Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-06-04

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jun 4
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,077 head
▼ 1,431 vs last sale 3,508▲ 2,077 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the comparable offerings from two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold steady to 15.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Around 40 head of baby calves split off the cow sold in the mix, ranging from new born to 276 lbs bringing $410.00 to $1410.00 per head.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $412.15/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −58.55 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$412.15
59 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,196
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$362
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$65.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.07
vs NE average
+33.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533418.852,23353
Medium and Large 1-2530353.001,8716thin
One grade step is worth $65.85/cwt here — about $362 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 sale59 hd
412.15
—
NE average5 barns · 317 hd
405.08
+7.07
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
+33.57
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−58.55
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

33 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2403437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,7639
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,23843
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,8716
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,21010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,3136
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672354.15/cwt342.50–369.502,380197
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712336.68/cwt335.00–339.502,39729
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,3365
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758305.75/cwt305.75–305.752,31851
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766331.67/cwt323.25–333.002,541247
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1804313.24/cwt312.00–314.502,51810
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880307.40/cwt305.00–317.502,705161
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2896285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,55410
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2917275.83/cwt267.00–287.002,52925
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920305.00/cwt303.50–307.002,806226
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,025279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,86044
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,6417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,7617
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538371.44/cwt370.00–375.001,99874
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,1146
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630315.11/cwt314.00–316.001,98524
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed631351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,21512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643332.22/cwt332.00–336.002,136110
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,9625
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1697321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,23715
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed702324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,2748
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730299.94/cwt299.00–303.502,190213
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy751295.50/cwt295.50–295.502,21910
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758308.81/cwt305.00–309.502,34189
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy821310.50/cwt310.50–310.502,54965
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821288.95/cwt284.25–297.002,372131
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2919250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2985
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1925273.50/cwt273.50–273.502,53010

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.