Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-09-24

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Sep 24
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,605 head
▼ 1,546 vs last sale 4,151▲ 2,605 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 850-1000 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 650 lbs sold unevenly steady on a limited number of comparable offerings. 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 $430.23/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 3 of 20 comparable sales and sits −40.47 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$430.23
93 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,440
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$101
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−34.67
vs NE average
+13.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537439.492,36020
Medium and Large 1575427.692,46173
One grade step is worth $11.80/cwt here — about −$101 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale93 hd
430.23
—
NE average5 barns · 669 hd
464.90
−34.67
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
+13.14
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−40.47
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

50 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324553.00/cwt553.00–553.001,7926
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2348497.50/cwt497.50–497.501,7317
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1396534.00/cwt534.00–534.002,1155
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436516.00/cwt516.00–516.002,25014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470481.00/cwt481.00–481.002,26111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy473445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1059
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485501.00/cwt501.00–501.002,43024
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537439.49/cwt435.00–448.002,36020
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy572410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,34511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576430.83/cwt422.00–440.002,48262
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned635390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,47720
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644371.04/cwt370.00–376.002,38934
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690399.00/cwt393.00–405.002,75314
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,8646
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,59711
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6786
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771385.63/cwt385.00–387.002,973110
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed799374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,9886
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1819378.67/cwt378.00–379.003,10139
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874363.34/cwt354.00–364.003,176230
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935358.25/cwt358.25–358.253,350515
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1979348.85/cwt344.00–350.103,415570
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,045317.00/cwt317.00–317.003,3136
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6695
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1394460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,81224
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Spayed420469.00/cwt469.00–469.001,97013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429449.00/cwt449.00–449.001,9265
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1493439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,16417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532386.59/cwt384.00–392.002,05719
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570382.40/cwt378.00–385.502,18014
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Spayed577379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,18732
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned610362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,2086
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616387.40/cwt383.50–393.002,38627
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629374.39/cwt373.50–376.002,35527
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Spayed658376.50/cwt376.50–376.502,47753
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1682365.88/cwt364.50–368.002,49563
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733363.06/cwt359.00–369.002,66127
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,51112
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772345.11/cwt341.00–346.002,66467
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Spayed773363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,8067
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1791365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,88730
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Spayed820320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6248
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed837354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,96347
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy855328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,80413
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1892338.39/cwt335.00–340.003,01828
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1964332.01/cwt330.00–333.003,20131
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,014323.75/cwt323.75–323.753,28312
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,040309.00/cwt309.00–309.003,21417
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,060306.00/cwt306.00–306.003,2447
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers750–800Large 2-3784258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,0235

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.