Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-07-02

Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-07-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-02

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jul 2

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Jun 18Jul 2Jul 16 →

Receipts

1,234 head

▲ 199 vs last sale 1,035▲ 1,234 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of yearling feeders and weaned fall calves on offer selling in load lots with some small packages mixed in. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $405.20/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −65.50 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.

Average price

$405.20

76 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,108

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$43.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+21.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	441.00	2,236	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	523	397.11	2,078	62

One grade step is worth $43.89/cwt here — about $158 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 sale76 hd

405.20

—

NE average1 barns · 76 hd

405.20

+0.00

National average21 barns · 2,670 hd

383.52

+21.68

This barn, trailing median20 sales

470.70

−65.50

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

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

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	409	445.79/cwt	439.00–450.00	1,823	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,937	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,084	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	498	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,917	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,236	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	509	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,011	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,254	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,222	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	379.87/cwt	378.00–383.00	2,321	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	760	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,280	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	825	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,640	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,819	188
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	895	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,649	38
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	313.61/cwt	306.00–315.50	2,854	184
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,065	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,881	51
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	391.56/cwt	389.00–398.00	1,844	74
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	364.02/cwt	361.00–366.00	1,955	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	564	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,042	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	344.82/cwt	340.00–349.00	2,007	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,217	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	335.65/cwt	334.00–336.00	2,162	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,318	32
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,314	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	309.46/cwt	307.00–314.00	2,237	47
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	735	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,154	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,378	24
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	285.08/cwt	280.00–288.00	2,492	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	877	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,377	42
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	989	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,552	40

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 Jul 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,234Last week 1,035Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1050–1100	1,065	270.50	270.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	421	460.00	460.00
6	450–500	453	460.00	460.00
14	500–550	507	441.00	441.00
17	600–650	611	378.00–383.00	379.87
188	850–900	858	328.50	328.50
184	900–950	910	306.00–315.50	313.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	825	320.00	320.00
38	850–900	895	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	498	385.00	385.00
43	500–550	509	395.00	395.00
12	750–800	760	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	409	439.00–450.00	445.79
6	500–550	538	419.00	419.00
13	550–600	564	394.00	394.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	850–900	877	271.00	271.00
40	950–1000	989	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	550–600	585	379.00	379.00
32	650–700	653	355.00	355.00
26	700–750	713	324.50	324.50
24	750–800	766	310.50	310.50
16	850–900	874	280.00–288.00	285.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	700–750	735	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	564	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
74	450–500	471	389.00–398.00	391.56
18	500–550	537	361.00–366.00	364.02
11	550–600	582	340.00–349.00	344.82
39	600–650	644	334.00–336.00	335.65
47	700–750	723	307.00–314.00	309.46

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.