Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction steers 500-700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with steers over 700 lbs selling 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifers 550-700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with heifers over 700 lbs selling steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.58/cwt on 246 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −136.68 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$346.58

246 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,937

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$25.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.69

vs NE average

+4.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	347.20	1,938	240
Medium and Large 1-2	585	322.00	1,884	6thin

One grade step is worth $25.20/cwt here — about $55 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 sale246 hd

346.58

—

NE average7 barns · 2,829 hd

355.27

−8.69

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+4.50

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−136.68

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

52 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 1Replacement	700–750	707	273.20/cwt	266.50–276.00	1,932	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	558	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,696	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	786	267.49/cwt	267.00–268.50	2,102	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	278.60/cwt	265.00–283.50	2,296	664
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	300.16/cwt	287.00–306.50	2,161	488
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	975	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,364	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	881	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,247	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	270.84/cwt	262.50–273.75	2,454	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	365.21/cwt	360.00–369.00	1,895	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	343.88/cwt	333.00–351.50	1,957	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	659	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,106	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	592	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,900	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,085	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	585	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,884	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	271.27/cwt	267.25–273.50	2,336	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	300.80/cwt	292.00–311.75	2,036	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	320.89/cwt	313.50–333.00	1,983	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	614	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,072	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	282.12/cwt	277.50–290.25	2,201	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,569	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	888	235.80/cwt	235.00–238.00	2,094	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	438	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,472	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	809	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,974	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,836	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,596	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	943	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,258	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,817	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	638	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,755	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	433	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,606	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	258.73/cwt	255.25–275.00	1,972	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,638	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	462	356.61/cwt	356.00–357.00	1,648	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	526	351.32/cwt	350.50–352.00	1,848	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	831	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,044	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	644	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,823	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	302.57/cwt	301.00–308.00	1,622	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	287.53/cwt	279.00–294.00	1,806	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	679	287.48/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,952	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	733	280.02/cwt	273.00–282.50	2,053	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	365.64/cwt	362.00–370.00	1,313	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	299.76/cwt	296.00–304.00	1,754	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	779	250.78/cwt	250.50–251.00	1,954	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	573	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,656	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,423	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	673	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,787	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	335.52/cwt	331.00–343.00	1,543	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,238	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	247.42/cwt	244.00–249.00	2,118	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	269.29/cwt	262.00–275.00	1,955	309
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	278.50/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,891	415

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 Jan 8, 2025

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

Receipts 4,829Last week 4,068Year ago 3,250

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	558	304.00	304.00
20	600–650	644	283.00	283.00
59	700–750	707	266.50–276.00	273.20
18	800–850	831	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	336.00	336.00
13	500–550	530	296.00	296.00
8	550–600	573	289.00	289.00
8	650–700	673	265.50	265.50
27	750–800	779	250.50–251.00	250.78
5	800–850	809	244.00	244.00
51	850–900	888	235.00–238.00	235.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	359	362.00–370.00	365.64
58	450–500	460	331.00–343.00	335.52
54	500–550	536	301.00–308.00	302.57
120	550–600	585	296.00–304.00	299.76
232	600–650	628	279.00–294.00	287.53
415	650–700	679	272.00–285.00	278.50
309	700–750	726	262.00–275.00	269.29
188	750–800	762	255.25–275.00	258.73
44	850–900	856	244.00–249.00	247.42
58	950–1000	973	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	442	322.00	322.00
6	600–650	609	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
9	800–850	844	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	433	371.00	371.00
13	450–500	462	356.00–357.00	356.61
22	500–550	526	350.50–352.00	351.32
5	550–600	592	321.00	321.00
53	650–700	679	285.00–290.00	287.48
145	700–750	733	273.00–282.50	280.02
28	750–800	786	267.00–268.50	267.49
10	850–900	881	255.00	255.00
6	900–950	943	239.50	239.50
11	950–1000	975	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	491	370.00	370.00
35	500–550	519	360.00–369.00	365.21
178	550–600	569	333.00–351.50	343.88
156	600–650	618	313.50–333.00	320.89
299	650–700	677	292.00–311.75	300.80
488	700–750	720	287.00–306.50	300.16
256	750–800	780	277.50–290.25	282.12
664	800–850	824	265.00–283.50	278.60
256	850–900	861	267.25–273.50	271.27
133	900–950	906	262.50–273.75	270.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	600–650	614	337.50	337.50
20	650–700	659	319.50	319.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	585	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	638	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	491	325.00	325.00
14	600–650	606	303.00	303.00

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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