Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-10-15

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 15
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
1,721 head
▲ 158 vs last sale 1,563▼ 1,393 vs year ago 3,114 · −44.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold sharply higher and yearling heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher with no comparable offerings for the yearling steers. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $431.44/cwt on 214 head. That ranks 13 of 21 comparable sales and sits +6.29 against this barn's trailing median of $425.15.
Average price
$431.44
214 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,408
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.50
vs NE average
+33.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559432.082,413207
Medium and Large 1-2545412.502,2487thin
One grade step is worth $19.58/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale214 hd
431.44
—
NE average9 barns · 2,033 hd
431.94
−0.50
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
+33.58
This barn, trailing median21 sales
425.15
+6.29
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

21 sales
484433383332median 425.1503/0404/2207/0109/0910/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.00, low $346.15, median $425.15 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317591.00/cwt591.00–591.001,8737
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379574.00/cwt574.00–574.002,1759
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,2445
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,3635
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487546.00/cwt546.00–546.002,6598
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516464.12/cwt455.00–475.002,39515
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526503.61/cwt490.00–519.002,64960
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581473.51/cwt464.00–491.002,751108
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1609449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,7346
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned624452.32/cwt446.00–468.002,82272
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned633419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,65221
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,7437
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned654394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,57731
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned676425.98/cwt422.00–427.002,88076
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned712368.04/cwt361.00–376.002,62021
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718407.38/cwt405.50–409.002,92515
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790376.66/cwt374.00–382.002,97618
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1882369.28/cwt367.00–372.753,257165
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1934348.00/cwt348.00–348.003,25081
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,003338.00/cwt338.00–338.003,39017
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423474.40/cwt465.00–483.002,00741
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,0977
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484483.17/cwt472.00–493.002,33922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521452.99/cwt430.00–470.002,36073
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,2487
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579420.69/cwt402.00–430.002,436134
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned616411.22/cwt390.00–420.002,53337
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631429.78/cwt402.00–432.002,712157
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,74917
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned667368.20/cwt366.00–371.002,45621
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed705397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,802106
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736373.50/cwt373.50–373.502,74914
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned738329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,4285
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1786374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,94065
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned789355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,8016
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1827345.72/cwt337.50–356.002,85942
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1866330.25/cwt330.25–330.252,86019
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy939309.50/cwt309.50–309.502,90638
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426522.00/cwt522.00–522.002,2248

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.