Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2026-02-04

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Feb 4
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
4,641 head
▼ 317 vs last sale 4,958▲ 859 vs year ago 3,782 · +22.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs and heifers over 500 lbs unevenly steady. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet from beginning to end of the auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $490.20/cwt on 258 head. That ranks 17 of 20 comparable sales and sits +19.50 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$490.20
258 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$276
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.71
vs NE average
+7.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565492.192,781233
Medium and Large 1-2531471.732,50525
One grade step is worth $20.46/cwt here — about $276 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 sale258 hd
490.20
—
NE average9 barns · 3,515 hd
496.91
−6.71
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
+7.17
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
+19.50
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

50 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned363670.00/cwt670.00–670.002,4327
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386616.16/cwt613.00–620.002,3789
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425586.00/cwt586.00–586.002,49115
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned471545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,5676
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471477.68/cwt455.00–505.002,25013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474540.71/cwt528.00–562.002,56325
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531471.73/cwt467.50–474.002,50525
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534512.11/cwt506.00–529.002,73563
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned564474.00/cwt474.00–474.002,6735
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577485.13/cwt459.00–504.002,799165
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617456.50/cwt436.00–471.502,817198
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643418.92/cwt398.00–422.002,69463
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,4946
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674421.96/cwt405.00–439.002,844300
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723408.28/cwt395.00–421.502,952433
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724378.99/cwt372.00–382.002,74430
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2757339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,5666
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774385.82/cwt376.00–397.002,986294
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2806348.47/cwt343.00–351.002,80922
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834369.76/cwt357.00–381.003,084222
Steers850–900Large 1853335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,8586
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873355.49/cwt343.50–361.003,103395
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1933343.55/cwt332.25–347.503,205176
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed959353.25/cwt353.25–353.253,388125
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1969331.09/cwt322.00–332.003,208100
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366551.00/cwt551.00–551.002,0175
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned393557.50/cwt557.50–557.502,1918
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447509.26/cwt495.00–516.002,27620
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2447457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,0458
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460494.92/cwt490.00–498.002,27713
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483455.38/cwt452.00–457.002,19921
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1427
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529452.44/cwt440.00–462.002,39358
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned555400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2207
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578434.10/cwt419.00–450.002,509255
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590415.85/cwt402.00–420.002,45430
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639374.86/cwt373.00–377.002,39513
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640404.58/cwt397.00–416.002,589161
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665398.21/cwt382.00–404.502,648152
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672365.98/cwt365.00–367.502,45957
Heifers650–700Large 1683370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5277
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement698399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,78552
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719343.67/cwt337.00–348.002,47113
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726368.43/cwt358.50–379.002,675273
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement730389.32/cwt386.00–397.002,842136
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774346.44/cwt340.00–353.502,681115
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement788366.18/cwt358.00–382.002,885109
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1824335.14/cwt325.00–342.002,762151
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy868311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,6999
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1912307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,80017

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.