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Huss Livestock

Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 14

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848

← Oct 7Oct 14Oct 21 →

Receipts

2,956 head

▲ 565 vs last sale 2,391▲ 1,235 vs year ago 1,721 · +71.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves 400-600 lbs sold unevenly steady and steer and heifer calves over 600 lbs sold steady while feeder steers and heifers 850-950 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Nearly all of the calves had received at least one round of fall vaccinations and some were weaned a minimum of 45 days. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with an active internet.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $444.60/cwt on 355 head, down $4.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 21 comparable sales and sits −29.51 against this barn's trailing median of $474.12.

Average price

$444.60

▼ 4.52 vs prior sale

355 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,462

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$19.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.47

vs NE average

+12.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	445.31	2,467	342
Medium and Large 1-2	544	426.00	2,317	13thin

One grade step is worth $19.31/cwt here — about $150 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale355 hd

444.60

—

NE average9 barns · 5,392 hd

460.07

−15.47

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

+12.31

This barn, trailing median21 sales

474.12

−29.51

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.27, low $419.84, median $474.12 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	481.47/cwt	466.00–525.00	2,061	72
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,007	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	2,323	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	454.78/cwt	444.00–471.00	2,397	153
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,317	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	437.64/cwt	420.00–446.00	2,521	189
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	623	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,261	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	416.58/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,629	278
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	407.54/cwt	399.00–414.50	2,572	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	399.90/cwt	370.00–417.00	2,659	89
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	395.64/cwt	374.00–410.50	2,631	217
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	714	371.79/cwt	369.00–374.75	2,655	164
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,566	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	355.59/cwt	352.00–371.00	2,727	174
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	338.09/cwt	336.00–348.50	2,850	109
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	342.11/cwt	341.75–344.50	2,980	89
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	926	328.93/cwt	326.00–331.00	3,046	27
Steers	950–1000	Large 1	982	317.13/cwt	316.25–318.00	3,114	49
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,051	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	3,037	33
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	445.91/cwt	441.00–449.00	1,895	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	422.09/cwt	411.00–439.00	2,013	106
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	407.43/cwt	392.50–419.00	2,155	169
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	385.98/cwt	365.00–405.00	2,189	189
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	633	359.59/cwt	350.00–363.50	2,276	146
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,251	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,255	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,429	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	329.27/cwt	324.50–335.00	2,430	39
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	326.59/cwt	321.50–330.50	2,652	176
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,790	21
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	296.28/cwt	290.75–304.00	2,702	93
Heifers	900–950	Large 1	941	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,748	12
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,048	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,809	6
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,066	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,793	13
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,160	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,894	11

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 Oct 14, 2026

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

Receipts 2,956Last week 2,391Year ago 1,721

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	1050–1100	1,051	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	950–1000	982	316.25–318.00	317.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
278	600–650	631	405.00–430.00	416.58
217	650–700	665	374.00–410.50	395.64
164	700–750	714	369.00–374.75	371.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	400–450	428	466.00–525.00	481.47
12	450–500	475	489.00	489.00
153	500–550	527	444.00–471.00	454.78
189	550–600	576	420.00–446.00	437.64
16	600–650	631	399.00–414.50	407.54
89	650–700	665	370.00–417.00	399.90
8	700–750	727	353.00	353.00
174	750–800	767	352.00–371.00	355.59
109	800–850	843	336.00–348.50	338.09
89	850–900	871	341.75–344.50	342.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	623	363.00	363.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	445	451.00	451.00
13	500–550	544	426.00	426.00
27	900–950	926	326.00–331.00	328.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	900–950	941	292.00	292.00
6	1000–1050	1,048	268.00	268.00
13	1050–1100	1,066	262.00	262.00
11	1150–1200	1,160	249.50	249.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	425	441.00–449.00	445.91
106	450–500	477	411.00–439.00	422.09
169	500–550	529	392.50–419.00	407.43
189	550–600	567	365.00–405.00	385.98
5	600–650	636	354.00	354.00
12	650–700	696	349.00	349.00
39	700–750	738	324.50–335.00	329.27
176	800–850	812	321.50–330.50	326.59
21	850–900	865	322.50	322.50
93	900–950	912	290.75–304.00	296.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
146	600–650	633	350.00–363.50	359.59
14	650–700	671	336.00	336.00

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.