Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2026-02-11

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Feb 11
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
3,736 head
▼ 905 vs last sale 4,641▲ 1,939 vs year ago 1,797 · +107.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 20.00 higher and steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 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 $519.86/cwt on 222 head. That ranks 21 of 20 comparable sales and sits +49.16 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$519.86
222 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,844
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$283
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$52.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.96
vs NE average
+41.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547523.182,861208
Medium and Large 1-2548470.502,57814thin
One grade step is worth $52.68/cwt here — about $283 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 sale222 hd
519.86
—
NE average6 barns · 2,082 hd
512.90
+6.96
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
+41.47
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
+49.16
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

49 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 1-2Unweaned362584.00/cwt584.00–584.002,1149
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1396608.00/cwt608.00–608.002,40814
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2402531.00/cwt531.00–531.002,1355
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned453517.00/cwt517.00–517.002,34216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461519.50/cwt519.00–520.002,39510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469566.00/cwt566.00–566.002,65532
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,5277
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542528.42/cwt511.00–532.502,864183
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575456.00/cwt456.00–456.002,6227
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583484.86/cwt481.00–487.002,82725
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned609450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,74112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626465.14/cwt459.00–480.002,912229
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629435.96/cwt420.00–442.002,74273
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675437.03/cwt430.00–447.502,950204
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683418.19/cwt415.00–421.002,85628
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732409.43/cwt402.00–413.002,997145
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735394.39/cwt388.00–398.002,899153
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762397.25/cwt389.00–399.503,027178
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766377.17/cwt373.00–379.002,88927
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820373.71/cwt366.00–384.503,064300
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2841360.87/cwt357.00–362.003,03583
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869364.23/cwt362.00–365.253,165272
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2884348.68/cwt347.00–349.003,08238
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930347.16/cwt340.00–355.003,229119
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1959333.86/cwt329.00–336.003,20269
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned356525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,8699
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1402547.50/cwt547.50–547.502,2015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned467490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,2887
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479479.63/cwt468.00–486.002,29716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519476.73/cwt454.00–493.002,47461
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,3665
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned558434.48/cwt426.00–443.002,42410
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566446.73/cwt439.00–464.002,52848
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588419.82/cwt405.00–432.002,46940
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615421.39/cwt411.00–430.002,592141
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628399.68/cwt397.00–405.002,51056
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663379.00/cwt376.00–384.002,51326
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675394.52/cwt388.50–403.502,663294
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned692372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,5747
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725370.14/cwt362.00–378.002,68498
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728351.95/cwt351.00–354.002,56232
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement735406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,98460
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1763355.25/cwt351.00–364.002,711272
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned785339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,66110
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement833349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,90723
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,85610
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1879320.05/cwt318.00–328.002,81352
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1906307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,78682
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1958295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,8267

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.