Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported auction steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet bidding and buying noticed. The bulk of the run was long time weaned and vaccinated calves with the balance on bawling calves the majority of which had received their fall vaccinations.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $470.05/cwt on 243 head, down $0.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 23 comparable sales and sits −13.21 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$470.05

▼ 0.86 vs prior sale

243 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$48.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+17.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	474.82	2,670	219
Medium and Large 1-2	568	426.54	2,423	24

One grade step is worth $48.28/cwt here — about $247 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 sale243 hd

470.05

—

NE average1 barns · 243 hd

470.05

+0.00

National average24 barns · 3,960 hd

452.16

+17.89

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−13.21

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

64 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	600–650	633	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,323	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	831	320.24/cwt	318.00–324.00	2,661	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	757	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,491	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	735	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,492	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	521	421.51/cwt	421.00–422.00	2,196	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	402.06/cwt	397.00–410.00	2,099	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	593	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,657	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	415.51/cwt	401.50–426.00	2,568	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	462.75/cwt	451.00–470.00	2,693	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	435.15/cwt	425.00–446.00	2,685	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	800–850	812	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,680	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	715	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,653	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	415.54/cwt	399.00–425.00	2,780	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,469	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	2,110	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	655	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,758	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	497	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,420	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,575	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	468	502.14/cwt	498.00–505.00	2,350	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,610	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	344.33/cwt	341.00–346.50	2,978	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	687	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,666	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	386.66/cwt	377.00–399.00	2,784	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	378.01/cwt	370.00–384.50	2,892	293
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	3,160	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	550	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,420	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	363.48/cwt	358.50–369.25	2,984	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	562	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,759	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	426.54/cwt	426.00–427.00	2,423	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,772	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	736	374.27/cwt	369.00–375.00	2,755	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	726	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,403	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,372	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	784	360.00/cwt	358.50–360.50	2,822	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	378.43/cwt	366.00–383.00	2,505	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,793	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	354.39/cwt	348.00–361.00	2,584	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	342.36/cwt	339.00–344.00	2,681	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	679	348.52/cwt	348.00–349.00	2,366	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	671	385.31/cwt	383.00–388.00	2,585	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	382.26/cwt	375.00–392.00	2,362	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	586	398.98/cwt	394.00–402.00	2,338	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	427	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,900	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	324.34/cwt	318.50–327.50	2,841	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	421.59/cwt	420.00–422.00	2,239	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	575	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,501	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	737	363.74/cwt	362.00–364.50	2,681	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	413.10/cwt	406.00–424.00	2,404	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	399.51/cwt	396.00–405.00	2,265	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,272	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	917	324.64/cwt	324.00–327.00	2,977	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	890	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,946	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	801	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,771	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	377	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,904	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	677	388.03/cwt	385.00–394.00	2,627	56
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,060	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,989	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	338.16/cwt	332.00–340.00	3,142	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	624	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,596	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	492	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,411	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	809	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,565	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	517.53/cwt	515.00–526.00	2,546	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	491.77/cwt	481.00–495.00	2,636	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	470.09/cwt	450.00–478.00	2,637	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,366	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

Mon Dec 29, 2025

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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
12	500–550	521	421.00–422.00	421.51
24	550–600	586	394.00–402.00	398.98
24	600–650	633	367.00	367.00
7	700–750	735	339.00	339.00
57	750–800	757	329.00	329.00
32	800–850	831	318.00–324.00	320.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	522	397.00–410.00	402.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	527	450.00	450.00
48	550–600	582	406.00–424.00	413.10
76	600–650	618	375.00–392.00	382.26
92	650–700	662	366.00–383.00	378.43
180	700–750	729	348.00–361.00	354.39
84	750–800	783	339.00–344.00	342.36
25	850–900	876	318.50–327.50	324.34
29	900–950	901	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
112	650–700	671	383.00–388.00	385.31
100	700–750	737	362.00–364.50	363.74
62	750–800	784	358.50–360.50	360.00
45	800–850	801	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	505.00	505.00
19	450–500	495	459.00	459.00
47	500–550	531	420.00–422.00	421.59
56	550–600	567	396.00–405.00	399.51
31	650–700	679	348.00–349.00	348.52
9	800–850	809	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	427	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	492	490.00	490.00
13	550–600	575	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	593	448.00	448.00
25	650–700	655	421.00	421.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	405	521.00	521.00
12	450–500	497	487.00	487.00
19	500–550	516	499.00	499.00
54	550–600	582	451.00–470.00	462.75
26	600–650	618	401.50–426.00	415.51
28	650–700	687	388.00	388.00
6	700–750	715	371.00	371.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	492	515.00–526.00	517.53
21	500–550	536	481.00–495.00	491.77
55	550–600	561	450.00–478.00	470.09
110	600–650	617	425.00–446.00	435.15
81	650–700	669	399.00–425.00	415.54
144	700–750	720	377.00–399.00	386.66
293	750–800	765	370.00–384.50	378.01
333	800–850	821	358.50–369.25	363.48
67	850–900	865	341.00–346.50	344.33
154	900–950	929	332.00–340.00	338.16
32	950–1000	986	320.50	320.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	812	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	568	426.00–427.00	426.54
15	600–650	621	381.00	381.00
8	650–700	681	362.50	362.50
8	700–750	723	361.00	361.00
7	750–800	783	354.00	354.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	468	498.00–505.00	502.14
6	550–600	550	440.00	440.00
22	600–650	624	416.00	416.00
56	650–700	677	385.00–394.00	388.03
166	700–750	736	369.00–375.00	374.27
11	850–900	890	331.00	331.00
24	900–950	917	324.00–327.00	324.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	550–600	562	491.00	491.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	726	331.00	331.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,060	282.00	282.00

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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