Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 450 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. The offering included long time weaned steers and heifers along with some bawling calves selling in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.26/cwt on 391 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −130.00 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$353.26

391 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$43.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.04

vs NE average

+4.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	354.95	2,002	376
Medium and Large 1-2	578	311.00	1,796	15thin

One grade step is worth $43.95/cwt here — about $206 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale391 hd

353.26

—

NE average9 barns · 3,125 hd

364.30

−11.04

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+4.60

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−130.00

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

63 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	750–800	764	295.82/cwt	288.50–301.50	2,260	370
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	726	289.27/cwt	278.00–296.00	2,100	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	494	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,813	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	779	282.78/cwt	276.00–284.50	2,203	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	615	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,162	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	474	403.10/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,911	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,853	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	338.24/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,962	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,863	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	275.69/cwt	273.50–276.75	2,410	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,020	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	509	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,929	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	362.63/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,940	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,727	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	910	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,207	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	713	286.19/cwt	282.00–290.00	2,041	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	377.31/cwt	376.00–380.00	1,804	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,670	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	270.77/cwt	267.00–271.75	2,459	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	289.21/cwt	288.00–291.00	1,943	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,862	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,235	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	586	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,136	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	261.13/cwt	260.50–262.50	2,094	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	494	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,680	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	315.25/cwt	311.00–320.00	1,828	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	791	259.27/cwt	257.50–264.50	2,051	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	631	294.01/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,855	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	524	321.86/cwt	317.00–325.00	1,687	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	802	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,161	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,639	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,483	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,814	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	273.37/cwt	272.75–278.50	2,053	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,316	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	758	275.28/cwt	273.00–276.00	2,087	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,577	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	304.72/cwt	300.00–310.50	1,938	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	355.42/cwt	350.00–362.00	1,695	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	280.50/cwt	270.00–285.50	2,053	288
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,903	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	674	309.94/cwt	300.00–312.00	2,089	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	631	325.64/cwt	324.00–327.00	2,055	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,688	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,396	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	291.13/cwt	283.00–294.00	1,968	503
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	271.34/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,674	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	342.76/cwt	337.00–346.00	2,111	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	853	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,256	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	589	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,708	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	340.14/cwt	334.00–345.00	1,752	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	256.36/cwt	255.00–266.50	1,841	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	672	295.55/cwt	293.50–298.50	1,986	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	302.38/cwt	297.00–316.00	2,201	367
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	281.19/cwt	277.50–284.00	2,311	363
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	538	354.90/cwt	353.00–357.50	1,909	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	608	320.99/cwt	320.50–321.50	1,952	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	334.89/cwt	331.00–337.50	1,875	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	353.18/cwt	350.00–356.00	2,038	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	321.80/cwt	315.00–330.25	2,159	513

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$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	396	436.00	436.00
57	450–500	489	381.00	381.00
61	500–550	535	360.00–368.00	362.63
219	550–600	577	350.00–356.00	353.18
48	600–650	616	337.00–346.00	342.76
513	650–700	671	315.00–330.25	321.80
367	700–750	728	297.00–316.00	302.38
370	750–800	764	288.50–301.50	295.82
363	800–850	822	277.50–284.00	281.19
52	850–900	874	273.50–276.75	275.69
113	900–950	908	267.00–271.75	270.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	494	367.00	367.00
42	500–550	538	353.00–357.50	354.90
17	550–600	580	334.00–340.00	338.24
131	600–650	631	324.00–327.00	325.64
136	650–700	674	300.00–312.00	309.94
75	700–750	726	278.00–296.00	289.27
156	750–800	779	276.00–284.50	282.78
24	850–900	853	264.50	264.50
5	900–950	910	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	474	400.00–405.00	403.10
15	550–600	586	364.50	364.50
23	600–650	615	351.50	351.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	360.00	360.00
9	550–600	570	325.00	325.00
12	650–700	672	288.00–291.00	289.21
5	700–750	700	266.00	266.00
19	850–900	885	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
15	450–500	478	376.00–380.00	377.31
10	500–550	509	379.00	379.00
12	550–600	565	340.00	340.00
13	600–650	603	335.00	335.00
17	700–750	713	282.00–290.00	286.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	589	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	360	412.00	412.00
40	450–500	477	350.00–362.00	355.42
53	500–550	515	334.00–345.00	340.14
124	550–600	580	311.00–320.00	315.25
280	600–650	636	300.00–310.50	304.72
503	650–700	676	283.00–294.00	291.13
288	700–750	732	270.00–285.50	280.50
84	750–800	751	272.75–278.50	273.37
70	800–850	802	260.50–262.50	261.13
88	900–950	934	248.00	248.00
9	950–1000	990	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	494	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	524	317.00–325.00	321.86
75	600–650	631	292.50–295.00	294.01
96	750–800	791	257.50–264.50	259.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	672	293.50–298.50	295.55
42	750–800	758	273.00–276.00	275.28
23	800–850	802	269.50	269.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	527	311.00	311.00
21	600–650	617	271.00–272.00	271.34
7	650–700	672	270.00	270.00
73	700–750	718	255.00–266.50	256.36
6	750–800	752	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	435	355.00	355.00
21	500–550	524	301.00	301.00
20	550–600	578	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	550–600	560	331.00–337.50	334.89
89	600–650	608	320.50–321.50	320.99

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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