Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 750 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 15.00 lower. Heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower except 600-750 lbs heifers selling steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to 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 $488.68/cwt on 173 head, down $6.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 23 comparable sales and sits +5.42 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$488.68

▼ 6.23 vs prior sale

173 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−23.09

vs NE average

+13.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	488.68	2,758	173

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale173 hd

488.68

—

NE average7 barns · 1,548 hd

511.76

−23.09

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+13.12

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

+5.42

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	450–500	470	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,409	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,807	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,663	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	683	418.18/cwt	416.00–420.00	2,856	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	879	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,962	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	336.05/cwt	330.75–341.25	3,098	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	585.01/cwt	575.00–605.00	2,457	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	761	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	2,865	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,673	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	386.34/cwt	380.50–390.25	2,986	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	520.47/cwt	518.00–534.00	2,738	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	410.94/cwt	392.00–422.25	2,955	429
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	351.74/cwt	350.00–353.00	3,000	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,500	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	692	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,823	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	326.25/cwt	326.25–326.25	3,109	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	608.73/cwt	605.00–625.00	2,258	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	372.59/cwt	364.00–378.50	3,066	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	463.23/cwt	449.00–480.00	2,858	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	469.96/cwt	466.00–475.00	2,444	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,303	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	578.86/cwt	567.00–591.00	1,928	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,930	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	581	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,440	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	572.00/cwt	572.00–572.00	2,488	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	429.17/cwt	411.00–438.00	2,652	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	543.33/cwt	523.00–548.00	2,211	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	606	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,757	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	496.56/cwt	492.00–511.00	2,304	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	382.19/cwt	362.50–387.00	2,733	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	453.64/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,627	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	315	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	1,898	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	408.66/cwt	390.00–423.50	2,750	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,235	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,461	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	337.36/cwt	336.00–344.00	2,817	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	366.48/cwt	365.00–368.00	2,514	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	743	3,080.53/head	2,950.00–3,100.00	3,081	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	777	2,925.00/head	2,925.00–2,925.00	2,925	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	441.42/cwt	426.00–453.50	2,949	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	782	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,901	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,837	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	355.36/cwt	343.00–365.50	2,743	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,856	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	832	354.66/cwt	354.50–356.00	2,951	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	476.47/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,759	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	539.58/cwt	531.00–555.00	2,590	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	652	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,517	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	829	3,035.00/head	3,035.00–3,035.00	3,035	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	436.33/cwt	434.00–441.00	2,784	44

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 Mar 4, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	470	512.50	512.50
5	600–650	637	418.00	418.00
13	650–700	693	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	600–650	638	434.00–441.00	436.33
62	650–700	683	416.00–420.00	418.18
11	700–750	740	386.00	386.00
117	750–800	782	371.00	371.00
102	800–850	832	354.50–356.00	354.66
16	850–900	879	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	371	605.00–625.00	608.73
25	400–450	420	575.00–605.00	585.01
85	450–500	480	531.00–555.00	539.58
48	500–550	526	518.00–534.00	520.47
125	550–600	579	465.00–495.00	476.47
169	600–650	617	449.00–480.00	463.23
145	650–700	668	426.00–453.50	441.42
429	700–750	719	392.00–422.25	410.94
81	750–800	773	380.50–390.25	386.34
236	800–850	823	364.00–378.50	372.59
19	850–900	853	350.00–353.00	351.74
167	900–950	922	330.75–341.25	336.05
27	950–1000	953	326.25	326.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	495	505.00	505.00
20	600–650	613	436.00	436.00
8	650–700	692	408.00	408.00
11	750–800	761	376.50	376.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	333	567.00–591.00	578.86
54	400–450	407	523.00–548.00	543.33
57	450–500	464	492.00–511.00	496.56
39	500–550	520	466.00–475.00	469.96
134	550–600	579	440.00–460.00	453.64
241	600–650	618	411.00–438.00	429.17
269	650–700	673	390.00–423.50	408.66
172	700–750	715	362.50–387.00	382.19
203	750–800	772	343.00–365.50	355.36
131	800–850	835	336.00–344.00	337.36
16	850–900	861	329.50	329.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	386	500.00	500.00
16	450–500	490	470.00	470.00
20	650–700	686	365.00–368.00	366.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	581	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
28	600–650	606	455.00	455.00
74	700–750	743	2,950.00–3,100.00	3,080.53
27	750–800	777	2,925.00	2,925.00
13	800–850	829	3,035.00	3,035.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	315	602.50	602.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	458	488.00	488.00
15	500–550	538	457.50	457.50
5	650–700	652	386.00	386.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	435	572.00	572.00

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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