Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers 550-700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher with 700-800 lbs heifers selling steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 $359.63/cwt on 149 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −123.63 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$359.63

149 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,951

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$34.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.05

vs NE average

+11.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	366.61	1,991	119
Medium and Large 1-2	540	331.92	1,791	30

One grade step is worth $34.69/cwt here — about $200 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 sale149 hd

359.63

—

NE average8 barns · 1,482 hd

356.58

+3.05

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+11.39

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−123.63

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

49 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 1Unweaned	500–550	544	351.10/cwt	345.00–356.00	1,910	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,654	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	300.43/cwt	293.00–307.00	1,869	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	275.19/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,992	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	270.23/cwt	262.50–279.00	2,078	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	312.34/cwt	298.00–316.00	1,752	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	349.20/cwt	340.00–356.00	1,589	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,706	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,826	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	313.69/cwt	309.00–315.00	1,957	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	333.65/cwt	330.00–335.50	1,775	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	570	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,138	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	610	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,220	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	415.05/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,818	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	570	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,853	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	346.76/cwt	341.00–351.00	2,035	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,502	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	379.62/cwt	374.00–395.00	1,955	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	310.22/cwt	301.00–317.00	2,085	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	288.39/cwt	276.50–297.00	2,238	352
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	268.41/cwt	266.00–270.50	2,110	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	269.96/cwt	259.00–273.00	2,354	455
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	298.92/cwt	286.00–310.50	2,158	584
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	337.46/cwt	329.00–341.00	2,106	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,037	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,598	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	533	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,692	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	268.05/cwt	263.50–270.75	2,450	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	391	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,419	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	640	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,846	7
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,095	239.25/cwt	239.25–239.25	2,620	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	255.48/cwt	251.75–258.50	2,496	319
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,626	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	279.13/cwt	270.00–285.25	2,280	383
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	285.16/cwt	283.00–287.00	1,620	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	254.11/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,962	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,009	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	817	265.52/cwt	261.00–270.00	2,169	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	251.45/cwt	245.00–259.00	2,085	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	302.16/cwt	301.00–303.00	1,577	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	287.31/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,911	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	266.65/cwt	264.00–269.00	1,827	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,479	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	330.93/cwt	324.00–337.50	1,678	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,482	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	252.18/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,806	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	234.68/cwt	234.25–237.00	2,211	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	287.13/cwt	283.00–290.00	1,792	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	230.68/cwt	229.00–236.00	2,251	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	245.84/cwt	242.00–250.75	2,161	221

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 26, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	385.00	385.00
27	500–550	544	345.00–356.00	351.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	406.00	406.00
45	400–450	438	400.00–420.00	415.05
8	450–500	483	378.00	378.00
52	500–550	515	374.00–395.00	379.62
21	550–600	587	341.00–351.00	346.76
76	600–650	624	329.00–341.00	337.46
68	650–700	672	301.00–317.00	310.22
584	700–750	722	286.00–310.50	298.92
352	750–800	776	276.50–297.00	288.39
383	800–850	817	270.00–285.25	279.13
455	850–900	872	259.00–273.00	269.96
187	900–950	914	263.50–270.75	268.05
319	950–1000	977	251.75–258.50	255.48
10	1000–1050	1,037	250.50	250.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	532	330.00–335.50	333.65
23	600–650	624	309.00–315.00	313.69
13	750–800	786	266.00–270.50	268.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	570	375.00	375.00
36	600–650	610	364.00	364.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	570	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	640	288.50	288.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	1050–1100	1,095	239.25	239.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	447	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	366	404.00	404.00
38	450–500	455	340.00–356.00	349.20
51	500–550	507	324.00–337.50	330.93
80	550–600	561	298.00–316.00	312.34
118	600–650	622	293.00–307.00	300.43
150	650–700	665	280.00–291.00	287.31
213	700–750	724	271.00–281.00	275.19
231	750–800	769	262.50–279.00	270.23
255	800–850	829	245.00–259.00	251.45
221	850–900	879	242.00–250.75	245.84
88	900–950	942	234.25–237.00	234.68
129	950–1000	976	229.00–236.00	230.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	533	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	363.00	363.00
12	500–550	522	301.00–303.00	302.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	463	320.00	320.00
10	500–550	533	305.00	305.00
28	550–600	568	283.00–287.00	285.16
52	600–650	624	283.00–290.00	287.13
28	650–700	685	264.00–269.00	266.65
17	700–750	716	251.00–255.00	252.18
48	750–800	772	247.00–257.00	254.11
5	800–850	837	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	800–850	817	261.00–270.00	265.52

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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