Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold sharply lower on the day. Some comparable weights 20.00 lower. Demand was mostly moderate. A lot of negative news in the cattle sector the last two weeks adding downward pressure to Wednesday market. The auctioneer chant a tick slower as they had to break the bids down to 1.00 and a lot of bids came in at .50 instead of the 2.50 to 5.00 bids a few weeks ago. Also, the feedlots traded live slaughter steers and heifers 7.00 to 8.00 lower at 218.00 and dressed sales sold 10.00 to 11.00 lower at mostly 345.00. With the feedlots trading in the red, most prospective buyers backed up their live auction bids. The video sale on Wednesday was good for today's market and is at the following link https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_2938.pdf

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $424.75/cwt on 10 head, down $42.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 22 comparable sales and sits −58.09 against this barn's trailing median of $482.84.

Average price

$424.75

▼ 42.54 vs prior sale

10 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,319

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−80.87

vs NE average

+53.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	424.75	2,319	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

22 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.86, low $419.84, median $482.84 across 22 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 sale10 hd

424.75

—

NE average2 barns · 440 hd

505.62

−80.87

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

+53.75

This barn, trailing median22 sales

482.84

−58.09

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

35 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	450–500	475	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,090	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	342.53/cwt	336.00–346.00	2,357	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,392	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,080	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	331.54/cwt	331.00–332.00	2,109	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	340.58/cwt	340.00–341.00	2,915	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,797	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,669	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	343.39/cwt	332.00–358.00	1,988	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,628	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,401	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,900	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,276	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,944	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	302.10/cwt	282.00–320.00	2,613	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	350.22/cwt	348.00–355.00	2,732	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	353.72/cwt	351.00–362.00	2,582	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	283.48/cwt	281.25–291.00	2,611	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	778	333.25/cwt	333.25–333.25	2,593	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	889	322.25/cwt	322.25–322.25	2,865	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,869	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	314.64/cwt	300.00–317.00	3,065	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,079	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,903	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	288.85/cwt	288.85–288.85	2,946	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	329.57/cwt	321.00–333.50	2,567	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	265.19/cwt	263.50–278.00	2,599	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	343.25/cwt	341.50–344.50	2,434	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	375.25/cwt	371.00–382.00	2,462	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,882	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	845	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	2,421	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	948	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,872	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	721	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,387	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	907	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,490	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	305.13/cwt	297.00–306.00	3,100	201

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 Aug 26, 2026

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

Receipts 1,586Last week 1,920Year ago 1,589

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	475	440.00	440.00
5	500–550	533	427.00	427.00
5	550–600	559	422.50	422.50
5	650–700	696	345.00	345.00
8	750–800	773	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	656	371.00–382.00	375.25
35	700–750	730	351.00–362.00	353.72
29	750–800	780	348.00–355.00	350.22
27	800–850	837	346.50	346.50
31	850–900	856	340.00–341.00	340.58
79	900–950	924	310.50	310.50
217	950–1000	974	300.00–317.00	314.64
31	1000–1050	1,020	288.85	288.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	900–950	948	303.00	303.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
201	1000–1050	1,016	297.00–306.00	305.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	530	355.00	355.00
16	550–600	579	332.00–358.00	343.39
13	600–650	636	331.00–332.00	331.54
26	650–700	688	336.00–346.00	342.53
48	700–750	709	341.50–344.50	343.25
88	750–800	779	321.00–333.50	329.57
151	850–900	865	282.00–320.00	302.10
24	900–950	921	281.25–291.00	283.48
40	950–1000	980	263.50–278.00	265.19
8	1050–1100	1,079	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	389	429.00	429.00
7	400–450	447	435.00	435.00
12	450–500	491	366.00	366.00
6	600–650	648	321.00	321.00
6	800–850	811	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
110	750–800	778	333.25	333.25
111	850–900	889	322.25	322.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	721	331.00	331.00
13	800–850	845	286.50	286.50
5	900–950	907	274.50	274.50

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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