Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher. Demand was 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 $483.26/cwt on 288 head, down $3.27 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 23 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$483.26

▼ 3.27 vs prior sale

288 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$161

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

$4.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.65

vs NE average

−0.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	487.10	2,524	58
Medium and Large 1	557	482.29	2,685	230

One grade step is worth $4.80/cwt here — about −$161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale288 hd

483.26

—

NE average9 barns · 2,338 hd

502.90

−19.65

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−0.84

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

+0.00

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

55 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 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	554	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,881	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	335.72/cwt	323.00–339.50	3,267	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	486.41/cwt	472.00–492.00	2,559	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	531.00/cwt	530.00–532.50	2,055	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	600	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,868	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	395.04/cwt	384.00–397.50	2,868	377
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	520	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,428	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	427.34/cwt	405.50–439.75	2,842	348
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	369.90/cwt	367.00–371.00	3,033	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	483.03/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,724	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	384.99/cwt	365.00–397.00	2,961	532
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	458.28/cwt	454.00–467.00	2,612	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	478.45/cwt	471.00–485.00	2,258	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,721	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,494	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	518.01/cwt	514.00–526.00	2,606	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	576.00/cwt	576.00–576.00	2,402	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	682	394.17/cwt	393.00–397.50	2,688	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,510	15
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	811	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,433	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,417	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	537	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,314	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	925	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,733	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	478	457.06/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,185	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	632	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,433	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,390	5
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,026	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,709	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,063	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	681	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,438	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	781	327.26/cwt	325.00–329.00	2,556	14
Heifers	Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	969	264.64/cwt	264.00–265.00	2,564	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,182	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	469.73/cwt	467.00–472.00	2,208	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,137	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	513.27/cwt	511.00–517.50	2,012	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	373.56/cwt	358.50–381.00	2,652	411
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	353.01/cwt	341.00–362.00	2,736	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,198	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	386.92/cwt	377.50–400.00	2,623	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	419.69/cwt	397.00–427.00	2,577	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	430.25/cwt	413.00–441.00	2,517	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	447.37/cwt	439.00–456.00	2,331	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	332.27/cwt	330.50–334.50	2,701	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,022	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,138	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,330	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	923	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	3,087	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	357.10/cwt	343.00–363.50	3,089	590
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	882	332.13/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,929	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,417	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	440.60/cwt	429.00–460.50	2,763	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	558	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,528	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	493	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	2,559	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,681	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	705	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,510	7

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 28, 2026

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

Receipts 4,958Last week 4,047Year ago 5,426

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	554	520.00	520.00
50	600–650	600	478.00	478.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	417	576.00	576.00
28	500–550	503	514.00–526.00	518.01
78	550–600	564	470.00–490.00	483.03
141	600–650	627	429.00–460.50	440.60
348	650–700	665	405.50–439.75	427.34
377	700–750	726	384.00–397.50	395.04
532	750–800	769	365.00–397.00	384.99
225	800–850	820	367.00–371.00	369.90
590	850–900	865	343.00–363.50	357.10
188	950–1000	973	323.00–339.50	335.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	387	530.00–532.50	531.00
24	450–500	472	471.00–485.00	478.45
33	500–550	526	472.00–492.00	486.41
8	600–650	601	415.00	415.00
5	750–800	750	356.00	356.00
9	850–900	892	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	520	467.00	467.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	493	519.00	519.00
13	500–550	545	492.00	492.00
87	550–600	570	454.00–467.00	458.28
118	650–700	682	393.00–397.50	394.17
28	850–900	882	330.00–336.00	332.13
8	900–950	923	334.50	334.50
43	1000–1050	1,022	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	500	502.00	502.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	800–850	811	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	472	512.00	512.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	705	356.00	356.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	478	455.00–460.00	457.06
17	500–550	537	431.00	431.00
5	550–600	590	405.00	405.00
6	600–650	632	385.00	385.00
19	650–700	681	358.00	358.00
14	750–800	781	325.00–329.00	327.26
39	900–950	925	295.50	295.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1000–1050	1,026	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	392	511.00–517.50	513.27
10	450–500	470	439.00	439.00
12	500–550	504	424.00	424.00
11	600–650	628	371.00	371.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	950–1000	969	264.00–265.00	264.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	439	497.00	497.00
49	450–500	470	467.00–472.00	469.73
56	500–550	521	439.00–456.00	447.37
254	550–600	585	413.00–441.00	430.25
190	600–650	614	397.00–427.00	419.69
259	650–700	678	377.50–400.00	386.92
411	700–750	710	358.50–381.00	373.56
194	750–800	775	341.00–362.00	353.01
95	800–850	813	330.50–334.50	332.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	458	480.00	480.00
13	500–550	536	451.00	451.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	558	453.00	453.00

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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