Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 800 lbs sold unevenly and steers 800-900 lbs sold 3.00 higher, heifers under 700 lbs sold unevenly and heifers over 700 lbs sold 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 $355.62/cwt on 306 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −127.64 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$355.62

306 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,973

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$16.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.54

vs NE average

+14.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	357.32	1,989	275
Medium and Large 1-2	539	340.48	1,835	31

One grade step is worth $16.84/cwt here — about $153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale306 hd

355.62

—

NE average9 barns · 5,877 hd

363.16

−7.54

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+14.68

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−127.64

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

38 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 1Fleshy	500–550	527	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,939	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	691	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,876	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	782	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,986	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	626	286.17/cwt	284.00–289.00	1,791	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,218	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	347.16/cwt	343.75–361.00	2,020	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	331.41/cwt	324.00–338.00	2,088	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,749	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,389	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,485	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	544	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,866	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,659	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	302.02/cwt	292.00–307.75	2,181	402
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	280.32/cwt	270.00–285.50	2,301	326
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	692	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,024	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	370.33/cwt	364.00–381.50	1,974	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	382.07/cwt	376.00–384.00	1,784	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	308.71/cwt	299.50–317.50	2,068	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,456	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,560	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	322.88/cwt	311.00–329.00	1,514	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,529	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	272.40/cwt	263.75–277.75	2,375	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,709	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	289.66/cwt	278.00–294.25	2,242	312
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	350.02/cwt	346.00–356.00	1,694	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	279.48/cwt	277.50–286.00	1,884	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	921	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,293	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	579	332.86/cwt	325.00–339.00	1,927	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	275.55/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,984	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	312.85/cwt	297.00–326.00	1,805	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	352.56/cwt	350.00–356.00	1,502	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	253.63/cwt	252.00–254.50	2,032	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	263.79/cwt	259.00–271.50	2,021	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	617	316.65/cwt	314.50–319.00	1,954	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	336.27/cwt	326.00–340.00	1,715	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	297.13/cwt	295.00–305.75	1,878	167

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 22, 2025

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

Receipts 3,427Last week 5,236Year ago 5,712

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	527	309.00	309.00
18	600–650	626	284.00–289.00	286.17
13	650–700	691	271.50	271.50
5	700–750	740	262.00	262.00
15	750–800	782	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	355.00	355.00
50	450–500	469	311.00–329.00	322.88
9	500–550	500	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	426	350.00–356.00	352.56
51	450–500	484	346.00–356.00	350.02
87	500–550	510	326.00–340.00	336.27
207	550–600	577	297.00–326.00	312.85
167	600–650	632	295.00–305.75	297.13
84	650–700	674	277.50–286.00	279.48
241	700–750	720	270.00–277.00	275.55
162	750–800	766	259.00–271.50	263.79
40	800–850	801	252.00–254.50	253.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	388	427.50	427.50
37	450–500	467	376.00–384.00	382.07
141	500–550	533	364.00–381.50	370.33
101	550–600	582	343.75–361.00	347.16
123	600–650	630	324.00–338.00	331.41
146	650–700	670	299.50–317.50	308.71
402	700–750	722	292.00–307.75	302.02
312	750–800	774	278.00–294.25	289.66
326	800–850	821	270.00–285.50	280.32
194	850–900	872	263.75–277.75	272.40
19	950–1000	967	254.00	254.00
5	1000–1050	1,031	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	405.00	405.00
5	400–450	432	354.00	354.00
14	450–500	494	354.00	354.00
6	500–550	518	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	544	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	550–600	579	325.00–339.00	332.86
48	600–650	617	314.50–319.00	316.65
92	650–700	692	292.50	292.50
9	900–950	921	249.00	249.00

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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