Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-07-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher and heifer over 500 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher except 750-850 lbs heifers selling 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $482.42/cwt on 45 head, down $24.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 23 comparable sales and sits −0.84 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$482.42

▼ 24.86 vs prior sale

45 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$15.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.45

vs NE average

+13.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	486.45	2,807	33
Medium and Large 1-2	580	471.34	2,734	12thin

One grade step is worth $15.11/cwt here — about $73 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale45 hd

482.42

—

NE average4 barns · 142 hd

488.87

−6.45

National average32 barns · 3,072 hd

468.91

+13.51

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−0.84

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

36 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	672	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,903	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	397.74/cwt	391.00–406.00	2,526	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,147	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,434	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,890	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	471.34/cwt	469.00–473.00	2,734	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,572	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	405.16/cwt	393.00–419.00	3,164	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	356	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,136	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	2,401	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	330.75/cwt	330.75–330.75	3,324	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	486.45/cwt	480.00–493.00	2,807	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	377.95/cwt	372.00–387.50	3,088	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	374.01/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,712	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	335.77/cwt	335.00–337.00	2,733	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	558.00/cwt	558.00–558.00	2,137	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,313	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	368.60/cwt	365.50–372.00	3,222	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	359.25/cwt	359.25–359.25	3,499	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	559.00/cwt	559.00–559.00	2,270	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,047	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,869	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	3,004	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	539.55/cwt	537.00–545.00	2,579	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	421.96/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,544	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	320.88/cwt	320.50–323.00	2,975	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	362.50/cwt	355.50–366.50	2,788	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	369.27/cwt	355.00–374.25	3,360	328
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	530.72/cwt	527.00–532.00	2,611	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,460	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	423.39/cwt	414.00–434.00	3,006	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	3,070	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	3,013	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	877	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,070	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	993	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	3,341	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	918	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,176	19

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 Jul 1, 2026

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

Receipts 1,910Last week 2,502Year ago 1,234

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	580	469.00–473.00	471.34
12	600–650	611	473.00	473.00
15	650–700	672	432.00	432.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	625.00	625.00
13	400–450	406	559.00	559.00
71	450–500	478	537.00–545.00	539.55
33	550–600	577	480.00–493.00	486.45
73	600–650	602	499.00	499.00
8	650–700	677	450.00	450.00
21	700–750	710	414.00–434.00	423.39
109	750–800	781	393.00–419.00	405.16
23	800–850	817	372.00–387.50	377.95
191	850–900	874	365.50–372.00	368.60
328	900–950	910	355.00–374.25	369.27
113	950–1000	974	359.25	359.25
49	1000–1050	1,005	330.75	330.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
94	850–900	877	350.00	350.00
19	900–950	918	346.00	346.00
34	950–1000	993	336.50	336.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	488.00	488.00
5	550–600	566	430.00	430.00
48	600–650	635	391.00–406.00	397.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	356	600.00	600.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	383	558.00	558.00
39	450–500	492	527.00–532.00	530.72
10	500–550	502	490.00	490.00
79	600–650	603	420.00–435.00	421.96
73	700–750	725	370.00–382.00	374.01
14	750–800	769	355.50–366.50	362.50
36	800–850	814	335.00–337.00	335.77
57	850–900	850	337.50	337.50
45	900–950	927	320.50–323.00	320.88
9	950–1000	970	316.50	316.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	582	442.00	442.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	348	690.00	690.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	800–850	812	371.00	371.00

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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