Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 20.00 higher and steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 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 $519.86/cwt on 222 head, up $29.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 23 comparable sales and sits +36.60 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$519.86

▲ 29.66 vs prior sale

222 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,844

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$52.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.96

vs NE average

+41.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	523.18	2,861	208
Medium and Large 1-2	548	470.50	2,578	14thin

One grade step is worth $52.68/cwt here — about $283 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale222 hd

519.86

—

NE average6 barns · 2,082 hd

512.90

+6.96

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+41.47

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

+36.60

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

49 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	550–600	575	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,622	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	531.00/cwt	531.00–531.00	2,135	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	377.17/cwt	373.00–379.00	2,889	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,527	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	347.16/cwt	340.00–355.00	3,229	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	360.87/cwt	357.00–362.00	3,035	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	608.00/cwt	608.00–608.00	2,408	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	394.39/cwt	388.00–398.00	2,899	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	409.43/cwt	402.00–413.00	2,997	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	453	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,342	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	348.68/cwt	347.00–349.00	3,082	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	484.86/cwt	481.00–487.00	2,827	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	397.25/cwt	389.00–399.50	3,027	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,741	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	519.50/cwt	519.00–520.00	2,395	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	362	584.00/cwt	584.00–584.00	2,114	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	465.14/cwt	459.00–480.00	2,912	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	333.86/cwt	329.00–336.00	3,202	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	419.82/cwt	405.00–432.00	2,469	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	351.95/cwt	351.00–354.00	2,562	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	379.00/cwt	376.00–384.00	2,513	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,366	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	479.63/cwt	468.00–486.00	2,297	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	476.73/cwt	454.00–493.00	2,474	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	418.19/cwt	415.00–421.00	2,856	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	692	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,574	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	435.96/cwt	420.00–442.00	2,742	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	373.71/cwt	366.00–384.50	3,064	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	437.03/cwt	430.00–447.50	2,950	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	566.00/cwt	566.00–566.00	2,655	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	364.23/cwt	362.00–365.25	3,165	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	356	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,869	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	528.42/cwt	511.00–532.50	2,864	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	833	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,907	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	735	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,984	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,288	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	558	434.48/cwt	426.00–443.00	2,424	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	355.25/cwt	351.00–364.00	2,711	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	785	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,661	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	399.68/cwt	397.00–405.00	2,510	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,856	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	370.14/cwt	362.00–378.00	2,684	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,201	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	421.39/cwt	411.00–430.00	2,592	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,786	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,826	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	320.05/cwt	318.00–328.00	2,813	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	446.73/cwt	439.00–464.00	2,528	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	394.52/cwt	388.50–403.50	2,663	294

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 11, 2026

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

Receipts 3,736Last week 4,641Year ago 1,797

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	402	531.00	531.00
10	450–500	461	519.00–520.00	519.50
7	500–550	521	485.00	485.00
7	550–600	575	456.00	456.00
73	600–650	629	420.00–442.00	435.96
28	650–700	683	415.00–421.00	418.19
153	700–750	735	388.00–398.00	394.39
27	750–800	766	373.00–379.00	377.17
83	800–850	841	357.00–362.00	360.87
38	850–900	884	347.00–349.00	348.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	396	608.00	608.00
32	450–500	469	566.00	566.00
183	500–550	542	511.00–532.50	528.42
25	550–600	583	481.00–487.00	484.86
229	600–650	626	459.00–480.00	465.14
204	650–700	675	430.00–447.50	437.03
145	700–750	732	402.00–413.00	409.43
178	750–800	762	389.00–399.50	397.25
300	800–850	820	366.00–384.50	373.71
272	850–900	869	362.00–365.25	364.23
119	900–950	930	340.00–355.00	347.16
69	950–1000	959	329.00–336.00	333.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	362	584.00	584.00
16	450–500	453	517.00	517.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	609	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	479	468.00–486.00	479.63
5	500–550	539	439.00	439.00
40	550–600	588	405.00–432.00	419.82
56	600–650	628	397.00–405.00	399.68
26	650–700	663	376.00–384.00	379.00
32	700–750	728	351.00–354.00	351.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	402	547.50	547.50
61	500–550	519	454.00–493.00	476.73
48	550–600	566	439.00–464.00	446.73
141	600–650	615	411.00–430.00	421.39
294	650–700	675	388.50–403.50	394.52
98	700–750	725	362.00–378.00	370.14
272	750–800	763	351.00–364.00	355.25
10	800–850	840	340.00	340.00
52	850–900	879	318.00–328.00	320.05
82	900–950	906	307.50	307.50
7	950–1000	958	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	467	490.00	490.00
10	550–600	558	426.00–443.00	434.48
7	650–700	692	372.00	372.00
10	750–800	785	339.00	339.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	356	525.00	525.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
60	700–750	735	406.00	406.00
23	800–850	833	349.00	349.00

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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