Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 600-800 lbs sold steady and steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 5.00 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 $487.91/cwt on 167 head, up $17.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 23 comparable sales and sits +4.66 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$487.91

▲ 17.87 vs prior sale

167 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.56

vs NE average

+21.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	487.91	2,732	167

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale167 hd

487.91

—

NE average4 barns · 1,834 hd

489.47

−1.56

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+21.58

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

+4.66

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

35 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	450–500	468	436.12/cwt	430.00–442.00	2,041	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,056	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,809	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,869	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	2,906	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,277	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	488.85/cwt	481.00–503.00	2,801	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	433.74/cwt	417.00–448.00	2,750	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	356.32/cwt	346.00–366.25	3,143	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	368.98/cwt	354.00–373.00	2,989	435
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	375.70/cwt	367.00–387.50	2,912	669
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	482.32/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,204	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	383.30/cwt	375.00–399.00	2,817	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	489.16/cwt	483.00–495.00	2,617	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	411.24/cwt	391.00–424.50	2,776	356
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	627	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,257	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	325.65/cwt	325.00–329.50	3,185	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	806	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,736	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	431.97/cwt	421.00–442.00	2,302	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	579	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,629	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	517.44/cwt	502.00–524.00	2,484	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	326.00/cwt	319.00–336.00	2,722	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	339.60/cwt	336.00–340.00	3,070	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	356.26/cwt	341.00–370.00	2,583	327
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	353.88/cwt	345.00–361.00	2,735	301
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	748	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,700	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	514	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,041	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,206	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	964	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,902	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	408.28/cwt	405.00–411.00	2,184	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,133	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	419.34/cwt	400.00–432.00	2,399	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	386.60/cwt	385.00–388.00	2,196	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	390.54/cwt	378.00–408.00	2,429	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	372.15/cwt	365.00–380.50	2,519	262

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 Jan 7, 2026

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

Receipts 4,471Last week 3,353Year ago 4,829

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	468	430.00–442.00	436.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	408	504.00	504.00
25	450–500	450	474.00	474.00
53	500–550	533	421.00–442.00	431.97
62	550–600	572	400.00–432.00	419.34
188	600–650	622	378.00–408.00	390.54
262	650–700	677	365.00–380.50	372.15
327	700–750	725	341.00–370.00	356.26
301	750–800	773	345.00–361.00	353.88
95	800–850	835	319.00–336.00	326.00
14	850–900	868	330.50	330.50
10	900–950	906	310.00	310.00
15	950–1000	980	296.50	296.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	535	405.00–411.00	408.28
13	550–600	568	385.00–388.00	386.60
7	600–650	601	367.00	367.00
5	650–700	688	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	514	397.00	397.00
11	600–650	627	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	800–850	806	339.50	339.50
21	950–1000	964	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
67	700–750	748	361.00	361.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	450–500	480	502.00–524.00	517.44
58	500–550	535	483.00–495.00	489.16
104	550–600	573	481.00–503.00	488.85
191	600–650	634	417.00–448.00	433.74
356	650–700	675	391.00–424.50	411.24
330	700–750	735	375.00–399.00	383.30
669	750–800	775	367.00–387.50	375.70
435	800–850	810	354.00–373.00	368.98
237	850–900	882	346.00–366.25	356.32
98	900–950	904	336.00–340.00	339.60
67	950–1000	978	325.00–329.50	325.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	457	480.00–485.00	482.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	579	454.00	454.00

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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