Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers and heifers 500-700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower with flyweight steers and heifers selling sharply lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with an active internet.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.15/cwt on 178 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −97.35 against this barn's trailing median of $434.51.

Average price

$337.15

178 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.41

vs NE average

+20.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	337.15	1,870	178

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.00, low $355.00, median $434.51 across 24 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 sale178 hd

337.15

—

NE average4 barns · 668 hd

337.56

−0.41

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

+20.60

This barn, trailing median24 sales

434.51

−97.35

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

27 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,857	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,060	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	377.38/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,589	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	421.93/cwt	411.00–434.00	1,536	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	274.81/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,979	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	418.36/cwt	409.00–428.00	1,786	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	343.45/cwt	341.00–346.00	2,167	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	373.49/cwt	353.00–380.00	2,114	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	347.28/cwt	339.00–358.00	1,639	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	861	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,411	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,578	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	380.67/cwt	373.00–385.00	1,812	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	296.77/cwt	280.50–308.00	2,285	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	323.29/cwt	299.00–328.00	2,169	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	728	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,082	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	786	303.59/cwt	280.00–309.75	2,386	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	349.89/cwt	331.00–353.00	1,903	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	383.63/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,953	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,330	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,893	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	315.85/cwt	294.00–319.00	1,965	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	295.69/cwt	282.00–301.00	1,981	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	321.19/cwt	311.00–333.00	1,824	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	267.25/cwt	267.25–267.25	2,515	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	303.72/cwt	294.00–307.00	2,132	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,607	6

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 9, 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
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	556	334.00	334.00
6	600–650	632	326.00	326.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	625	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	364	411.00–434.00	421.93
14	400–450	421	375.00–380.00	377.38
97	450–500	472	339.00–358.00	347.28
99	500–550	544	331.00–353.00	349.89
79	550–600	568	311.00–333.00	321.19
135	600–650	622	294.00–319.00	315.85
77	650–700	670	282.00–301.00	295.69
26	700–750	720	270.00–279.00	274.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	700–750	728	286.00	286.00
96	750–800	786	280.00–309.75	303.59
8	850–900	861	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	497	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	317	507.00	507.00
10	400–450	427	409.00–428.00	418.36
20	450–500	476	373.00–385.00	380.67
35	500–550	509	360.00–390.00	383.63
243	550–600	566	353.00–380.00	373.49
14	600–650	631	341.00–346.00	343.45
133	650–700	671	299.00–328.00	323.29
117	700–750	702	294.00–307.00	303.72
31	750–800	770	280.50–308.00	296.77
56	800–850	832	280.00	280.00
15	900–950	941	267.25	267.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	572	331.00	331.00

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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