Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-10-08

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 8
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
1,563 head
▼ 1,042 vs last sale 2,605▼ 411 vs year ago 1,974 · −20.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sizable test of the spring calf market this fall at Huss Livestock a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Almost all the calves had received one round of fall vaccinations and some were weaned at least 40 days. There was a difference in the weighing condition of the calves within their weight groups creating wider price spreads, that being said the quality of the calves was good from beginning to end of the auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $454.69/cwt on 273 head. That ranks 9 of 20 comparable sales and sits −16.01 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$454.69
273 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,496
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−21.57
vs NE average
+8.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549454.692,496273
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 sale273 hd
454.69
—
NE average7 barns · 1,763 hd
476.26
−21.57
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
+8.84
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−16.01
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

34 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1353580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,0478
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2353501.00/cwt501.00–501.001,7696
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476504.73/cwt485.00–526.002,403131
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535461.89/cwt445.00–477.002,471190
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581438.21/cwt432.00–466.002,54683
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy614417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,56023
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy615368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,2636
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned618434.63/cwt422.00–460.002,68692
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,4908
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683441.50/cwt441.50–441.503,01596
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned688408.95/cwt393.00–417.002,81471
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772399.87/cwt380.00–402.003,087119
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy850355.00/cwt355.00–355.003,0187
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2881339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,9879
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy907347.00/cwt347.00–347.003,14711
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2944321.00/cwt321.00–321.003,0305
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,7938
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436468.96/cwt460.00–490.002,04539
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480441.39/cwt432.00–460.002,11969
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,0235
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526406.84/cwt397.00–420.002,14057
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567385.46/cwt378.00–398.002,18627
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,12112
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,40613
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned655364.85/cwt358.00–377.002,39032
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1693359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,48826
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1746349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,60420
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed807345.50/cwt345.50–345.502,78822
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,71410
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed902337.50/cwt337.50–337.503,04463
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy945298.75/cwt298.75–298.752,82362
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy972294.50/cwt294.50–294.502,86310
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,078290.50/cwt290.50–290.503,1328
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1548401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,1975

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.