Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and steers over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 25.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet all day long.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $470.91/cwt on 269 head. That ranks 5 of 23 comparable sales and sits −12.35 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$470.91

269 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$53.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.23

vs NE average

+26.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	477.63	2,637	235
Medium and Large 1-2	575	424.42	2,441	34

One grade step is worth $53.21/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale269 hd

470.91

—

NE average6 barns · 2,071 hd

476.13

−5.23

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+26.81

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−12.35

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

62 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 1Full	450–500	488	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,342	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	341.77/cwt	341.00–345.00	2,481	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	428.07/cwt	424.00–433.00	2,329	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	563	444.42/cwt	441.00–446.00	2,502	19
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,117	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,239	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	522.86/cwt	516.00–526.00	2,473	42
Steers	Large 1	600–650	643	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,395	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	497.19/cwt	486.00–516.00	2,625	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	390.89/cwt	389.00–396.00	2,451	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	349.54/cwt	344.00–359.00	2,894	362
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	376.13/cwt	361.00–388.00	2,938	361
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	418.89/cwt	408.00–424.00	2,656	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	325.23/cwt	325.00–330.00	3,184	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	597	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,669	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	724	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,643	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	399.12/cwt	384.00–412.00	2,702	438
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	467.94/cwt	453.00–482.00	2,695	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	344.93/cwt	340.00–361.50	2,984	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	385.05/cwt	377.50–392.50	2,799	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	590	422.68/cwt	409.00–428.00	2,494	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	744	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,463	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	466.55/cwt	461.00–472.50	2,249	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	540.57/cwt	540.00–541.00	2,287	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	676	367.22/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,482	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	343.28/cwt	334.00–350.00	3,213	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	583	408.75/cwt	405.00–410.50	2,383	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	513	417.70/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,143	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	361.33/cwt	349.00–376.50	2,565	282
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	427.01/cwt	415.00–443.00	2,451	270
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	377.89/cwt	373.00–379.00	2,411	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	786	326.98/cwt	326.00–329.50	2,570	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	450.85/cwt	436.00–463.00	2,331	40
Heifers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,229	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	3,128	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,077	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	396.24/cwt	384.50–411.00	2,457	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,852	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	370.85/cwt	365.00–380.50	2,503	257
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,653	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,463	13
Heifers	Large 1Spayed	1050–1100	1,096	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	3,058	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	513	478.40/cwt	474.00–480.00	2,454	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	361.86/cwt	361.00–366.00	2,301	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	299.86/cwt	297.00–301.50	2,903	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,047	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	3,015	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	476.45/cwt	469.00–479.00	2,301	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	627	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,113	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	721	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,394	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	315.66/cwt	312.50–330.00	2,765	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	326.16/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,704	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	592	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,291	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	872	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,773	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	684	374.88/cwt	371.00–382.00	2,564	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	630	394.36/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,484	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	384.17/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,059	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,396	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	904	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,345	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1000–1050	1,017	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,621	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	723	366.83/cwt	360.00–372.50	2,652	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	772	351.35/cwt	350.00–354.00	2,712	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	931	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,737	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	829	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,798	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	528	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,460	15

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	488	480.00	480.00
15	500–550	528	466.00	466.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	544	424.00–433.00	428.07
30	700–750	726	341.00–345.00	341.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	563	441.00–446.00	444.42
46	600–650	630	390.00–400.00	394.36
56	650–700	684	371.00–382.00	374.88
116	700–750	723	360.00–372.50	366.83
105	750–800	772	350.00–354.00	351.35
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1100–1150	1,117	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	423	540.00–541.00	540.57
42	450–500	473	516.00–526.00	522.86
102	500–550	528	486.00–516.00	497.19
88	550–600	576	453.00–482.00	467.94
274	600–650	634	408.00–424.00	418.89
438	650–700	677	384.00–412.00	399.12
296	700–750	727	377.50–392.50	385.05
361	750–800	781	361.00–388.00	376.13
362	800–850	828	344.00–359.00	349.54
142	850–900	865	340.00–361.50	344.93
171	900–950	936	334.00–350.00	343.28
106	950–1000	979	325.00–330.00	325.23
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	643	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	482	461.00–472.50	466.55
11	550–600	597	447.00	447.00
23	600–650	627	389.00–396.00	390.89
11	650–700	676	365.00–370.00	367.22
15	700–750	724	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	590	409.00–428.00	422.68
10	700–750	744	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	900–950	904	370.00	370.00
51	1000–1050	1,017	356.00	356.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	513	415.00–420.00	417.70
43	550–600	583	405.00–410.50	408.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	490.00	490.00
8	400–450	430	483.00	483.00
27	450–500	483	469.00–479.00	476.45
40	500–550	517	436.00–463.00	450.85
270	550–600	574	415.00–443.00	427.01
221	600–650	620	384.50–411.00	396.24
257	650–700	675	365.00–380.50	370.85
282	700–750	710	349.00–376.50	361.33
38	750–800	768	345.50	345.50
62	800–850	829	310.00–330.00	326.16
76	850–900	876	312.50–330.00	315.66
40	950–1000	968	297.00–301.50	299.86
31	1000–1050	1,047	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
94	600–650	638	373.00–379.00	377.89
50	750–800	786	326.00–329.50	326.98
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1200–1250	1,229	254.50	254.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	636	361.00–366.00	361.86
13	700–750	733	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1050–1100	1,096	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	500–550	513	474.00–480.00	478.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	627	337.00	337.00
9	700–750	721	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	536	370.00–390.00	384.17
13	550–600	592	387.00	387.00
18	650–700	675	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	800–850	829	337.50	337.50
13	850–900	872	318.00	318.00
58	900–950	931	294.00	294.00

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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