Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2026-04-22

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Apr 22
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,501 head
▲ 117 vs last sale 2,384▼ 188 vs year ago 2,689 · −7.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 0▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower. 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 $478.68/cwt on 118 head, down $28.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 20 comparable sales and sits +7.98 against this barn's trailing median of $470.70.
Average price
$478.68
▼ 28.23 vs prior sale
118 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.17
vs NE average
−0.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554485.622,68888
Medium and Large 1-2552458.332,52930
One grade step is worth $27.29/cwt here — about $159 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale118 hd
478.68
—
NE average5 barns · 868 hd
494.86
−16.17
National average158 barns · 12,009 hd
479.03
−0.35
This barn, trailing median20 sales
470.70
+7.98
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.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,508$3,10010
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,427$3,0007
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,410$3,0009
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,413$2,8759
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,389$2,77917
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,462$4,2256

Every lot

51 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned397500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9856
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460541.37/cwt540.00–545.002,49031
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515464.61/cwt450.00–481.002,39320
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533470.92/cwt470.00–473.002,51019
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559496.01/cwt486.00–505.002,77357
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584436.59/cwt432.50–440.002,55011
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned595470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,79711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625463.03/cwt455.00–467.002,894131
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned628444.72/cwt439.00–450.002,79324
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664446.62/cwt444.00–450.002,96627
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy677422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,85714
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713413.41/cwt410.50–417.502,948135
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy738389.43/cwt384.00–393.002,87445
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760395.53/cwt390.00–396.003,00664
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787359.50/cwt359.50–359.502,82914
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy789378.11/cwt373.00–384.002,983117
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy839355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,97817
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1867358.32/cwt349.00–362.503,107150
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy876335.50/cwt335.50–335.502,93926
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913354.50/cwt354.50–354.503,237129
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy937331.50/cwt330.00–334.503,10673
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy996312.00/cwt312.00–312.003,10843
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,069306.82/cwt305.50–307.503,28082
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436482.00/cwt482.00–482.002,1028
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483472.00/cwt472.00–472.002,2808
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,09011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy519429.17/cwt427.00–431.002,22717
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525461.07/cwt444.00–469.002,42163
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,2448
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned561390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,18810
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576429.19/cwt412.00–437.002,47262
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628406.53/cwt401.00–413.002,55385
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671387.68/cwt383.00–391.002,601134
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy680370.32/cwt364.00–373.002,51826
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2699348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,4338
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy744352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,61912
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770354.17/cwt346.75–360.002,727194
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2812311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,5258
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1824335.06/cwt327.00–341.002,761189
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1867320.19/cwt317.00–321.002,77672
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1914308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,81515
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1973300.97/cwt296.50–304.002,92870
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020299.75/cwt299.75–299.753,05725
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3422,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,75012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4103,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0009
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4132,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8759
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4273,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0007
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,4583,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,5032,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8505
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5573,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2005
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4624,225.00/head4,225.00–4,225.004,2256

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.