Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 25.00 higher and steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 12.00 higher, Heifers under 600 lbs sold 20.00 to 40.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd. Most all the consignments had received fall vaccinations and around 700 head had been weaned a minimum 45 days. Around 600 head of old crop yearlings 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 $441.85/cwt on 308 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −41.41 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$441.85

308 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,428

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

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

$53.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.75

vs NE average

+12.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	446.02	2,448	284
Medium and Large 1-2	557	392.50	2,184	24

One grade step is worth $53.52/cwt here — about $264 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 sale308 hd

441.85

—

NE average6 barns · 2,822 hd

459.60

−17.75

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+12.70

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−41.41

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

48 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	Large 1Fleshy	900–950	945	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,315	40
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	981	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,492	5
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,134	239.61/cwt	236.00–243.00	2,717	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	593	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,372	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	771	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,614	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	986	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,997	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	330.69/cwt	317.00–334.00	2,675	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	532	438.35/cwt	428.00–444.00	2,332	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	933	320.79/cwt	319.70–328.00	2,993	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	1,747	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	348.56/cwt	343.00–353.00	2,314	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	371.96/cwt	359.00–379.00	2,388	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	331.29/cwt	321.00–337.50	2,432	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,953	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	319.73/cwt	316.00–334.50	2,513	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	379.73/cwt	369.00–390.00	2,199	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,814	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	304.37/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,727	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	417.01/cwt	396.00–425.00	2,185	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	371.32/cwt	362.00–377.00	2,685	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	407.08/cwt	399.00–409.00	2,540	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	473.95/cwt	457.00–482.00	2,010	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	469.78/cwt	452.00–482.00	2,471	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,762	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	490.88/cwt	490.00–491.00	2,405	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	516.99/cwt	504.00–532.00	2,197	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	387.85/cwt	378.00–402.50	2,614	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	596.00/cwt	596.00–596.00	2,044	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	725	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,697	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	607	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,537	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	391.94/cwt	386.00–398.00	2,599	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	731	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,321	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	379.34/cwt	375.00–382.00	2,341	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	423.98/cwt	412.00–441.00	2,442	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	718	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,377	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,001	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	597	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,334	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	634	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,936	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,192	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,134	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	409.49/cwt	396.00–420.00	1,957	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	882	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,822	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	622	388.67/cwt	382.00–393.00	2,418	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	458.13/cwt	453.00–465.00	2,130	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,437	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,897	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,728	10

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 Dec 3, 2025

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

Receipts 2,380Last week 3,621Year ago 3,981

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	900–950	945	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	950–1000	981	254.00	254.00
39	1100–1150	1,134	236.00–243.00	239.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	502.00	502.00
69	400–450	424	457.00–482.00	473.95
39	450–500	465	453.00–465.00	458.13
124	500–550	524	396.00–425.00	417.01
100	550–600	579	369.00–390.00	379.73
87	600–650	642	359.00–379.00	371.96
72	650–700	664	343.00–353.00	348.56
96	700–750	734	321.00–337.50	331.29
57	750–800	786	316.00–334.50	319.73
104	800–850	809	317.00–334.00	330.69
108	850–900	896	295.00–305.00	304.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	600–650	617	375.00–382.00	379.34
5	700–750	731	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	384	450.00	450.00
13	400–450	436	444.00	444.00
27	450–500	478	396.00–420.00	409.49
6	550–600	553	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	532	428.00–444.00	438.35
6	550–600	593	400.00	400.00
27	600–650	622	382.00–393.00	388.67
10	750–800	771	339.00	339.00
20	850–900	882	320.00	320.00
177	900–950	933	319.70–328.00	320.79
17	950–1000	986	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	343	596.00	596.00
7	350–400	365	535.00	535.00
85	400–450	425	504.00–532.00	516.99
67	450–500	490	490.00–491.00	490.88
131	500–550	526	452.00–482.00	469.78
119	550–600	576	412.00–441.00	423.98
54	600–650	624	399.00–409.00	407.08
94	650–700	674	378.00–402.50	387.85
43	700–750	723	362.00–377.00	371.32
25	750–800	777	355.50	355.50
12	800–850	811	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
47	600–650	607	418.00	418.00
57	650–700	663	386.00–398.00	391.94
12	700–750	725	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	634	380.00	380.00
6	700–750	718	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	397	504.00	504.00
11	450–500	474	462.50	462.50
18	500–550	543	393.00	393.00
7	650–700	677	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	597	391.00	391.00

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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