Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 700 lbs and heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 15.00 lower with steers over 700 lbs selling unevenly steady. Replacement heifers selling by the head sold steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $474.12/cwt on 220 head, down $14.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 23 comparable sales and sits −9.14 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$474.12

▼ 14.56 vs prior sale

220 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$34.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.15

vs NE average

+2.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	487.56	2,782	135
Medium and Large 1-2	562	452.76	2,546	85

One grade step is worth $34.80/cwt here — about $235 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.86, low $448.60, median $483.26 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale220 hd

474.12

—

NE average7 barns · 1,716 hd

502.27

−28.15

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+2.00

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−9.14

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	396.50/cwt	390.00–401.00	2,708	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	396.22/cwt	394.00–397.75	3,007	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	366.53/cwt	357.00–374.00	3,009	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	420.02/cwt	405.00–431.00	2,638	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	445.78/cwt	437.00–455.00	2,773	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	350.56/cwt	347.00–358.50	3,071	409
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,785	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	682	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,462	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	530	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,327	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	418.81/cwt	409.00–426.00	2,840	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	475.55/cwt	466.00–482.50	2,830	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	385.57/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,807	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	402.12/cwt	395.00–429.00	2,903	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	2,128	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	434	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,370	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	480.19/cwt	476.00–483.00	2,603	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	526.92/cwt	526.00–529.00	2,534	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	325.01/cwt	319.50–329.00	3,149	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	341.62/cwt	328.00–345.50	3,136	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,437	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	443.37/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,399	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	468.45/cwt	459.00–471.00	2,398	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	502.71/cwt	502.50–503.00	2,328	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	548.98/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,976	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	687	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,490	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,706	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	654	384.97/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,518	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	997	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,101	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,219	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,904	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	339.79/cwt	335.00–341.25	2,834	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	322.40/cwt	320.00–324.75	3,259	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	554	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,396	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	310.02/cwt	309.50–310.25	2,908	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	443.04/cwt	430.00–448.00	2,547	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,460	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	797	3,135.00/head	3,135.00–3,135.00	3,135	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	724	2,938.24/head	2,885.00–3,050.00	2,938	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	412.69/cwt	396.00–431.00	2,517	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	355.04/cwt	345.00–365.50	2,563	101
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,066	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	3,177	12
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,107	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	3,349	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	363.46/cwt	353.00–373.50	2,490	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	318.69/cwt	312.00–321.00	2,789	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	328.96/cwt	318.50–334.50	2,684	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	806	3,103.41/head	2,875.00–3,135.00	3,103	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	438.61/cwt	436.00–446.00	2,474	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	694	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,574	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	346.26/cwt	335.00–349.50	2,670	211

How this sale compares

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 Mar 18, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	510.00	510.00
14	450–500	491	501.00	501.00
23	500–550	542	476.00–483.00	480.19
55	550–600	575	430.00–448.00	443.04
31	600–650	628	405.00–431.00	420.02
17	650–700	683	390.00–401.00	396.50
70	700–750	728	380.00–390.00	385.57
87	750–800	780	357.00	357.00
25	800–850	834	335.00–341.25	339.79
7	850–900	867	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	481	526.00–529.00	526.92
57	500–550	537	504.00	504.00
78	550–600	595	466.00–482.50	475.55
91	600–650	622	437.00–455.00	445.78
78	650–700	678	409.00–426.00	418.81
162	700–750	722	395.00–429.00	402.12
94	750–800	759	394.00–397.75	396.22
216	800–850	821	357.00–374.00	366.53
409	850–900	876	347.00–358.50	350.56
237	900–950	918	328.00–345.50	341.62
180	950–1000	969	319.50–329.00	325.01
112	1000–1050	1,011	320.00–324.75	322.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	530	439.00	439.00
6	650–700	682	361.00	361.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	375	567.50	567.50
6	400–450	434	546.00	546.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	950–1000	997	311.00	311.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1050–1100	1,066	298.00	298.00
45	1100–1150	1,107	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	541	440.00–445.00	443.37
5	550–600	593	411.00	411.00
18	800–850	825	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	360	540.00–560.00	548.98
31	450–500	463	502.50–503.00	502.71
84	500–550	512	459.00–471.00	468.45
87	550–600	564	436.00–446.00	438.61
180	600–650	610	396.00–431.00	412.69
183	650–700	685	353.00–373.50	363.46
101	700–750	722	345.00–365.50	355.04
211	750–800	771	335.00–349.50	346.26
208	800–850	816	318.50–334.50	328.96
169	850–900	875	312.00–321.00	318.69
84	900–950	938	309.50–310.25	310.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	554	432.50	432.50
15	650–700	654	380.00–387.50	384.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
30	650–700	694	2,750.00	2,750.00
123	700–750	724	2,885.00–3,050.00	2,938.24
65	750–800	797	3,135.00	3,135.00
68	800–850	806	2,875.00–3,135.00	3,103.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	687	362.50	362.50

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.

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