Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-08-27

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 27
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
1,589 head
603 vs last sale 2,192 1,589 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher with instances sharply higher and the comparable weights of heifers sold sharply higher. Demand was very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Bulk of the yearling feeders were coming off the summer grass with some coming out of the grow yards. Few packages of fall calves and preg checked open heifers also sold in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $473.97/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 6 of 23 comparable sales and sits 9.29 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.
Average price
$473.97
30 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.20
vs NE average
+64.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539473.972,55230
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
534501468435median 483.2612/1701/2803/1805/1307/29
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 sale30 hd
473.97
NE average5 barns · 122 hd
470.77
+3.20
National average152 barns · 8,476 hd
409.30
+64.67
This barn, trailing median23 sales
483.26
−9.29
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

26 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850842317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,6736
HeifersLarge 11100–11501,116285.45/cwt282.50–288.003,18615
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000973321.00/cwt321.00–321.003,1235
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500496472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,3448
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435459.00/cwt459.00–459.001,9979
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,24511
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750734406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,98043
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800789371.21/cwt357.00–375.502,92952
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550516487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,51615
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950901340.50/cwt340.50–340.503,06820
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750718362.98/cwt348.00–378.002,60651
HeifersMedium and Large 11050–11001,057302.50/cwt302.50–302.503,19712
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850817377.55/cwt356.00–384.003,085145
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600561460.43/cwt455.00–475.002,58315
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,025337.92/cwt334.00–340.253,464379
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900871360.57/cwt353.00–366.003,141270
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650634400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,53611
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,015318.10/cwt303.50–322.503,22989
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450418513.84/cwt510.00–521.002,14820
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700663419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,77811
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950941346.50/cwt346.50–346.503,261102
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800766377.36/cwt368.00–383.002,89144
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850825354.61/cwt340.00–363.502,92641
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700690380.62/cwt368.00–382.502,62654
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500453477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,1635
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700692385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,6648

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.