Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 20.00-30.00 higher and steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was 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 $506.92/cwt on 208 head, up $29.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 23 comparable sales and sits +23.66 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$506.92

▲ 29.50 vs prior sale

208 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$547

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

$89.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.20

vs NE average

+16.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	513.80	2,881	192
Medium and Large 1-2	550	424.38	2,335	16thin

One grade step is worth $89.42/cwt here — about $547 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 sale208 hd

506.92

—

NE average3 barns · 598 hd

498.72

+8.20

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+16.09

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

+23.66

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	735	356.84/cwt	355.50–361.00	2,623	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	895	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,846	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	923	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,631	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	772	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,486	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	352.52/cwt	348.00–354.50	2,753	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,001	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,093	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,991	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	484.00/cwt	481.00–485.00	2,822	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	355.34/cwt	353.00–360.00	3,106	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	343.50/cwt	342.00–344.00	3,335	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	452.20/cwt	451.00–459.00	2,917	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	3,348	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	416	553.00/cwt	553.00–553.00	2,300	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	472.78/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,284	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	584	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	2,996	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	985	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,260	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	420.08/cwt	408.00–427.50	2,999	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	587.00/cwt	587.00–587.00	2,460	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	621	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,583	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	489	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,450	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	612	476.42/cwt	476.00–476.50	2,916	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	688	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,632	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	531	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,283	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	535.68/cwt	527.00–538.00	2,753	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	355.22/cwt	354.00–357.50	2,955	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	555	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,592	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	478	445.90/cwt	441.00–450.00	2,131	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	457.96/cwt	450.00–463.00	2,455	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	3,000	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,694	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	433.53/cwt	427.00–435.50	2,640	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	660	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,805	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	402	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,231	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	537	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,148	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	337.79/cwt	336.00–340.00	2,554	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,554	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,526	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	369.24/cwt	362.00–376.00	3,102	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,992	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,373	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,361	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	430.25/cwt	430.00–431.00	2,237	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	346.32/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,833	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	526.00/cwt	526.00–526.00	2,546	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	551.83/cwt	546.00–565.00	2,698	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	348.30/cwt	347.50–354.00	3,225	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	471	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,884	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	579	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,432	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	494	444.44/cwt	444.00–445.00	2,196	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	750–800	769	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	3,053	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	397.99/cwt	396.00–400.00	2,933	76

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 8, 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	700–750	735	355.50–361.00	356.84
53	850–900	895	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	772	322.00	322.00
8	900–950	923	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	496	476.00	476.00
48	500–550	536	450.00–463.00	457.96
14	550–600	565	447.00	447.00
108	600–650	609	427.00–435.50	433.53
15	650–700	672	380.00	380.00
20	750–800	781	348.00–354.50	352.52
110	800–850	818	345.00–350.00	346.32
35	900–950	942	318.50	318.50
34	1000–1050	1,001	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	402	555.00	555.00
79	550–600	555	467.00	467.00
73	650–700	660	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	478	441.00–450.00	445.90
5	550–600	579	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	520	430.00–431.00	430.25
20	750–800	756	336.00–340.00	337.79
22	800–850	842	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	471	400.00	400.00
10	500–550	537	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	494	444.00–445.00	444.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	484	526.00	526.00
9	550–600	565	420.00	420.00
76	700–750	737	396.00–400.00	397.99
34	800–850	832	354.00–357.50	355.22
14	850–900	877	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	419	587.00	587.00
66	450–500	489	546.00–565.00	551.83
63	500–550	514	527.00–538.00	535.68
44	550–600	583	481.00–485.00	484.00
176	600–650	645	451.00–459.00	452.20
90	650–700	677	442.00	442.00
51	700–750	714	408.00–427.50	420.08
206	800–850	840	362.00–376.00	369.24
77	850–900	874	353.00–360.00	355.34
65	900–950	926	347.50–354.00	348.30
60	950–1000	971	342.00–344.00	343.50
44	1000–1050	1,024	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	416	553.00	553.00
9	750–800	769	397.00	397.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	483	460.00–480.00	472.78
10	600–650	621	416.00	416.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
85	550–600	584	513.00	513.00
106	600–650	612	476.00–476.50	476.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	950–1000	985	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	489	501.00	501.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	531	430.00	430.00
5	650–700	688	382.50	382.50

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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