Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers 600-800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and steers and heifers over 800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $476.18/cwt on 312 head, down $11.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 23 comparable sales and sits −7.08 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$476.18

▼ 11.73 vs prior sale

312 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

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

$46.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.18

vs NE average

+4.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	485.31	2,766	251
Medium and Large 1-2	554	438.64	2,428	61

One grade step is worth $46.66/cwt here — about $338 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale312 hd

476.18

—

NE average11 barns · 3,919 hd

497.37

−21.18

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+4.20

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−7.08

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

59 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 1	450–500	480	544.66/cwt	530.00–553.00	2,614	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	335	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,692	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	626	429.79/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,690	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	325.42/cwt	323.00–328.00	2,877	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	432.98/cwt	431.00–437.00	2,537	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	474	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	2,455	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	515.91/cwt	515.00–519.00	2,734	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	689	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,735	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,159	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	2,358	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	390.68/cwt	381.50–398.50	2,852	501
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	450.92/cwt	439.00–464.00	2,800	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	354.16/cwt	343.00–361.00	3,085	369
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	411.17/cwt	401.00–415.00	2,529	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	427.39/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,599	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	588	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,987	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	385.69/cwt	373.00–393.25	2,947	450
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	421.17/cwt	408.00–439.00	2,834	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,745	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	363.77/cwt	357.00–378.00	3,012	550
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	444.38/cwt	443.00–451.00	2,591	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	500	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,240	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	442	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,077	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	643	379.32/cwt	375.00–387.00	2,439	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	544	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,415	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	777	333.38/cwt	332.00–334.00	2,590	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	474	465.21/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,205	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	432	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,134	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	687	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,762	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	3,114	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	465.79/cwt	464.00–467.00	2,338	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	367.65/cwt	358.00–375.50	2,618	297
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	820	321.26/cwt	319.00–324.50	2,634	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	724	351.95/cwt	339.00–357.00	2,548	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	684	364.79/cwt	356.00–367.00	2,495	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,964	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	584	409.47/cwt	405.00–412.00	2,391	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	441.87/cwt	435.00–446.00	2,161	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	397.53/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,290	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	426.27/cwt	414.00–436.00	2,468	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	493	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,071	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,488	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	412.01/cwt	396.00–419.00	2,505	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,891	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,140	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	337.70/cwt	328.00–343.00	2,742	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,805	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	552	531.00/cwt	531.00–531.00	2,931	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	382.51/cwt	375.00–388.00	2,620	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	468	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,106	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,466	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,236	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,574	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	573	451.94/cwt	440.00–467.00	2,590	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	352.37/cwt	342.00–356.00	2,696	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	839	351.68/cwt	350.50–353.00	2,951	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	790	365.68/cwt	365.00–373.00	2,889	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	506	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,449	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	872	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,930	31

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 14, 2026

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

Receipts 5,010Last week 4,471Year ago 5,236

Compared to last week steers and heifers 600-800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and steers and heifers over 800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	547.00	547.00
32	450–500	480	530.00–553.00	544.66
21	500–550	530	515.00–519.00	515.91
130	600–650	621	439.00–464.00	450.92
210	650–700	673	408.00–439.00	421.17
501	700–750	730	381.50–398.50	390.68
450	750–800	764	373.00–393.25	385.69
550	800–850	828	357.00–378.00	363.77
369	850–900	871	343.00–361.00	354.16
26	950–1000	972	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	474	518.00	518.00
11	500–550	506	484.00	484.00
74	550–600	573	440.00–467.00	451.94
90	600–650	626	425.00–435.00	429.79
11	650–700	689	397.00	397.00
82	750–800	790	365.00–373.00	365.68
53	800–850	839	350.50–353.00	351.68
31	850–900	872	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	550–600	586	431.00–437.00	432.98
18	600–650	615	401.00–415.00	411.17
27	700–750	740	371.00	371.00
22	850–900	884	323.00–328.00	325.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	550–600	583	443.00–451.00	444.38
29	600–650	608	425.00–430.00	427.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	550–600	588	508.00	508.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	442	470.00	470.00
23	500–550	500	448.00	448.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	552	531.00	531.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	505.00	505.00
7	450–500	468	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	432	494.00	494.00
19	450–500	474	460.00–470.00	465.21
25	500–550	544	444.00	444.00
85	550–600	584	405.00–412.00	409.47
77	600–650	643	375.00–387.00	379.32
105	650–700	684	356.00–367.00	364.79
120	700–750	724	339.00–357.00	351.95
23	750–800	777	332.00–334.00	333.38
35	800–850	820	319.00–324.50	321.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	650–700	687	402.00	402.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	502	464.00–467.00	465.79
177	550–600	579	414.00–436.00	426.27
103	600–650	608	396.00–419.00	412.01
206	650–700	685	375.00–388.00	382.51
297	700–750	712	358.00–375.50	367.65
110	750–800	765	342.00–356.00	352.37
67	800–850	812	328.00–343.00	337.70
61	850–900	878	319.50	319.50
7	900–950	948	305.00	305.00
10	1050–1100	1,083	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	416	472.00	472.00
29	450–500	489	435.00–446.00	441.87
11	500–550	506	423.00	423.00
22	550–600	576	395.00–400.00	397.53
13	850–900	858	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	493	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	520	430.00	430.00
10	600–650	610	422.00	422.00
9	650–700	663	372.00	372.00

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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