Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher and steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, heifers under 600 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet bidding and buying noticed. The consignment sheet was all longtime weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $359.21/cwt on 275 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −124.05 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$359.21

275 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$22.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.84

vs NE average

+16.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	362.33	2,029	236
Medium and Large 1-2	557	340.32	1,894	39

One grade step is worth $22.01/cwt here — about $134 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 sale275 hd

359.21

—

NE average9 barns · 4,414 hd

377.05

−17.84

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+16.83

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−124.05

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

36 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	850–900	867	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,994	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	378.93/cwt	378.50–380.00	1,622	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,411	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	265.06/cwt	259.00–271.00	2,062	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	287.67/cwt	279.25–297.00	1,933	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	279.21/cwt	272.00–282.00	2,002	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	352.96/cwt	352.00–354.00	1,828	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,620	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,956	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,924	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	292.17/cwt	290.00–296.50	2,007	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,152	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	274.95/cwt	259.75–281.00	2,381	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	362.05/cwt	342.00–374.50	2,056	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	425.71/cwt	409.00–435.00	1,750	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	363.81/cwt	362.50–370.00	1,885	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	394.05/cwt	378.00–403.50	1,939	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	319.67/cwt	304.00–324.00	2,126	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	756	276.52/cwt	270.50–277.25	2,090	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	279.28/cwt	272.00–285.75	2,312	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	335.05/cwt	321.00–342.50	2,118	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	305.19/cwt	291.00–312.00	2,216	416
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	287.59/cwt	280.50–294.50	2,232	451
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	261.51/cwt	258.00–267.75	2,437	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,687	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,472	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	279.38/cwt	279.00–280.00	1,741	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	307.62/cwt	306.00–312.00	1,652	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	267.58/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,785	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	678	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,932	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	315.28/cwt	298.00–333.50	1,781	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	351.32/cwt	349.00–352.00	1,697	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	241.46/cwt	241.25–245.00	2,219	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	339.77/cwt	331.00–351.00	1,811	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	295.06/cwt	285.00–306.00	1,826	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	246.76/cwt	241.00–253.00	2,033	47

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 Feb 5, 2025

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

Receipts 3,782Last week 5,426Year ago 3,396

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	850–900	867	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	428	378.50–380.00	378.93
76	450–500	483	349.00–352.00	351.32
94	500–550	533	331.00–351.00	339.77
62	550–600	565	298.00–333.50	315.28
172	600–650	619	285.00–306.00	295.06
239	650–700	672	279.25–297.00	287.67
56	700–750	717	272.00–282.00	279.21
199	750–800	778	259.00–271.00	265.06
47	800–850	824	241.00–253.00	246.76
86	900–950	919	241.25–245.00	241.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	406	347.50	347.50
7	450–500	450	327.00	327.00
18	500–550	537	306.00–312.00	307.62
6	550–600	592	285.00	285.00
16	600–650	623	279.00–280.00	279.38
19	650–700	667	265.00–270.00	267.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	650–700	678	285.00	285.00
71	750–800	756	270.50–277.25	276.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	450	360.00	360.00
13	500–550	518	352.00–354.00	352.96
26	550–600	576	334.00	334.00
18	600–650	631	310.00	310.00
111	650–700	687	290.00–296.50	292.17
9	800–850	844	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	400–450	411	409.00–435.00	425.71
98	450–500	492	378.00–403.50	394.05
38	500–550	518	362.50–370.00	363.81
198	550–600	568	342.00–374.50	362.05
240	600–650	632	321.00–342.50	335.05
119	650–700	665	304.00–324.00	319.67
416	700–750	726	291.00–312.00	305.19
451	750–800	776	280.50–294.50	287.59
217	800–850	828	272.00–285.75	279.28
157	850–900	866	259.75–281.00	274.95
147	900–950	932	258.00–267.75	261.51

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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