Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2026-01-28

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 28
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
4,958 head
▲ 911 vs last sale 4,047▼ 468 vs year ago 5,426 · −8.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $483.26/cwt on 288 head. That ranks 16 of 20 comparable sales and sits +12.56 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$483.26
288 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,653
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$161
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.65
vs NE average
−0.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2518487.102,52458
Medium and Large 1557482.292,685230
One grade step is worth $4.80/cwt here — about −$161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale288 hd
483.26
—
NE average9 barns · 2,338 hd
502.90
−19.65
National average63 barns · 7,974 hd
484.10
−0.84
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
+12.56
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

55 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387531.00/cwt530.00–532.502,05515
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417576.00/cwt576.00–576.002,4026
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472512.00/cwt512.00–512.002,4177
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472478.45/cwt471.00–485.002,25824
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy493519.00/cwt519.00–519.002,55915
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500502.00/cwt502.00–502.002,51015
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503518.01/cwt514.00–526.002,60628
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned520467.00/cwt467.00–467.002,42810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526486.41/cwt472.00–492.002,55933
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy545492.00/cwt492.00–492.002,68113
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed554520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,88124
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564483.03/cwt470.00–490.002,72478
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy570458.28/cwt454.00–467.002,61287
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600478.00/cwt478.00–478.002,86850
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2601415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,4948
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627440.60/cwt429.00–460.502,763141
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665427.34/cwt405.50–439.752,842348
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy682394.17/cwt393.00–397.502,688118
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy705356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,5107
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726395.04/cwt384.00–397.502,868377
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,6705
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769384.99/cwt365.00–397.002,961532
Steers800–850Large 1-2811300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,43317
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820369.90/cwt367.00–371.003,033225
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865357.10/cwt343.00–363.503,089590
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy882332.13/cwt330.00–336.002,92928
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2892305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,7219
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy923334.50/cwt334.50–334.503,0878
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1973335.72/cwt323.00–339.503,267188
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,022307.00/cwt307.00–307.003,13843
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2392513.27/cwt511.00–517.502,01214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439497.00/cwt497.00–497.002,18212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned458480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,1984
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470469.73/cwt467.00–472.002,20849
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,06310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy478457.06/cwt455.00–460.002,18512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2504424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,13712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521447.37/cwt439.00–456.002,33156
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536451.00/cwt451.00–451.002,41713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy537431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,31417
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed558453.00/cwt453.00–453.002,52824
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585430.25/cwt413.00–441.002,517254
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy590405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,3905
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614419.69/cwt397.00–427.002,577190
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,33011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy632385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4336
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678386.92/cwt377.50–400.002,623259
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy681358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,43819
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710373.56/cwt358.50–381.002,652411
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775353.01/cwt341.00–362.002,736194
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy781327.26/cwt325.00–329.002,55614
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813332.27/cwt330.50–334.502,70195
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy925295.50/cwt295.50–295.502,73339
Heifers950–1000Large 1-2Fleshy969264.64/cwt264.00–265.002,56419
Heifers1000–1050Large 1Fleshy1,026264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,70912

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.