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

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

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 8 of 23 comparable sales and sits −5.84 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

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

What quality paid 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.

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 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 median23 sales

483.26

−5.84

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

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.

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

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 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
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
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
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
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
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.

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