Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the comparable offerings from two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold steady to 15.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Around 40 head of baby calves split off the cow sold in the mix, ranging from new born to 276 lbs bringing $410.00 to $1410.00 per head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.15/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −71.11 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$412.15

59 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,196

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$362

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

$65.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.07

vs NE average

+33.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	418.85	2,233	53
Medium and Large 1-2	530	353.00	1,871	6thin

One grade step is worth $65.85/cwt here — about $362 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 sale59 hd

412.15

—

NE average5 barns · 317 hd

405.08

+7.07

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

+33.57

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−71.11

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	821	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,549	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	751	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,219	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,114	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	2,530	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	697	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,237	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	371.44/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,998	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	702	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,274	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	308.81/cwt	305.00–309.50	2,341	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	332.22/cwt	332.00–336.00	2,136	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	331.67/cwt	323.25–333.00	2,541	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,763	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,641	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	354.15/cwt	342.50–369.50	2,380	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,238	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	299.94/cwt	299.00–303.50	2,190	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	896	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,554	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,962	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	919	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,298	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	631	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,215	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,860	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	307.40/cwt	305.00–317.50	2,705	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,336	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	275.83/cwt	267.00–287.00	2,529	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	305.75/cwt	305.75–305.75	2,318	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	336.68/cwt	335.00–339.50	2,397	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	288.95/cwt	284.25–297.00	2,372	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	305.00/cwt	303.50–307.00	2,806	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,761	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	315.11/cwt	314.00–316.00	1,985	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,871	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,210	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	313.24/cwt	312.00–314.50	2,518	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,313	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 Jun 4, 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	800–850	821	310.50	310.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	751	295.50	295.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	500–550	538	370.00–375.00	371.44
6	550–600	584	362.00	362.00
110	600–650	643	332.00–336.00	332.22
15	650–700	697	321.00	321.00
213	700–750	730	299.00–303.50	299.94
89	750–800	758	305.00–309.50	308.81
131	800–850	821	284.25–297.00	288.95
10	900–950	925	273.50	273.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	631	351.00	351.00
8	700–750	702	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	473	347.00	347.00
7	500–550	521	338.00	338.00
24	600–650	630	314.00–316.00	315.11
5	650–700	672	292.00	292.00
5	900–950	919	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	500–550	529	423.00	423.00
10	550–600	551	401.00	401.00
6	600–650	607	381.00	381.00
197	650–700	672	342.50–369.50	354.15
29	700–750	712	335.00–339.50	336.68
247	750–800	766	323.25–333.00	331.67
10	800–850	804	312.00–314.50	313.24
161	850–900	880	305.00–317.50	307.40
226	900–950	920	303.50–307.00	305.00
44	1000–1050	1,025	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	403	437.50	437.50
6	500–550	530	353.00	353.00
5	700–750	721	324.00	324.00
51	750–800	758	305.75	305.75
10	850–900	896	285.00	285.00
25	900–950	917	267.00–287.00	275.83

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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