Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 650-900 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with steers over 900 lbs selling steady to 7.00 lower. Heifers 500-750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher with heifers over 750 lbs selling steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $355.71/cwt on 336 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −127.55 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$355.71

336 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$478

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$66.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.65

vs NE average

+6.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	368.37	2,045	264
Medium and Large 1-2	577	312.50	1,803	50
Medium and Large 2-3	519	302.00	1,567	22

One grade step is worth $66.37/cwt here — about $478 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 sale336 hd

355.71

—

NE average7 barns · 1,495 hd

365.36

−9.65

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+6.43

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−127.55

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

58 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	400–450	414	408.63/cwt	406.00–416.00	1,692	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	270.51/cwt	268.00–280.00	2,335	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	291.05/cwt	284.00–294.00	2,229	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	852	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,207	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	845	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	321.87/cwt	308.00–331.50	2,192	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	365.15/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,957	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	519	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,567	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	257.34/cwt	253.50–264.75	2,391	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	625	319.38/cwt	319.00–320.00	1,996	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	333.95/cwt	325.50–343.00	2,084	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,803	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	369.70/cwt	368.00–378.00	2,129	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,579	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,432	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	279.24/cwt	274.75–281.75	2,323	307
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	305.80/cwt	299.00–311.00	2,211	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,003	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	642	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,904	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,826	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,183	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,910	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,019	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,689	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	263.87/cwt	258.50–271.50	2,045	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,694	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	541	317.53/cwt	316.00–318.00	1,718	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	765	251.05/cwt	250.00–253.50	1,921	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	639	286.94/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,834	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,514	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	250.85/cwt	245.00–254.50	2,059	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	233.36/cwt	230.50–237.00	2,243	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	304.30/cwt	295.00–308.50	1,853	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	312.13/cwt	307.00–317.00	1,801	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	285.61/cwt	276.00–289.50	1,925	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	778	271.26/cwt	269.50–272.50	2,110	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	655	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,900	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	239.03/cwt	235.00–240.50	2,101	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	277.70/cwt	268.00–279.00	1,966	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	327.59/cwt	326.00–328.00	1,546	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,687	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,912	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,558	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	259.04/cwt	254.50–266.00	1,774	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	334.13/cwt	324.00–338.00	1,687	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	557	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,693	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	844	278.25/cwt	278.25–278.25	2,348	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	558	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,964	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	744	288.59/cwt	287.00–289.00	2,147	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	507	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,506	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	381	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,305	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	694	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,082	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	749	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,097	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	245.83/cwt	244.00–254.50	2,476	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	840	260.75/cwt	260.00–263.00	2,190	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,632	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,677	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	249.60/cwt	249.00–250.00	2,426	28

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 →

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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
25	400–450	414	406.00–416.00	408.63
86	500–550	536	355.00–370.00	365.15
124	550–600	576	368.00–378.00	369.70
112	600–650	624	325.50–343.00	333.95
174	650–700	681	308.00–331.50	321.87
211	700–750	723	299.00–311.00	305.80
113	750–800	766	284.00–294.00	291.05
307	800–850	832	274.75–281.75	279.24
117	850–900	863	268.00–280.00	270.51
132	900–950	929	253.50–264.75	257.34
28	950–1000	972	249.00–250.00	249.60
75	1000–1050	1,007	244.00–254.50	245.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	558	352.00	352.00
16	600–650	625	319.00–320.00	319.38
75	650–700	694	300.00	300.00
34	700–750	744	287.00–289.00	288.59
27	800–850	840	260.00–263.00	260.75
7	850–900	852	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	845	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	519	302.00	302.00
35	600–650	642	296.50	296.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	400	358.00	358.00
16	450–500	455	347.00	347.00
50	550–600	577	312.50	312.50
44	600–650	642	312.00	312.00
10	650–700	652	280.00	280.00
5	850–900	891	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	586	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	500–550	515	392.00	392.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	373	406.00	406.00
26	450–500	477	354.00	354.00
52	500–550	505	324.00–338.00	334.13
216	550–600	577	307.00–317.00	312.13
137	600–650	609	295.00–308.50	304.30
176	650–700	674	276.00–289.50	285.61
78	700–750	708	268.00–279.00	277.70
235	750–800	775	258.50–271.50	263.87
139	800–850	821	245.00–254.50	250.85
139	850–900	879	235.00–240.50	239.03
18	950–1000	961	230.50–237.00	233.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	450–500	472	326.00–328.00	327.59
5	500–550	546	309.00	309.00
7	550–600	578	293.00	293.00
27	600–650	619	271.00	271.00
40	650–700	685	254.50–266.00	259.04
6	750–800	790	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	541	316.00–318.00	317.53
82	600–650	639	285.00–288.00	286.94
71	750–800	765	250.00–253.50	251.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	650–700	655	290.00	290.00
9	700–750	749	280.00	280.00
128	750–800	778	269.50–272.50	271.26
64	800–850	844	278.25	278.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	475	328.00	328.00
6	550–600	585	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	550–600	557	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	381	342.50	342.50
22	500–550	507	297.00	297.00

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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