Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 850-1000 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 650 lbs sold unevenly steady on a limited number of comparable offerings. 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 $430.23/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −53.03 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$430.23

93 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,440

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$101

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

$11.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.67

vs NE average

+13.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	439.49	2,360	20
Medium and Large 1	575	427.69	2,461	73

One grade step is worth $11.80/cwt here — about −$101 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale93 hd

430.23

—

NE average5 barns · 669 hd

464.90

−34.67

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+13.14

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−53.03

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

50 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	400–450	436	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,250	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	332.01/cwt	330.00–333.00	3,201	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	358.25/cwt	358.25–358.25	3,350	515
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	837	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,963	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	385.63/cwt	385.00–387.00	2,973	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	430.83/cwt	422.00–440.00	2,482	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	534.00/cwt	534.00–534.00	2,115	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	378.67/cwt	378.00–379.00	3,101	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	365.88/cwt	364.50–368.00	2,495	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,864	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,887	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,812	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,164	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	338.39/cwt	335.00–340.00	3,018	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	363.06/cwt	359.00–369.00	2,661	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	363.34/cwt	354.00–364.00	3,176	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	323.75/cwt	323.75–323.75	3,283	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,669	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	387.40/cwt	383.50–393.00	2,386	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,060	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,244	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	572	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,345	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,045	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,313	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,040	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,214	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	855	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,804	13
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	750–800	784	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,023	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	345.11/cwt	341.00–346.00	2,664	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,511	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	439.49/cwt	435.00–448.00	2,360	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,926	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,678	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,477	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,731	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,597	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	400–450	420	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	1,970	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	800–850	820	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,624	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	371.04/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,389	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,261	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	374.39/cwt	373.50–376.00	2,355	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	386.59/cwt	384.00–392.00	2,057	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	773	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,806	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	650–700	658	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	2,477	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	382.40/cwt	378.00–385.50	2,180	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	750–800	799	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,988	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	550–600	577	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,187	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	610	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,208	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	348.85/cwt	344.00–350.10	3,415	570
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,430	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	473	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,105	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	553.00/cwt	553.00–553.00	1,792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	399.00/cwt	393.00–405.00	2,753	14

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.

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Huss Livestock Market - Kearney, NE

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	324	553.00	553.00
5	350–400	396	534.00	534.00
14	400–450	436	516.00	516.00
24	450–500	485	501.00	501.00
62	550–600	576	422.00–440.00	430.83
14	650–700	690	393.00–405.00	399.00
6	700–750	725	395.00	395.00
110	750–800	771	385.00–387.00	385.63
39	800–850	819	378.00–379.00	378.67
230	850–900	874	354.00–364.00	363.34
515	900–950	935	358.25	358.25
570	950–1000	979	344.00–350.10	348.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	572	410.00	410.00
6	1000–1050	1,045	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	348	497.50	497.50
11	450–500	470	481.00	481.00
20	500–550	537	435.00–448.00	439.49
34	600–650	644	370.00–376.00	371.04
11	700–750	742	350.00	350.00
6	750–800	765	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	635	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	799	374.00	374.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	473	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	520.00	520.00
24	350–400	394	460.00	460.00
17	450–500	493	439.00	439.00
27	600–650	616	383.50–393.00	387.40
63	650–700	682	364.50–368.00	365.88
27	700–750	733	359.00–369.00	363.06
30	750–800	791	365.00	365.00
28	850–900	892	335.00–340.00	338.39
31	950–1000	964	330.00–333.00	332.01
12	1000–1050	1,014	323.75	323.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	650–700	658	376.50	376.50
7	750–800	773	363.00	363.00
47	800–850	837	354.00	354.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	850–900	855	328.00	328.00
17	1000–1050	1,040	309.00	309.00
7	1050–1100	1,060	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	449.00	449.00
19	500–550	532	384.00–392.00	386.59
14	550–600	570	378.00–385.50	382.40
27	600–650	629	373.50–376.00	374.39
12	700–750	745	337.00	337.00
67	750–800	772	341.00–346.00	345.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	420	469.00	469.00
32	550–600	577	379.00	379.00
8	800–850	820	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	610	362.00	362.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	784	258.00	258.00

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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