Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-07-16

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jul 16
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,734 head
▲ 500 vs last sale 1,234▲ 1,734 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 0▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 850 lbs sold 10.00 higher. 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 $420.00/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 2 of 20 comparable sales and sits −50.70 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$420.00
13 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,339
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−24.63
vs NE average
+47.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557420.002,33913thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale13 hd
420.00
—
NE average4 barns · 277 hd
444.63
−24.63
National average147 barns · 7,194 hd
372.43
+47.57
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−50.70
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)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,379$3,46019
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,350$3,20540
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,225$2,8257

Every lot

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,0889
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,33913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,50018
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1702361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,53418
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1782344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,69046
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820341.35/cwt340.00–342.002,79969
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1871335.06/cwt326.50–339.752,918189
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1937326.42/cwt313.50–330.253,059983
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy946300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,83812
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,078254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,7389
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,13422
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671349.79/cwt342.00–353.002,34731
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement707336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,37636
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3407
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1761327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,4889
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement803331.50/cwt331.50–331.502,66248
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1841320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,69113
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865294.14/cwt290.00–295.502,54427
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Replacement870325.95/cwt321.00–331.002,83624
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908301.18/cwt296.00–304.002,73517
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1950284.31/cwt284.00–285.002,70113
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2252,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8257
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3463,281.34/head3,150.00–3,360.003,28132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,3682,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9008
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3793,460.00/head3,460.00–3,460.003,46019

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.