Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. 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 $465.96/cwt on 85 head, down $8.16 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −17.30 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$465.96

▼ 8.16 vs prior sale

85 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$56.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.60

vs NE average

−12.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	486.61	2,648	54
Medium and Large 1-2	579	429.98	2,492	31

One grade step is worth $56.63/cwt here — about $157 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 sale85 hd

465.96

—

NE average2 barns · 124 hd

460.36

+5.60

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

−12.13

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−17.30

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

46 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	650–700	657	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,851	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,405	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,492	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	672	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,802	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,521	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,329	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,474	13
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,120	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	3,069	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,162	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,868	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	852	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,667	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	715	343.16/cwt	338.00–350.00	2,454	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	825	322.90/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,664	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	959	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,781	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	550	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,206	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	764	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,506	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	403	562.00/cwt	562.00–562.00	2,265	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,668	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	355.84/cwt	355.00–358.00	3,139	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	440.03/cwt	436.00–445.00	2,561	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	332.12/cwt	327.75–339.00	3,202	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,517	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	404.23/cwt	401.00–413.00	2,906	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	371.67/cwt	359.00–378.00	3,051	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	383.04/cwt	376.00–390.00	2,934	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	3,163	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	849	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,810	16
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,129	296.29/cwt	296.00–297.00	3,345	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,288	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	2,656	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	896	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,849	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,173	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	511.55/cwt	508.00–521.00	2,614	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	365.61/cwt	360.00–381.00	2,632	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,085	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,277	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,040	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	945	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,071	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	576	416.07/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,397	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,765	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	311.03/cwt	310.00–313.00	2,861	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	489	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,156	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	526	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,041	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,412	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,010	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	605	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,214	17

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 25, 2026

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

Receipts 2,197Last week 4,154Year ago 4,058

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	550.00	550.00
7	450–500	461	546.00	546.00
31	500–550	511	508.00–521.00	511.55
23	550–600	589	453.00	453.00
35	650–700	657	434.00	434.00
50	700–750	719	401.00–413.00	404.23
169	750–800	766	376.00–390.00	383.04
209	800–850	821	359.00–378.00	371.67
139	850–900	882	355.00–358.00	355.84
9	900–950	901	351.00	351.00
137	950–1000	964	327.75–339.00	332.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	672	417.00	417.00
73	900–950	945	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	582	436.00–445.00	440.03
13	650–700	653	386.00	386.00
16	800–850	849	331.00	331.00
5	850–900	896	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	403	562.00	562.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	1100–1150	1,129	296.00–297.00	296.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	576	410.00–420.00	416.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	425	480.00	480.00
5	450–500	466	464.00	464.00
5	500–550	521	437.00	437.00
9	550–600	552	422.00	422.00
6	600–650	623	386.00	386.00
13	650–700	689	359.00	359.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	402	500.00	500.00
36	550–600	581	429.00	429.00
12	650–700	650	371.00	371.00
52	700–750	720	360.00–381.00	365.61
31	750–800	760	349.50	349.50
59	800–850	806	343.00	343.00
103	900–950	920	310.00–313.00	311.03
56	950–1000	956	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	1100–1150	1,120	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	700–750	715	338.00–350.00	343.16
108	800–850	825	320.00–328.00	322.90
67	850–900	852	313.00	313.00
126	950–1000	959	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	489	441.00	441.00
9	500–550	526	388.00	388.00
5	550–600	550	401.00	401.00
17	600–650	605	366.00	366.00
7	750–800	764	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	412	506.00	506.00
11	500–550	505	453.00	453.00

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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