Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-12-29

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Mon, Dec 29
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
3,353 head
▼ 1,839 vs last sale 5,192▼ 715 vs year ago 4,068 · −17.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported auction steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet bidding and buying noticed. The bulk of the run was long time weaned and vaccinated calves with the balance on bawling calves the majority of which had received their fall vaccinations.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $470.05/cwt on 243 head. That ranks 11 of 20 comparable sales and sits −0.65 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$470.05
243 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$247
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$48.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs NE average
+17.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562474.822,670219
Medium and Large 1-2568426.542,42324
One grade step is worth $48.28/cwt here — about $247 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale243 hd
470.05
—
NE average1 barns · 243 hd
470.05
+0.00
National average24 barns · 3,960 hd
452.16
+17.89
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
−0.65
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

64 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned405521.00/cwt521.00–521.002,1106
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy468502.14/cwt498.00–505.002,35013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1492517.53/cwt515.00–526.002,54625
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned497487.00/cwt487.00–487.002,42012
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516499.00/cwt499.00–499.002,57519
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536491.77/cwt481.00–495.002,63621
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy550440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,4206
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561470.09/cwt450.00–478.002,63755
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed562491.00/cwt491.00–491.002,75947
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568426.54/cwt426.00–427.002,42324
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned582462.75/cwt451.00–470.002,69354
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1NHTC593448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,65717
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617435.15/cwt425.00–446.002,685110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned618415.51/cwt401.50–426.002,56826
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,36615
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy624416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,59622
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1NHTC655421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,75825
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669415.54/cwt399.00–425.002,78081
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy677388.03/cwt385.00–394.002,62756
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,4698
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned687388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,66628
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned715371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,6536
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720386.66/cwt377.00–399.002,784144
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,6108
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy726331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,4038
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy736374.27/cwt369.00–375.002,755166
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765378.01/cwt370.00–384.502,892293
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,7727
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned812330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6809
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1821363.48/cwt358.50–369.252,984333
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865344.33/cwt341.00–346.502,97867
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy890331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,94611
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy917324.64/cwt324.00–327.002,97724
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1929338.16/cwt332.00–340.003,142154
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1986320.50/cwt320.50–320.503,16032
Steers1050–1100Large 1Fleshy1,060282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,9896
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned377505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,9046
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned427445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,90010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1NHTC492490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,41111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned495459.00/cwt459.00–459.002,27219
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy521421.51/cwt421.00–422.002,19612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522402.06/cwt397.00–410.002,09915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,37222
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned531421.59/cwt420.00–422.002,23947
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned567399.51/cwt396.00–405.002,26556
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1NHTC575435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,50113
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582413.10/cwt406.00–424.002,40448
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy586398.98/cwt394.00–402.002,33824
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618382.26/cwt375.00–392.002,36276
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy633367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,32324
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662378.43/cwt366.00–383.002,50592
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement671385.31/cwt383.00–388.002,585112
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned679348.52/cwt348.00–349.002,36631
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729354.39/cwt348.00–361.002,584180
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy735339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,4927
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement737363.74/cwt362.00–364.502,681100
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy757329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,49157
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783342.36/cwt339.00–344.002,68184
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement784360.00/cwt358.50–360.502,82262
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement801346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,77145
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Unweaned809317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,5659
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy831320.24/cwt318.00–324.002,66132
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1876324.34/cwt318.50–327.502,84125
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1901310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,79329

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.