Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher with instances sharply higher and steer over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs sold sharply higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet bidding and buying noticed. Around 150 head of vaccinated bawling calves sold in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $386.83/cwt on 501 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −96.43 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$386.83

501 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,143

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.58

vs NE average

+17.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	386.83	2,143	501

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale501 hd

386.83

—

NE average7 barns · 2,052 hd

390.41

−3.58

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+17.82

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−96.43

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	441	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,711	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	737	273.42/cwt	273.00–274.00	2,015	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	478	368.33/cwt	366.00–369.00	1,761	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	518	345.71/cwt	343.00–348.00	1,791	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,387	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,704	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,001	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,523	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	286.95/cwt	284.00–289.00	2,385	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	811	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,490	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	357.63/cwt	346.00–365.00	2,239	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	282.79/cwt	279.50–286.50	2,503	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	313.15/cwt	310.00–317.00	2,245	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	402.33/cwt	401.00–403.00	2,064	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	384.64/cwt	374.00–391.00	2,227	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	283	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,302	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	333.31/cwt	324.50–341.00	2,250	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	267.57/cwt	264.00–268.25	2,569	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	460.71/cwt	457.50–471.00	1,884	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	461.54/cwt	459.00–465.00	1,814	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1000–1050	1,004	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,681	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	419.39/cwt	402.00–425.00	1,967	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	582	361.99/cwt	358.00–369.00	2,107	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	517	382.50/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,978	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	884	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	2,418	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	642	337.50/cwt	337.00–339.00	2,167	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	366.88/cwt	356.00–370.00	1,974	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	311.98/cwt	305.00–316.00	2,387	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	757	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,309	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	814	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,495	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	462	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,885	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	2,036	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,357	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	927	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,410	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	291	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,157	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	271.30/cwt	267.00–277.50	2,192	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	293.85/cwt	286.00–296.75	2,125	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,915	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,707	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	254.10/cwt	250.00–258.00	2,236	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,869	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,961	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	328.27/cwt	325.00–333.00	1,740	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	273.82/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,128	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	428.07/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,764	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	315.50/cwt	300.00–323.00	1,972	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	1,529	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,780	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	391.77/cwt	387.00–393.00	1,818	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	298.26/cwt	287.00–304.00	2,022	123

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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Receipts 3,166Last week 4,058Year ago 2,631

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	441	388.00	388.00
36	450–500	478	366.00–369.00	368.33
40	500–550	518	343.00–348.00	345.71
19	700–750	737	273.00–274.00	273.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	326	469.00	469.00
19	350–400	371	460.00	460.00
16	400–450	412	425.00–430.00	428.07
39	450–500	464	387.00–393.00	391.77
97	500–550	538	356.00–370.00	366.88
16	550–600	570	336.00	336.00
94	600–650	625	300.00–323.00	315.50
123	650–700	678	287.00–304.00	298.26
133	700–750	723	286.00–296.75	293.85
51	750–800	777	270.00–280.00	273.82
121	800–850	808	267.00–277.50	271.30
116	850–900	880	250.00–258.00	254.10
9	900–950	936	255.00	255.00
14	1000–1050	1,016	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	491	347.00	347.00
29	500–550	530	325.00–333.00	328.27
6	550–600	558	319.00	319.00
5	650–700	670	279.00	279.00
6	750–800	797	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	750–800	757	305.00	305.00
34	800–850	814	306.50	306.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	450–500	462	408.00	408.00
56	550–600	560	363.50	363.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	291	397.50	397.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	393	459.00–465.00	461.54
25	400–450	409	457.50–471.00	460.71
58	450–500	469	402.00–425.00	419.39
137	500–550	513	401.00–403.00	402.33
253	550–600	579	374.00–391.00	384.64
76	600–650	626	346.00–365.00	357.63
223	650–700	675	324.50–341.00	333.31
16	700–750	717	310.00–317.00	313.15
202	750–800	765	305.00–316.00	311.98
39	800–850	831	284.00–289.00	286.95
100	850–900	885	279.50–286.50	282.79
199	950–1000	960	264.00–268.25	267.57
6	1000–1050	1,001	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
199	800–850	811	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	283	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	1000–1050	1,004	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	500–550	517	380.00–387.50	382.50
53	550–600	582	358.00–369.00	361.99
20	600–650	642	337.00–339.00	337.50
14	850–900	884	273.50	273.50
14	900–950	927	260.00	260.00

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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