Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-10-29

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 29
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,897 head
▼ 398 vs last sale 2,295▼ 683 vs year ago 2,580 · −26.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 0▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 500-700 lbs sold 40.00 to 50.00 lower and heifer calves under 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 40.00 lower. Eight weight yearling steers sold steady to 15.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Buyers were more selective with what they were bidding on, fall vaccinations and uniformity was in higher demand or the bidding slowed and the discount got rather large.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $429.50/cwt on 231 head. That ranks 3 of 20 comparable sales and sits −41.20 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$429.50
231 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,330
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−38.99
vs NE average
−0.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542434.912,357194
Medium and Large 1-2545401.152,18637
One grade step is worth $33.76/cwt here — about $172 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 sale231 hd
429.50
—
NE average9 barns · 6,047 hd
468.50
−38.99
National average179 barns · 33,800 hd
429.72
−0.22
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−41.20
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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,361$3,0755
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,553$3,00313
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,443$4,8008
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,527$4,0507

Every lot

49 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365556.88/cwt554.00–560.002,03314
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7065
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431512.00/cwt512.00–512.002,2075
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442451.75/cwt450.00–454.001,99718
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470465.53/cwt450.00–475.002,18828
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1504462.49/cwt456.00–471.002,33184
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538407.19/cwt406.00–408.002,19125
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559388.57/cwt388.00–389.002,17212
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571413.85/cwt403.00–428.502,363110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned617384.13/cwt364.00–393.002,37074
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635380.92/cwt374.00–383.002,41953
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy662410.50/cwt410.50–410.502,71830
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned676364.44/cwt342.00–374.002,46476
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned678335.60/cwt330.00–340.002,27523
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680354.37/cwt354.00–355.002,41013
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned703332.94/cwt330.00–334.002,34119
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,4999
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,43323
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned780324.03/cwt321.00–326.002,52726
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1809351.77/cwt342.00–367.502,846116
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2834322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,69011
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1858349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,99411
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy914322.95/cwt318.00–325.002,95294
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000322.00/cwt322.00–322.003,2205
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379462.75/cwt455.00–478.001,75426
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,8557
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433448.64/cwt444.00–464.001,94332
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,11925
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524372.90/cwt367.00–380.001,95450
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538398.28/cwt391.00–420.002,143124
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579367.00/cwt357.00–390.002,125131
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592340.96/cwt333.00–352.002,01821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned628327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,05416
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy629406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,55429
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,05818
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned675340.18/cwt334.00–344.002,29613
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned688319.07/cwt317.00–321.002,19521
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned708326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,30813
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Spayed708325.50/cwt325.50–325.502,30512
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1764323.39/cwt319.00–326.002,47186
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Spayed781341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,66373
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy825309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,54947
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy855340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,90718
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1904318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,87520
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Spayed908302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,74711
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3613,075.00/head3,075.00–3,075.003,0755
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5533,003.47/head3,000.00–3,010.003,00313
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4434,800.00/head4,800.00–4,800.004,8008
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5274,050.00/head4,050.00–4,050.004,0507

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.