Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold unevenly steady on the best tested weights. Demand was 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 $383.05/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −100.20 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$383.05

103 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,194

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$18.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.79

vs NE average

+4.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	386.86	2,229	82
Medium and Large 1-2	559	368.18	2,059	21

One grade step is worth $18.68/cwt here — about $170 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 sale103 hd

383.05

—

NE average6 barns · 974 hd

391.84

−8.79

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+4.26

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−100.20

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

33 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	550–600	567	395.09/cwt	388.00–402.00	2,240	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	300.65/cwt	293.00–302.35	2,652	337
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	285.91/cwt	284.00–288.00	2,679	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,071	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	381.08/cwt	380.00–382.00	2,043	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	341.16/cwt	330.00–351.00	2,156	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,886	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,805	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	337.65/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,306	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	700	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,184	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	310.94/cwt	306.00–313.00	2,528	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	596	371.42/cwt	371.00–372.00	2,214	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	418.92/cwt	416.00–425.00	1,994	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,802	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,331	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	544	343.46/cwt	342.00–344.50	1,868	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	843	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,445	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	373.39/cwt	370.00–375.50	2,203	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,136	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	314.07/cwt	313.00–315.00	2,101	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	385.05/cwt	377.00–390.00	1,679	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	287.68/cwt	279.50–290.50	2,273	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	313.06/cwt	306.50–316.50	2,461	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	319.35/cwt	313.00–324.50	1,951	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,478	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,302	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,470	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,843	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	338.91/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,942	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	368.58/cwt	359.00–379.00	1,729	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	330.15/cwt	326.00–337.00	2,364	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	2,416	168

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 May 7, 2025

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

Receipts 1,814Last week 1,910Year ago 2,013

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold unevenly steady on the best tested weights. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	460.00	460.00
41	450–500	476	416.00–425.00	418.92
52	550–600	567	388.00–402.00	395.09
67	650–700	683	330.00–345.00	337.65
133	700–750	716	326.00–337.00	330.15
120	750–800	786	306.50–316.50	313.06
117	800–850	813	306.00–313.00	310.94
337	850–900	882	293.00–302.35	300.65
40	900–950	937	284.00–288.00	285.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	465	387.50	387.50
11	500–550	536	380.00–382.00	381.08
10	550–600	585	354.00	354.00
25	600–650	632	330.00–351.00	341.16
9	750–800	793	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	596	371.00–372.00	371.42
12	700–750	700	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	590	370.00–375.50	373.39
12	800–850	843	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	573	315.00	315.00
9	650–700	655	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	544	342.00–344.50	343.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	436	377.00–390.00	385.05
33	450–500	469	359.00–379.00	368.58
16	500–550	505	365.00	365.00
16	550–600	573	337.00–340.00	338.91
20	600–650	611	313.00–324.50	319.35
11	650–700	669	313.00–315.00	314.07
182	750–800	790	279.50–290.50	287.68
36	800–850	802	287.00	287.00
168	850–900	890	271.50	271.50
19	900–950	935	265.00	265.00
43	950–1000	952	259.50	259.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	568	376.00	376.00

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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