Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2026-03-04

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 4
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
3,835 head
▼ 268 vs last sale 4,103▼ 167 vs year ago 4,002 · −4.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 750 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 15.00 lower. Heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower except 600-750 lbs heifers selling steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to 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 $488.68/cwt on 173 head. That ranks 16 of 20 comparable sales and sits +17.98 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$488.68
173 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,758
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−23.09
vs NE average
+13.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564488.682,758173
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale173 hd
488.68
—
NE average7 barns · 1,548 hd
511.76
−23.09
National average177 barns · 11,580 hd
475.56
+13.12
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
+17.98
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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371608.73/cwt605.00–625.002,25827
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420585.01/cwt575.00–605.002,45725
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,4099
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480539.58/cwt531.00–555.002,59085
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned495505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,5006
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526520.47/cwt518.00–534.002,73848
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579476.47/cwt465.00–495.002,759125
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,67320
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617463.23/cwt449.00–480.002,858169
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,6635
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy638436.33/cwt434.00–441.002,78444
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668441.42/cwt426.00–453.502,949145
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy683418.18/cwt416.00–420.002,85662
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned692408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,8238
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,80713
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719410.94/cwt392.00–422.252,955429
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy740386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,85611
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned761376.50/cwt376.50–376.502,86511
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773386.34/cwt380.50–390.252,98681
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy782371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,901117
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823372.59/cwt364.00–378.503,066236
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy832354.66/cwt354.50–356.002,951102
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1853351.74/cwt350.00–353.003,00019
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy879337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,96216
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1922336.05/cwt330.75–341.253,098167
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1953326.25/cwt326.25–326.253,10927
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed315602.50/cwt602.50–602.501,8988
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333578.86/cwt567.00–591.001,92814
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9308
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1407543.33/cwt523.00–548.002,21154
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned458488.00/cwt488.00–488.002,2358
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464496.56/cwt492.00–511.002,30457
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,30316
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520469.96/cwt466.00–475.002,44439
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned538457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,46115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579453.64/cwt440.00–460.002,627134
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy581420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,44013
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement606455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,75728
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618429.17/cwt411.00–438.002,652241
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned652386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,5175
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673408.66/cwt390.00–423.502,750269
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686366.48/cwt365.00–368.002,51420
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715382.19/cwt362.50–387.002,733172
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement7433,080.53/head2,950.00–3,100.003,08174
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772355.36/cwt343.00–365.502,743203
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement7772,925.00/head2,925.00–2,925.002,92527
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement8293,035.00/head3,035.00–3,035.003,03513
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835337.36/cwt336.00–344.002,817131
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1861329.50/cwt329.50–329.502,83716
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned435572.00/cwt572.00–572.002,4887

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.