818261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,1359
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy877258.65/cwt257.50–260.002,26878
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1878269.76/cwt267.00–281.002,368274
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2881241.50/cwt238.00–246.002,12833
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2901246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,2166
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy964236.37/cwt235.00–240.002,27937
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,043232.28/cwt231.00–234.002,42314
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,071234.50/cwt234.50–234.502,5116
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4885
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned424412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,74911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7635
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned546368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,00920
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,04522
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1713292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,0827
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned773274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,11810

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.