Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs and heifers over 500 lbs unevenly steady. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet from beginning to end of the auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $490.20/cwt on 258 head, up $6.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 23 comparable sales and sits +6.95 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$490.20

▲ 6.95 vs prior sale

258 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

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

$20.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.71

vs NE average

+7.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	492.19	2,781	233
Medium and Large 1-2	531	471.73	2,505	25

One grade step is worth $20.46/cwt here — about $276 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 sale258 hd

490.20

—

NE average9 barns · 3,515 hd

496.91

−6.71

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+7.17

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

+6.95

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

50 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 1-2	800–850	806	348.47/cwt	343.00–351.00	2,809	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	408.28/cwt	395.00–421.50	2,952	433
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	355.49/cwt	343.50–361.00	3,103	395
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	512.11/cwt	506.00–529.00	2,735	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	477.68/cwt	455.00–505.00	2,250	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	385.82/cwt	376.00–397.00	2,986	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	456.50/cwt	436.00–471.50	2,817	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,673	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	586.00/cwt	586.00–586.00	2,491	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	540.71/cwt	528.00–562.00	2,563	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,494	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	485.13/cwt	459.00–504.00	2,799	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	331.09/cwt	322.00–332.00	3,208	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	950–1000	959	353.25/cwt	353.25–353.25	3,388	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	363	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,432	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	421.96/cwt	405.00–439.00	2,844	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	369.76/cwt	357.00–381.00	3,084	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,567	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	343.55/cwt	332.25–347.50	3,205	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	374.86/cwt	373.00–377.00	2,395	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,800	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	494.92/cwt	490.00–498.00	2,277	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	551.00/cwt	551.00–551.00	2,017	5
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	683	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,527	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	868	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,699	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	418.92/cwt	398.00–422.00	2,694	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	452.44/cwt	440.00–462.00	2,393	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	346.44/cwt	340.00–353.50	2,681	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,566	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	471.73/cwt	467.50–474.00	2,505	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,220	7
Steers	Large 1	850–900	853	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,858	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	335.14/cwt	325.00–342.00	2,762	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	404.58/cwt	397.00–416.00	2,589	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	378.99/cwt	372.00–382.00	2,744	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	616.16/cwt	613.00–620.00	2,378	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	393	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,191	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	398.21/cwt	382.00–404.50	2,648	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	343.67/cwt	337.00–348.00	2,471	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,045	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	698	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,785	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	788	366.18/cwt	358.00–382.00	2,885	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	434.10/cwt	419.00–450.00	2,509	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	365.98/cwt	365.00–367.50	2,459	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,142	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	455.38/cwt	452.00–457.00	2,199	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	730	389.32/cwt	386.00–397.00	2,842	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	368.43/cwt	358.50–379.00	2,675	273
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	415.85/cwt	402.00–420.00	2,454	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	509.26/cwt	495.00–516.00	2,276	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 Feb 4, 2026

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

Receipts 4,641Last week 4,958Year ago 3,782

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs and heifers over 500 lbs unevenly steady. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet from beginning to end of the auction.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	471	455.00–505.00	477.68
25	500–550	531	467.50–474.00	471.73
63	600–650	643	398.00–422.00	418.92
6	650–700	653	382.00	382.00
30	700–750	724	372.00–382.00	378.99
6	750–800	757	339.00	339.00
22	800–850	806	343.00–351.00	348.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	386	613.00–620.00	616.16
15	400–450	425	586.00	586.00
25	450–500	474	528.00–562.00	540.71
63	500–550	534	506.00–529.00	512.11
165	550–600	577	459.00–504.00	485.13
198	600–650	617	436.00–471.50	456.50
300	650–700	674	405.00–439.00	421.96
433	700–750	723	395.00–421.50	408.28
294	750–800	774	376.00–397.00	385.82
222	800–850	834	357.00–381.00	369.76
395	850–900	873	343.50–361.00	355.49
176	900–950	933	332.25–347.50	343.55
100	950–1000	969	322.00–332.00	331.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	363	670.00	670.00
6	450–500	471	545.00	545.00
5	550–600	564	474.00	474.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
125	950–1000	959	353.25	353.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	853	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	447	457.50	457.50
21	450–500	483	452.00–457.00	455.38
7	500–550	510	420.00	420.00
30	550–600	590	402.00–420.00	415.85
13	600–650	639	373.00–377.00	374.86
57	650–700	672	365.00–367.50	365.98
13	700–750	719	337.00–348.00	343.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	551.00	551.00
20	400–450	447	495.00–516.00	509.26
13	450–500	460	490.00–498.00	494.92
58	500–550	529	440.00–462.00	452.44
255	550–600	578	419.00–450.00	434.10
161	600–650	640	397.00–416.00	404.58
152	650–700	665	382.00–404.50	398.21
273	700–750	726	358.50–379.00	368.43
115	750–800	774	340.00–353.50	346.44
151	800–850	824	325.00–342.00	335.14
17	900–950	912	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	683	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	868	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	393	557.50	557.50
7	550–600	555	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
52	650–700	698	399.00	399.00
136	700–750	730	386.00–397.00	389.32
109	750–800	788	358.00–382.00	366.18

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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