Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-12-03

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Dec 3
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,380 head
▼ 1,241 vs last sale 3,621▼ 1,601 vs year ago 3,981 · −40.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 25.00 higher and steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 12.00 higher, Heifers under 600 lbs sold 20.00 to 40.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd. Most all the consignments had received fall vaccinations and around 700 head had been weaned a minimum 45 days. Around 600 head of old crop yearlings and preg checked open heifers also sold in the mix.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $441.85/cwt on 308 head. That ranks 4 of 20 comparable sales and sits −28.86 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$441.85
308 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,428
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$264
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$53.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.75
vs NE average
+12.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549446.022,448284
Medium and Large 1-2557392.502,18424
One grade step is worth $53.52/cwt here — about $264 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 sale308 hd
441.85
—
NE average6 barns · 2,822 hd
459.60
−17.75
National average190 barns · 23,426 hd
429.15
+12.70
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−28.86
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

48 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1343596.00/cwt596.00–596.002,04411
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,9537
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2397504.00/cwt504.00–504.002,0015
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425516.99/cwt504.00–532.002,19785
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,19211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490490.88/cwt490.00–491.002,40567
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526469.78/cwt452.00–482.002,471131
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy532438.35/cwt428.00–444.002,33228
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,13418
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576423.98/cwt412.00–441.002,442119
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy593400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3726
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed597391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,3346
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned607418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,53747
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy622388.67/cwt382.00–393.002,41827
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624407.08/cwt399.00–409.002,54054
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned634380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4096
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned663391.94/cwt386.00–398.002,59957
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674387.85/cwt378.00–402.502,61494
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4377
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned718331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,3776
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723371.32/cwt362.00–377.002,68543
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned725372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,69712
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy771339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,61410
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777355.50/cwt355.50–355.502,76225
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1811347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,81412
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy882320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,82220
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy933320.79/cwt319.70–328.002,993177
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy986304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,99717
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1348502.00/cwt502.00–502.001,7475
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,72810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424473.95/cwt457.00–482.002,01069
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436444.00/cwt444.00–444.001,93613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465458.13/cwt453.00–465.002,13039
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478409.49/cwt396.00–420.001,95727
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524417.01/cwt396.00–425.002,185124
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,8976
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579379.73/cwt369.00–390.002,199100
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned617379.34/cwt375.00–382.002,34148
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642371.96/cwt359.00–379.002,38887
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664348.56/cwt343.00–353.002,31472
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned731317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,3215
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734331.29/cwt321.00–337.502,43296
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1786319.73/cwt316.00–334.502,51357
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1809330.69/cwt317.00–334.002,675104
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1896304.37/cwt295.00–305.002,727108
Heifers900–950Large 1Fleshy945245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,31540
Heifers950–1000Large 1981254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,4925
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,134239.61/cwt236.00–243.002,71739

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.