Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers 500-800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate to 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 $452.05/cwt on 309 head. That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −31.21 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$452.05

309 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,497

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$0.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.32

vs NE average

+21.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	452.20	2,519	240
Medium and Large 1-2	537	451.52	2,423	69

One grade step is worth $0.69/cwt here — about $96 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

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 sale309 hd

452.05

—

NE average8 barns · 3,118 hd

468.37

−16.32

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+21.42

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−31.21

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

53 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 1Unweaned	700–750	741	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,664	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	382.94/cwt	360.00–389.00	2,738	255
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	750–800	791	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,531	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,232	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	484.51/cwt	468.50–500.00	2,510	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	3,261	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	366.91/cwt	349.00–378.00	2,825	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	598.50/cwt	598.50–598.50	2,035	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,206	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	538.92/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,204	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	455.54/cwt	452.50–459.00	2,437	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	505.05/cwt	494.00–514.00	2,429	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,174	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	379.75/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,373	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	446.11/cwt	438.00–456.00	2,529	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	391.92/cwt	382.00–405.50	2,642	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	381.23/cwt	370.00–398.00	2,581	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	795	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,441	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	664	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,331	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	419.30/cwt	415.00–424.00	2,549	79
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	647	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,239	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	519	394.15/cwt	394.00–395.00	2,046	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	770	322.42/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,483	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	371.42/cwt	371.00–371.50	2,191	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	624	357.78/cwt	355.00–361.00	2,233	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	712	327.75/cwt	327.50–328.00	2,334	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,698	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	472.87/cwt	472.00–477.50	1,835	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	462	423.16/cwt	421.00–425.00	1,955	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	364.50/cwt	364.00–365.00	2,056	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	352.94/cwt	352.00–353.50	2,213	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,079	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	334.27/cwt	332.50–344.00	2,597	134
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	720	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,336	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,940	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,627	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	401.12/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,234	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	369.65/cwt	356.00–380.00	1,989	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	356.55/cwt	348.00–367.50	2,428	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	402.24/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,923	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	674	354.58/cwt	351.00–360.00	2,390	36
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	700–750	703	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,355	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	1,710	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,762	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	349.99/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,887	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	417.06/cwt	411.00–420.00	2,135	58
Steers	Large 1	700–750	733	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,536	25
Steers	Large 1	800–850	839	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,802	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	906	318.58/cwt	318.50–319.00	2,886	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	579	429.33/cwt	415.00–434.00	2,486	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	344.12/cwt	339.50–348.75	3,025	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	347.30/cwt	341.50–354.00	2,494	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	423.75/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,636	92

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

Wed Dec 10, 2025

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

Receipts 3,289Last week 2,380Year ago 4,852

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers 500-800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
79	600–650	608	415.00–424.00	419.30
72	650–700	677	370.00–398.00	381.23
27	700–750	741	359.50	359.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	340	598.50	598.50
19	400–450	409	535.00–550.00	538.92
41	450–500	481	494.00–514.00	505.05
63	500–550	518	468.50–500.00	484.51
120	550–600	567	438.00–456.00	446.11
92	600–650	622	415.00–435.00	423.75
136	650–700	674	382.00–405.50	391.92
255	700–750	715	360.00–389.00	382.94
289	750–800	770	349.00–378.00	366.91
264	800–850	825	340.00–353.00	349.99
111	850–900	879	339.50–348.75	344.12
27	1000–1050	1,008	323.50	323.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	791	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	443	498.00	498.00
5	450–500	483	450.00	450.00
64	500–550	535	452.50–459.00	455.54
5	550–600	558	400.00	400.00
15	600–650	625	375.00–385.00	379.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	664	351.00	351.00
5	750–800	795	307.00	307.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	700–750	733	346.00	346.00
16	800–850	839	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	550–600	579	415.00–434.00	429.33
32	900–950	906	318.50–319.00	318.58
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	647	346.00	346.00
23	700–750	720	324.50	324.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
34	450–500	462	421.00–425.00	423.16
34	500–550	519	394.00–395.00	394.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	590	371.00–371.50	371.42
54	600–650	624	355.00–361.00	357.78
10	700–750	712	327.50–328.00	327.75
51	750–800	770	315.00–325.00	322.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	304	562.50	562.50
7	350–400	356	495.00	495.00
8	450–500	462	450.00	450.00
58	500–550	512	411.00–420.00	417.06
68	550–600	557	395.00–420.00	401.12
177	650–700	681	348.00–367.50	356.55
150	700–750	718	341.50–354.00	347.30
134	750–800	777	332.50–344.00	334.27
28	800–850	821	320.00	320.00
5	850–900	873	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	350–400	388	472.00–477.50	472.87
14	400–450	441	440.00	440.00
72	450–500	478	395.00–415.00	402.24
14	500–550	538	356.00–380.00	369.65
56	550–600	564	364.00–365.00	364.50
24	600–650	627	352.00–353.50	352.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	650–700	674	351.00–360.00	354.58
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	703	335.00	335.00

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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