Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers over 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. 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 $410.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −73.26 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$410.00

6 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,353

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−14.43

vs NE average

+22.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	410.00	2,353	6thin

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 sale6 hd

410.00

—

NE average2 barns · 36 hd

424.43

−14.43

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+22.51

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−73.26

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 1Unweaned	350–400	363	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,724	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,353	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	316.20/cwt	316.00–316.25	3,241	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,975	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,539	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	399.27/cwt	381.00–407.00	2,723	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,976	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,118	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,255	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	342.45/cwt	336.00–350.00	2,483	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	378.76/cwt	373.00–386.00	2,394	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	336.26/cwt	331.00–342.00	2,646	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	312.20/cwt	302.00–326.00	2,676	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	358.85/cwt	351.00–364.00	2,971	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	355.43/cwt	355.25–355.50	3,234	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	340.09/cwt	337.50–341.00	2,792	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	423.75/cwt	413.00–432.50	2,623	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,917	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	723	358.86/cwt	358.75–359.50	2,595	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	1,935	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,132	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,089	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,564	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,812	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	380.72/cwt	375.00–383.00	2,783	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	611	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,444	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	368.37/cwt	363.00–375.00	2,453	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	369.21/cwt	359.00–374.00	2,836	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	352.53/cwt	340.00–356.85	3,092	353
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,349	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	328.90/cwt	326.00–335.25	3,190	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,220	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	314.45/cwt	309.50–324.75	2,877	95

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 Aug 13, 2025

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

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Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers over 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	363	475.00	475.00
5	500–550	544	392.00	392.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	498	385.00	385.00
9	500–550	513	385.00	385.00
6	700–750	734	320.00	320.00
9	750–800	796	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	465	425.00	425.00
8	550–600	571	395.00	395.00
31	600–650	632	373.00–386.00	378.76
65	650–700	666	363.00–375.00	368.37
27	700–750	725	336.00–350.00	342.45
41	750–800	787	331.00–342.00	336.26
101	800–850	821	337.50–341.00	340.09
90	850–900	857	302.00–326.00	312.20
95	900–950	915	309.50–324.75	314.45
7	1050–1100	1,057	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	600–650	611	400.00	400.00
56	700–750	723	358.75–359.50	358.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	574	410.00	410.00
44	600–650	619	413.00–432.50	423.75
96	650–700	682	381.00–407.00	399.27
38	700–750	731	375.00–383.00	380.72
104	750–800	768	359.00–374.00	369.21
157	800–850	828	351.00–364.00	358.85
353	850–900	877	340.00–356.85	352.53
251	900–950	910	355.25–355.50	355.43
287	950–1000	970	326.00–335.25	328.90
31	1000–1050	1,025	316.00–316.25	316.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	512.00	512.00
8	450–500	488	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	478	437.00	437.00
7	650–700	693	370.00	370.00
7	850–900	860	327.00	327.00

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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