Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold sharply higher and yearling heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher with no comparable offerings for the yearling steers. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $431.44/cwt on 214 head. That ranks 11 of 24 comparable sales and sits −3.07 against this barn's trailing median of $434.51.

Average price

$431.44

214 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,408

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$19.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.50

vs NE average

+33.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	432.08	2,413	207
Medium and Large 1-2	545	412.50	2,248	7thin

One grade step is worth $19.58/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.00, low $355.00, median $434.51 across 24 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 sale214 hd

431.44

—

NE average9 barns · 2,033 hd

431.94

−0.50

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

+33.58

This barn, trailing median24 sales

434.51

−3.07

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

39 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 1Fleshy	900–950	939	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,906	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,224	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,940	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	452.99/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,360	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	574.00/cwt	574.00–574.00	2,175	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	407.38/cwt	405.50–409.00	2,925	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	474.40/cwt	465.00–483.00	2,007	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	452.32/cwt	446.00–468.00	2,822	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	676	425.98/cwt	422.00–427.00	2,880	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	345.72/cwt	337.50–356.00	2,859	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	368.20/cwt	366.00–371.00	2,456	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	411.22/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,533	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	376.66/cwt	374.00–382.00	2,976	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	369.28/cwt	367.00–372.75	3,257	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	705	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,802	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	429.78/cwt	402.00–432.00	2,712	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	503.61/cwt	490.00–519.00	2,649	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,250	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	789	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,801	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,749	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,734	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	633	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,652	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	654	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,577	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	738	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	712	368.04/cwt	361.00–376.00	2,620	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	330.25/cwt	330.25–330.25	2,860	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	483.17/cwt	472.00–493.00	2,339	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,363	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,743	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	464.12/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,395	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	473.51/cwt	464.00–491.00	2,751	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	3,390	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,749	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,097	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,248	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	591.00/cwt	591.00–591.00	1,873	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,659	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	420.69/cwt	402.00–430.00	2,436	134

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 15, 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 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	900–950	939	309.50	309.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	423	465.00–483.00	474.40
22	450–500	484	472.00–493.00	483.17
73	500–550	521	430.00–470.00	452.99
134	550–600	579	402.00–430.00	420.69
157	600–650	631	402.00–432.00	429.78
17	650–700	653	421.00	421.00
14	700–750	736	373.50	373.50
65	750–800	786	374.00	374.00
42	800–850	827	337.50–356.00	345.72
19	850–900	866	330.25	330.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	600–650	616	390.00–420.00	411.22
21	650–700	667	366.00–371.00	368.20
6	750–800	789	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
106	700–750	705	397.50	397.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	738	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	474	442.50	442.50
7	500–550	545	412.50	412.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	426	522.00	522.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	317	591.00	591.00
9	350–400	379	574.00	574.00
8	450–500	487	546.00	546.00
60	500–550	526	490.00–519.00	503.61
108	550–600	581	464.00–491.00	473.51
6	600–650	609	449.00	449.00
15	700–750	718	405.50–409.00	407.38
18	750–800	790	374.00–382.00	376.66
165	850–900	882	367.00–372.75	369.28
81	900–950	934	348.00	348.00
17	1000–1050	1,003	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
72	600–650	624	446.00–468.00	452.32
76	650–700	676	422.00–427.00	425.98
21	700–750	712	361.00–376.00	368.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	633	419.00	419.00
31	650–700	654	394.00	394.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	440	510.00	510.00
5	450–500	468	505.00	505.00
15	500–550	516	455.00–475.00	464.12
7	600–650	641	428.00	428.00

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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