Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 700 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Not enough heifer offerings two weeks ago to establish a trend. Demand was 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 $438.11/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −45.15 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$438.11

18 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,396

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

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

$32.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.32

vs NE average

+56.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	447.00	2,490	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	521	415.00	2,162	5thin

One grade step is worth $32.00/cwt here — about $328 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 sale18 hd

438.11

—

NE average3 barns · 63 hd

418.79

+19.32

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

+56.43

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−45.15

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

22 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 1	600–650	617	373.63/cwt	367.00–380.00	2,305	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	327.92/cwt	324.00–329.00	2,387	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,792	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,150	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,501	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,125	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	379.75/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,673	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	419.61/cwt	419.00–420.00	2,543	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	345.35/cwt	339.00–346.25	3,056	70
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,076	311.25/cwt	311.25–311.25	3,349	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,587	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,490	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,907	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,162	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	376.13/cwt	372.00–377.00	2,836	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	332.58/cwt	332.35–333.35	3,113	792
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	933	316.19/cwt	314.00–318.00	2,950	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	1,900	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	3,198	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,115	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,566	7

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 Jul 30, 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$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	512	420.00	420.00
14	550–600	552	385.00	385.00
28	600–650	617	367.00–380.00	373.63
76	700–750	728	324.00–329.00	327.92
9	750–800	799	313.00	313.00
120	800–850	836	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	557	447.00	447.00
33	600–650	606	419.00–420.00	419.61
6	650–700	665	389.00	389.00
27	700–750	704	370.00–382.00	379.75
80	750–800	754	372.00–377.00	376.13
70	850–900	885	339.00–346.25	345.35
792	900–950	936	332.35–333.35	332.58
65	950–1000	959	333.50	333.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
149	1050–1100	1,076	311.25	311.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	469	451.00	451.00
5	500–550	521	415.00	415.00
7	700–750	707	363.00	363.00
5	750–800	767	358.00	358.00
48	900–950	933	314.00–318.00	316.19
5	1000–1050	1,020	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	348	546.00	546.00

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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