Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sizable test of the spring calf market this fall at Huss Livestock a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Almost all the calves had received one round of fall vaccinations and some were weaned at least 40 days. There was a difference in the weighing condition of the calves within their weight groups creating wider price spreads, that being said the quality of the calves was good from beginning to end of the auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $454.69/cwt on 273 head. That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −28.57 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$454.69

273 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−21.57

vs NE average

+8.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	454.69	2,496	273

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 sale273 hd

454.69

—

NE average7 barns · 1,763 hd

476.26

−21.57

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+8.84

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−28.57

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

34 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	400–450	436	468.96/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,045	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	406.84/cwt	397.00–420.00	2,140	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	614	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,560	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	850	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	3,018	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	907	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,147	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	972	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,863	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	945	298.75/cwt	298.75–298.75	2,823	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	441.50/cwt	441.50–441.50	3,015	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	385.46/cwt	378.00–398.00	2,186	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	461.89/cwt	445.00–477.00	2,471	190
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,197	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,047	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,793	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,406	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	441.39/cwt	432.00–460.00	2,119	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	364.85/cwt	358.00–377.00	2,390	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,604	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	399.87/cwt	380.00–402.00	3,087	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,714	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,488	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	438.21/cwt	432.00–466.00	2,546	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	615	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,263	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	504.73/cwt	485.00–526.00	2,403	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	3,132	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	944	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,030	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,769	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	688	408.95/cwt	393.00–417.00	2,814	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	434.63/cwt	422.00–460.00	2,686	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,023	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,121	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	807	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,788	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	902	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	3,044	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,987	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,490	8

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 Oct 8, 2025

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

Receipts 1,563Last week 2,605Year ago 1,974

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	329	545.00	545.00
39	400–450	436	460.00–490.00	468.96
69	450–500	480	432.00–460.00	441.39
57	500–550	526	397.00–420.00	406.84
27	550–600	567	378.00–398.00	385.46
13	600–650	625	385.00	385.00
26	650–700	693	359.00	359.00
20	700–750	746	349.00	349.00
10	800–850	825	329.00	329.00
8	1050–1100	1,078	290.50	290.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	900–950	945	298.75	298.75
10	950–1000	972	294.50	294.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	650–700	655	358.00–377.00	364.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	491	412.00	412.00
12	550–600	594	357.00	357.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	800–850	807	345.50	345.50
63	900–950	902	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	614	417.00	417.00
7	850–900	850	355.00	355.00
11	900–950	907	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	353	580.00	580.00
131	450–500	476	485.00–526.00	504.73
190	500–550	535	445.00–477.00	461.89
83	550–600	581	432.00–466.00	438.21
96	650–700	683	441.50	441.50
119	750–800	772	380.00–402.00	399.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	615	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	501.00	501.00
8	600–650	621	401.00	401.00
9	850–900	881	339.00	339.00
5	900–950	944	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
92	600–650	618	422.00–460.00	434.63
71	650–700	688	393.00–417.00	408.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	548	401.00	401.00

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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