Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2026-04-01

Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Apr 1

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 8 →

Receipts

1,966 head

▼ 231 vs last sale 2,197▼ 1,200 vs year ago 3,166 · −37.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 650 lbs and heifers over 700 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

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 $477.41/cwt on 59 head, up $11.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 20 comparable sales and sits +6.71 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.

Average price

$477.41

▲ 11.46 vs prior sale

59 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−18.50

vs NE average

−5.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	477.41	2,699	59

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 sale59 hd

477.41

—

NE average7 barns · 1,099 hd

495.91

−18.50

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−5.77

This barn, trailing median20 sales

470.70

+6.71

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

34 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,204	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	544.94/cwt	540.00–547.50	2,387	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,672	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	465.44/cwt	464.00–469.00	2,704	42
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	448.24/cwt	441.00–462.00	2,828	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	432.76/cwt	423.50–442.00	2,895	43
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	405.56/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,932	60
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,786	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	386.18/cwt	378.00–397.00	3,035	78
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	364.41/cwt	355.00–369.50	3,057	43
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	357.64/cwt	351.50–366.50	3,133	272
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	889	336.70/cwt	336.00–339.00	2,993	21
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	338.87/cwt	338.75–339.00	3,206	110
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	991	324.25/cwt	320.00–330.50	3,213	74
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	992	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,105	19
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,035	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,260	9
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,055	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,271	42
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	486.26/cwt	476.00–496.00	2,067	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,199	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,018	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	441.71/cwt	437.00–453.00	2,288	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,410	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,310	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	407.58/cwt	405.00–411.00	2,515	63
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,271	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	380.01/cwt	379.00–385.00	2,569	48
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	688	363.35/cwt	362.00–364.00	2,500	29
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	359.77/cwt	356.00–367.00	2,594	64
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	783	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,607	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	333.45/cwt	330.50–339.00	2,741	186
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	324.01/cwt	313.00–328.50	2,812	112
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	315.02/cwt	306.50–318.25	2,908	179
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	949	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,776	27

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 Apr 1, 2026

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

Receipts 1,966Last week 2,197Year ago 3,166

Compared to last week steers over 650 lbs and heifers over 700 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	438	540.00–547.50	544.94
17	500–550	527	507.00	507.00
42	550–600	581	464.00–469.00	465.44
41	600–650	631	441.00–462.00	448.24
43	650–700	669	423.50–442.00	432.76
60	700–750	723	390.00–420.00	405.56
78	750–800	786	378.00–397.00	386.18
43	800–850	839	355.00–369.50	364.41
272	850–900	876	351.50–366.50	357.64
110	900–950	946	338.75–339.00	338.87
74	950–1000	991	320.00–330.50	324.25
9	1000–1050	1,035	315.00	315.00
42	1050–1100	1,055	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	850–900	889	336.00–339.00	336.70
19	950–1000	992	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	433	509.00	509.00
14	750–800	774	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	477	423.00	423.00
5	550–600	597	387.00	387.00
17	600–650	629	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	400–450	425	476.00–496.00	486.26
32	450–500	475	463.00	463.00
23	500–550	518	437.00–453.00	441.71
15	550–600	585	412.00	412.00
63	600–650	617	405.00–411.00	407.58
48	650–700	676	379.00–385.00	380.01
64	700–750	721	356.00–367.00	359.77
186	800–850	822	330.50–339.00	333.45
112	850–900	868	313.00–328.50	324.01
6	850–900	859	2,900.00	2,900.00
179	900–950	923	306.50–318.25	315.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	688	362.00–364.00	363.35
22	750–800	783	333.00	333.00
27	900–950	949	292.50	292.50

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.