Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher with steers over 700 lbs selling unevenly. Heifers 450-650 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher and heifers 650-800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. 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 $358.18/cwt on 455 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −125.08 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$358.18

455 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.23

vs NE average

+15.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	358.18	1,995	455

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

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 sale455 hd

358.18

—

NE average10 barns · 5,588 hd

360.42

−2.23

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+15.73

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−125.08

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

65 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 1Fleshy	400–450	419	381.81/cwt	381.00–384.00	1,600	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	987	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,423	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	489	362.00/cwt	360.00–364.00	1,770	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	548	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,671	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	827	262.59/cwt	258.50–265.00	2,172	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	645	266.18/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,717	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	906	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,256	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	719	283.88/cwt	280.00–294.00	2,041	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,912	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	789	271.43/cwt	266.00–273.00	2,142	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	276.03/cwt	271.00–281.00	2,286	404
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	516	351.30/cwt	347.00–353.00	1,813	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	270.19/cwt	268.50–272.25	2,318	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	426.54/cwt	418.00–430.00	1,565	26
Steers	Large 1	750–800	782	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,025	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	682	294.86/cwt	289.00–298.00	2,011	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	323.35/cwt	309.50–331.00	2,047	343
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	299.86/cwt	298.00–306.50	2,162	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	374.59/cwt	359.00–377.50	1,970	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	315.41/cwt	304.00–326.50	2,126	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,739	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	261.52/cwt	255.50–264.50	2,430	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	487	403.65/cwt	403.00–409.00	1,966	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	347.68/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,020	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	556	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,035	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,598	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,251	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,279	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	384.01/cwt	382.50–385.00	1,820	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	528	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,033	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	296.17/cwt	291.00–301.50	1,999	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	548	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,904	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	289.88/cwt	282.00–295.50	2,223	515
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	784	249.59/cwt	248.25–255.00	1,957	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	544	303.47/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,651	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	672	271.10/cwt	268.00–275.00	1,822	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	260.61/cwt	259.00–261.50	1,929	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	925	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,137	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,828	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	271.83/cwt	266.00–273.50	2,001	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	369.32/cwt	367.00–375.00	1,562	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	257.80/cwt	253.00–259.00	1,756	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	283.07/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,662	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,376	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	576	295.88/cwt	291.00–303.50	1,704	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	375.84/cwt	374.00–377.00	1,462	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	627	289.60/cwt	284.00–293.00	1,816	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	251.51/cwt	247.50–253.25	2,098	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	353.37/cwt	346.00–354.00	1,664	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	297.22/cwt	295.50–302.00	1,849	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	326.60/cwt	317.50–338.00	1,741	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	800–850	802	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,005	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	282.90/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,890	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	617	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,832	38
Heifers	Large 1Replacement	700–750	749	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,873	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	324.80/cwt	317.00–326.00	1,799	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	274.97/cwt	272.00–279.00	1,735	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,753	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	467	364.54/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,702	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	419	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,609	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,757	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	260.24/cwt	258.00–267.00	2,030	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	872	260.89/cwt	253.00–264.00	2,275	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	509	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,670	18

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	419	381.00–384.00	381.81
16	450–500	489	360.00–364.00	362.00
23	500–550	516	347.00–353.00	351.30
5	550–600	590	324.00	324.00
39	650–700	682	289.00–298.00	294.86
105	700–750	719	280.00–294.00	283.88
46	750–800	789	266.00–273.00	271.43
33	800–850	827	258.50–265.00	262.59
135	850–900	872	253.00–264.00	260.89
30	900–950	906	249.00	249.00
18	950–1000	987	245.50	245.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	367	418.00–430.00	426.54
9	400–450	437	398.00	398.00
18	450–500	474	382.50–385.00	384.01
143	500–550	526	359.00–377.50	374.59
246	550–600	581	334.00–355.00	347.68
343	600–650	633	309.50–331.00	323.35
187	650–700	674	304.00–326.50	315.41
202	700–750	721	298.00–306.50	299.86
515	750–800	767	282.00–295.50	289.88
404	800–850	828	271.00–281.00	276.03
113	850–900	858	268.50–272.25	270.19
76	900–950	929	255.50–264.50	261.52
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	782	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
55	450–500	487	403.00–409.00	403.65
22	500–550	528	385.00	385.00
8	550–600	556	366.00	366.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	425	376.00	376.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	900–950	938	240.00	240.00
6	950–1000	995	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	548	347.50	347.50
18	650–700	675	291.00–301.50	296.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	480	330.00	330.00
6	500–550	548	305.00	305.00
14	600–650	645	261.00–270.00	266.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	544	301.00–310.00	303.47
70	550–600	576	291.00–303.50	295.88
191	600–650	627	284.00–293.00	289.60
148	650–700	672	268.00–275.00	271.10
28	700–750	740	259.00–261.50	260.61
67	750–800	784	248.25–255.00	249.59
8	900–950	925	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	389	374.00–377.00	375.84
63	400–450	423	367.00–375.00	369.32
63	450–500	471	346.00–354.00	353.37
196	500–550	533	317.50–338.00	326.60
158	550–600	554	317.00–326.00	324.80
197	600–650	622	295.50–302.00	297.22
87	650–700	668	280.00–284.00	282.90
137	700–750	736	266.00–273.50	271.83
119	750–800	780	258.00–267.00	260.24
91	800–850	834	247.50–253.25	251.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	393	350.00	350.00
21	550–600	587	277.00–285.00	283.07
39	600–650	631	272.00–279.00	274.97
30	650–700	681	253.00–259.00	257.80
11	700–750	701	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	800–850	802	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	509	328.00	328.00
38	600–650	617	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	749	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	419	384.00	384.00
45	450–500	467	360.00–368.00	364.54
17	500–550	505	348.00	348.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	653	280.00	280.00

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