Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 $486.53/cwt on 216 head, up $10.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 23 comparable sales and sits +3.27 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$486.53

▲ 10.35 vs prior sale

216 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

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

$27.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.43

vs NE average

+21.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	492.32	2,793	170
Medium and Large 1-2	548	465.13	2,551	46

One grade step is worth $27.19/cwt here — about $242 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 sale216 hd

486.53

—

NE average8 barns · 3,746 hd

502.96

−16.43

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+21.20

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

+3.27

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 1Fleshy	450–500	473	512.96/cwt	509.00–518.00	2,426	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,657	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	442.66/cwt	439.00–447.00	2,492	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	360.85/cwt	353.00–365.00	2,919	366
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	410.19/cwt	405.00–423.50	2,781	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	489.08/cwt	485.50–498.00	2,886	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,846	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	440.05/cwt	437.50–452.00	2,755	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,277	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	727	376.44/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,737	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	366.98/cwt	362.50–371.00	2,668	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	991	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,231	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,678	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,374	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	708	377.05/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,670	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	396.26/cwt	393.00–397.00	2,516	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	346.47/cwt	338.00–356.00	3,039	517
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,651	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	377.20/cwt	369.00–385.00	2,882	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	552	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,517	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,287	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,195	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	479.57/cwt	478.00–483.00	2,585	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	565	508.73/cwt	507.00–514.00	2,874	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	386	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,046	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	492	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,214	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	632	379.74/cwt	375.00–382.00	2,400	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	363.99/cwt	356.50–371.00	2,457	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	763	332.56/cwt	331.00–335.00	2,537	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	719	352.76/cwt	351.00–354.00	2,536	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	760	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,797	29
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	763	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,522	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,582	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	383.27/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,591	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	652	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,624	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	400.59/cwt	400.00–401.00	2,323	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,080	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	397.01/cwt	393.00–402.00	2,481	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	344.12/cwt	340.00–349.00	2,512	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	402	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,030	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	332.08/cwt	331.00–332.50	2,657	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	341.92/cwt	339.50–351.00	2,612	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	415.13/cwt	409.00–427.50	2,424	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	373.13/cwt	363.00–376.00	2,675	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,223	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	447.71/cwt	438.00–456.00	2,315	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,289	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	446.21/cwt	437.00–460.00	2,360	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	417.33/cwt	416.00–419.00	2,274	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	703	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,692	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	720	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,534	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	772	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,810	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	900	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,970	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	543.37/cwt	527.50–550.00	2,076	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	307.15/cwt	305.50–310.00	2,786	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	465.66/cwt	461.00–470.00	2,631	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	682	394.93/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,693	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	394.67/cwt	384.50–398.00	2,794	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	608	431.46/cwt	429.00–433.00	2,623	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,901	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,331	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	500.25/cwt	500.00–501.00	2,626	20

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 21, 2026

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

Receipts 4,047Last week 5,010Year ago 3,427

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	473	509.00–518.00	512.96
20	500–550	525	500.00–501.00	500.25
29	550–600	565	461.00–470.00	465.66
13	600–650	608	429.00–433.00	431.46
21	650–700	682	392.50–400.00	394.93
140	700–750	727	370.00–382.00	376.44
18	750–800	772	364.00	364.00
6	900–950	900	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	472	482.50	482.50
28	500–550	539	478.00–483.00	479.57
18	550–600	563	439.00–447.00	442.66
37	600–650	635	393.00–397.00	396.26
8	650–700	683	389.00	389.00
25	700–750	727	362.50–371.00	366.98
35	750–800	763	351.00	351.00
6	800–850	847	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	372	590.00	590.00
51	550–600	590	485.50–498.00	489.08
131	600–650	626	437.50–452.00	440.05
285	650–700	678	405.00–423.50	410.19
175	700–750	708	384.50–398.00	394.67
150	750–800	764	369.00–385.00	377.20
366	800–850	809	353.00–365.00	360.85
517	850–900	877	338.00–356.00	346.47
7	950–1000	991	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	530.00	530.00
8	450–500	473	502.00	502.00
7	550–600	552	456.00	456.00
20	600–650	608	436.00	436.00
38	700–750	708	370.00–380.00	377.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	496	461.00	461.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	550–600	565	507.00–514.00	508.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	492	450.00	450.00
88	600–650	632	375.00–382.00	379.74
75	650–700	675	356.50–371.00	363.99
40	700–750	719	351.00–354.00	352.76
23	750–800	763	331.00–335.00	332.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	750–800	760	368.00	368.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	763	330.50	330.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	493	422.00	422.00
27	500–550	545	416.00–419.00	417.33
83	550–600	580	400.00–401.00	400.59
17	700–750	730	340.00–349.00	344.12
8	750–800	797	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	382	527.50–550.00	543.37
6	450–500	456	487.50	487.50
100	500–550	529	437.00–460.00	446.21
53	550–600	584	409.00–427.50	415.13
195	600–650	625	393.00–402.00	397.01
184	650–700	676	375.00–395.00	383.27
219	700–750	717	363.00–376.00	373.13
115	750–800	764	339.50–351.00	341.92
53	800–850	800	331.00–332.50	332.08
26	900–950	907	305.50–310.00	307.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	652	402.50	402.50
24	700–750	703	383.00	383.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	388	490.00	490.00
4	400–450	402	505.00	505.00
20	500–550	517	438.00–456.00	447.71
14	550–600	578	396.00	396.00
16	600–650	604	386.00	386.00
8	700–750	720	352.00	352.00

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