Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 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 $507.20/cwt on 149 head, down $12.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 23 comparable sales and sits +23.94 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$507.20

▼ 12.67 vs prior sale

149 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,762

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$3.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.93

vs NE average

+19.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	508.22	2,804	109
Medium and Large 1-2	525	504.40	2,648	40

One grade step is worth $3.82/cwt here — about $156 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale149 hd

507.20

—

NE average7 barns · 1,269 hd

512.12

−4.93

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+19.85

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

+23.94

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

48 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	452	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,486	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	379.47/cwt	369.00–382.00	3,184	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,968	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	548.50/cwt	535.00–560.00	2,238	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	352.02/cwt	343.50–361.00	3,217	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	410.18/cwt	397.00–418.00	2,982	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	379.64/cwt	379.00–383.00	3,269	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	3,262	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	415.60/cwt	406.00–418.00	3,129	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	521.91/cwt	514.00–531.00	2,688	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	437.19/cwt	433.00–442.50	2,925	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	3,220	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	425.41/cwt	421.00–433.00	2,833	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,803	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,613	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	437	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,360	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	452	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,296	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	602	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,956	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	338.83/cwt	331.00–346.00	2,816	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	454.26/cwt	441.00–465.00	2,621	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	482.31/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,532	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	368.96/cwt	367.00–372.00	2,686	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	2,401	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,359	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	412.47/cwt	407.50–414.00	2,830	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	504.40/cwt	500.00–508.00	2,648	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	987	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,020	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,686	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	506.55/cwt	497.50–520.00	2,928	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	464.24/cwt	453.00–483.00	2,920	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	645	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,651	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,536	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	491.34/cwt	480.00–504.00	2,290	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,765	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	509.97/cwt	502.00–520.00	2,392	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,836	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	395.56/cwt	386.00–404.00	2,658	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	421.14/cwt	411.00–428.00	2,657	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	821	3,121.62/head	2,885.00–3,275.00	3,122	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	374	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,169	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	603	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,671	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,168	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,209	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,354	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	379.09/cwt	376.00–383.00	2,585	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,280	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	357.85/cwt	350.00–363.00	2,738	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	318.75/cwt	316.00–325.00	2,786	132

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 18, 2026

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

Receipts 2,378Last week 3,736Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 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$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	452	550.00	550.00
37	500–550	515	514.00–531.00	521.91
50	550–600	578	497.50–520.00	506.55
134	600–650	629	453.00–483.00	464.24
25	650–700	669	433.00–442.50	437.19
191	700–750	727	397.00–418.00	410.18
49	750–800	753	406.00–418.00	415.60
129	800–850	839	369.00–382.00	379.47
82	850–900	861	379.00–383.00	379.64
216	900–950	914	343.50–361.00	352.02
74	950–1000	951	343.00	343.00
19	1000–1050	1,032	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	408	535.00–560.00	548.50
11	450–500	469	502.00–520.00	509.97
40	500–550	525	500.00–508.00	504.40
27	600–650	641	442.50	442.50
29	650–700	686	407.50–414.00	412.47
6	700–750	740	363.00	363.00
6	750–800	790	350.00	350.00
18	850–900	873	340.00	340.00
42	950–1000	987	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	437	540.00	540.00
7	450–500	452	508.00	508.00
11	500–550	530	493.00	493.00
11	550–600	578	485.00	485.00
32	650–700	666	421.00–433.00	425.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	600–650	602	491.00	491.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	441	535.00	535.00
19	450–500	468	513.00	513.00
56	500–550	525	475.00–490.00	482.31
66	550–600	577	441.00–465.00	454.26
112	600–650	631	411.00–428.00	421.14
142	650–700	672	386.00–404.00	395.56
50	700–750	728	367.00–372.00	368.96
116	750–800	765	350.00–363.00	357.85
100	800–850	831	331.00–346.00	338.83
132	850–900	874	316.00–325.00	318.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	417	520.00	520.00
21	450–500	466	480.00–504.00	491.34
16	500–550	543	467.00	467.00
15	600–650	645	411.00	411.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
25	800–850	821	2,885.00–3,275.00	3,121.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	374	580.00	580.00
16	600–650	603	443.00	443.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	470.00	470.00
5	500–550	502	440.00	440.00
9	550–600	550	428.00	428.00
18	650–700	682	376.00–383.00	379.09

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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