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Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 14

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

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Receipts

5,010 head

▲ 539 vs last sale 4,471▼ 226 vs year ago 5,236 · −4.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers 600-800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and steers and heifers over 800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $476.18/cwt on 312 head. That ranks 12 of 20 comparable sales and sits +5.48 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.

Average price

$476.18

312 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$46.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.18

vs NE average

+4.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	485.31	2,766	251
Medium and Large 1-2	554	438.64	2,428	61

One grade step is worth $46.66/cwt here — about $338 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale312 hd

476.18

—

NE average11 barns · 3,919 hd

497.37

−21.18

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+4.20

This barn, trailing median20 sales

470.70

+5.48

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

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

59 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	2,358	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	442	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,077	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	474	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	2,455	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	544.66/cwt	530.00–553.00	2,614	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,240	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	506	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,449	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	515.91/cwt	515.00–519.00	2,734	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	552	531.00/cwt	531.00–531.00	2,931	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	573	451.94/cwt	440.00–467.00	2,590	74
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	444.38/cwt	443.00–451.00	2,591	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	432.98/cwt	431.00–437.00	2,537	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	588	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,987	80
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	427.39/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,599	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	411.17/cwt	401.00–415.00	2,529	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	450.92/cwt	439.00–464.00	2,800	130
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	626	429.79/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,690	90
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	421.17/cwt	408.00–439.00	2,834	210
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	689	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,735	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	390.68/cwt	381.50–398.50	2,852	501
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,745	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	385.69/cwt	373.00–393.25	2,947	450
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	790	365.68/cwt	365.00–373.00	2,889	82
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	363.77/cwt	357.00–378.00	3,012	550
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	839	351.68/cwt	350.50–353.00	2,951	53
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	354.16/cwt	343.00–361.00	3,085	369
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	872	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,930	31
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	325.42/cwt	323.00–328.00	2,877	22
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,159	26
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	335	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,692	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,964	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	432	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,134	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	468	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,106	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	474	465.21/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,205	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	441.87/cwt	435.00–446.00	2,161	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	493	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,071	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	465.79/cwt	464.00–467.00	2,338	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,140	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,236	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	544	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,415	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	397.53/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,290	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	426.27/cwt	414.00–436.00	2,468	177
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	584	409.47/cwt	405.00–412.00	2,391	85
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	412.01/cwt	396.00–419.00	2,505	103
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,574	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	643	379.32/cwt	375.00–387.00	2,439	77
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	663	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,466	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	684	364.79/cwt	356.00–367.00	2,495	105
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	382.51/cwt	375.00–388.00	2,620	206
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	687	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,762	80
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	367.65/cwt	358.00–375.50	2,618	297
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	724	351.95/cwt	339.00–357.00	2,548	120
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	352.37/cwt	342.00–356.00	2,696	110
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	777	333.38/cwt	332.00–334.00	2,590	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	337.70/cwt	328.00–343.00	2,742	67
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	820	321.26/cwt	319.00–324.50	2,634	35
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	858	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,488	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,805	61
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	948	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,891	7
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,083	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	3,114	10

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Huss Livestock Market - Kearney, NE

Wed Jan 14, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 5,010Last week 4,471Year ago 5,236

Compared to last week steers and heifers 600-800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and steers and heifers over 800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	547.00	547.00
32	450–500	480	530.00–553.00	544.66
21	500–550	530	515.00–519.00	515.91
130	600–650	621	439.00–464.00	450.92
210	650–700	673	408.00–439.00	421.17
501	700–750	730	381.50–398.50	390.68
450	750–800	764	373.00–393.25	385.69
550	800–850	828	357.00–378.00	363.77
369	850–900	871	343.00–361.00	354.16
26	950–1000	972	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	474	518.00	518.00
11	500–550	506	484.00	484.00
74	550–600	573	440.00–467.00	451.94
90	600–650	626	425.00–435.00	429.79
11	650–700	689	397.00	397.00
82	750–800	790	365.00–373.00	365.68
53	800–850	839	350.50–353.00	351.68
31	850–900	872	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	550–600	586	431.00–437.00	432.98
18	600–650	615	401.00–415.00	411.17
27	700–750	740	371.00	371.00
22	850–900	884	323.00–328.00	325.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	550–600	583	443.00–451.00	444.38
29	600–650	608	425.00–430.00	427.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	550–600	588	508.00	508.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	442	470.00	470.00
23	500–550	500	448.00	448.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	552	531.00	531.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	505.00	505.00
7	450–500	468	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	432	494.00	494.00
19	450–500	474	460.00–470.00	465.21
25	500–550	544	444.00	444.00
85	550–600	584	405.00–412.00	409.47
77	600–650	643	375.00–387.00	379.32
105	650–700	684	356.00–367.00	364.79
120	700–750	724	339.00–357.00	351.95
23	750–800	777	332.00–334.00	333.38
35	800–850	820	319.00–324.50	321.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	650–700	687	402.00	402.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	502	464.00–467.00	465.79
177	550–600	579	414.00–436.00	426.27
103	600–650	608	396.00–419.00	412.01
206	650–700	685	375.00–388.00	382.51
297	700–750	712	358.00–375.50	367.65
110	750–800	765	342.00–356.00	352.37
67	800–850	812	328.00–343.00	337.70
61	850–900	878	319.50	319.50
7	900–950	948	305.00	305.00
10	1050–1100	1,083	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	416	472.00	472.00
29	450–500	489	435.00–446.00	441.87
11	500–550	506	423.00	423.00
22	550–600	576	395.00–400.00	397.53
13	850–900	858	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	493	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	520	430.00	430.00
10	600–650	610	422.00	422.00
9	650–700	663	372.00	372.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.