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Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-27

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 27

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Aug 13Aug 27Sep 10 →

Receipts

1,589 head

▼ 603 vs last sale 2,192▲ 1,589 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 700 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher with instances sharply higher and the comparable weights of heifers sold sharply higher. Demand was very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Bulk of the yearling feeders were coming off the summer grass with some coming out of the grow yards. Few packages of fall calves and preg checked open heifers also sold in the mix.

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 $473.97/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 11 of 20 comparable sales and sits +3.26 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.

Average price

$473.97

30 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.20

vs NE average

+64.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	473.97	2,552	30

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 sale30 hd

473.97

—

NE average5 barns · 122 hd

470.77

+3.20

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

+64.67

This barn, trailing median20 sales

470.70

+3.26

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

26 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	418	513.84/cwt	510.00–521.00	2,148	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,163	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,516	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	460.43/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,583	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,778	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,664	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,980	43
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	377.36/cwt	368.00–383.00	2,891	44
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	377.55/cwt	356.00–384.00	3,085	145
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	360.57/cwt	353.00–366.00	3,141	270
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	3,261	102
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,025	337.92/cwt	334.00–340.25	3,464	379
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	1,997	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,344	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,245	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,536	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	380.62/cwt	368.00–382.50	2,626	54
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	362.98/cwt	348.00–378.00	2,606	51
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	371.21/cwt	357.00–375.50	2,929	52
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	354.61/cwt	340.00–363.50	2,926	41
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	3,068	20
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,123	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,015	318.10/cwt	303.50–322.50	3,229	89
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,057	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	3,197	12
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,116	285.45/cwt	282.50–288.00	3,186	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	842	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,673	6

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 Aug 27, 2025

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

Receipts 1,589Last week 2,192Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	842	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1100–1150	1,116	282.50–288.00	285.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	435	459.00	459.00
8	450–500	496	472.50	472.50
11	500–550	527	426.00	426.00
11	600–650	634	400.00	400.00
54	650–700	690	368.00–382.50	380.62
51	700–750	718	348.00–378.00	362.98
52	750–800	789	357.00–375.50	371.21
41	800–850	825	340.00–363.50	354.61
20	900–950	901	340.50	340.50
5	950–1000	973	321.00	321.00
89	1000–1050	1,015	303.50–322.50	318.10
12	1050–1100	1,057	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	516	487.50	487.50
15	550–600	561	455.00–475.00	460.43
11	650–700	663	419.00	419.00
43	700–750	734	406.00	406.00
44	750–800	766	368.00–383.00	377.36
145	800–850	817	356.00–384.00	377.55
270	850–900	871	353.00–366.00	360.57
102	900–950	941	346.50	346.50
379	1000–1050	1,025	334.00–340.25	337.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	418	510.00–521.00	513.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	453	477.50	477.50
8	650–700	692	385.00	385.00

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.