Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower. 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 $478.68/cwt on 118 head, down $28.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 23 comparable sales and sits −4.57 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$478.68

▼ 28.23 vs prior sale

118 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$27.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.17

vs NE average

−0.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	485.62	2,688	88
Medium and Large 1-2	552	458.33	2,529	30

One grade step is worth $27.29/cwt here — about $159 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 sale118 hd

478.68

—

NE average5 barns · 868 hd

494.86

−16.17

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

−0.35

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−4.57

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,508	$3,100	10
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,427	$3,000	7
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,410	$3,000	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,413	$2,875	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,389	$2,779	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,462	$4,225	6

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,102	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	444.72/cwt	439.00–450.00	2,793	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	464.61/cwt	450.00–481.00	2,393	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	397	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	738	389.43/cwt	384.00–393.00	2,874	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	3,237	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	436.59/cwt	432.50–440.00	2,550	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,829	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	463.03/cwt	455.00–467.00	2,894	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	876	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,939	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,188	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	541.37/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,490	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	358.32/cwt	349.00–362.50	3,107	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	595	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,797	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	470.92/cwt	470.00–473.00	2,510	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,069	306.82/cwt	305.50–307.50	3,280	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	395.53/cwt	390.00–396.00	3,006	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	496.01/cwt	486.00–505.00	2,773	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	413.41/cwt	410.50–417.50	2,948	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,244	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	429.19/cwt	412.00–437.00	2,472	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,525	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	744	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,619	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	370.32/cwt	364.00–373.00	2,518	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	519	429.17/cwt	427.00–431.00	2,227	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,503	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,462	4,225.00/head	4,225.00–4,225.00	4,225	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,557	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,342	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,427	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,410	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,413	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,458	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	406.53/cwt	401.00–413.00	2,553	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,815	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	300.97/cwt	296.50–304.00	2,928	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	461.07/cwt	444.00–469.00	2,421	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,090	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,280	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	839	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,978	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	937	331.50/cwt	330.00–334.50	3,106	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	996	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	3,108	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	387.68/cwt	383.00–391.00	2,601	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,433	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	335.06/cwt	327.00–341.00	2,761	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	446.62/cwt	444.00–450.00	2,966	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	677	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,857	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	789	378.11/cwt	373.00–384.00	2,983	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	299.75/cwt	299.75–299.75	3,057	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	354.17/cwt	346.75–360.00	2,727	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	320.19/cwt	317.00–321.00	2,776	72

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 Apr 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,501Last week 2,384Year ago 2,689

Replacement CattleReceipts 68Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	436	482.00	482.00
8	450–500	483	472.00	472.00
63	500–550	525	444.00–469.00	461.07
62	550–600	576	412.00–437.00	429.19
85	600–650	628	401.00–413.00	406.53
134	650–700	671	383.00–391.00	387.68
194	750–800	770	346.75–360.00	354.17
189	800–850	824	327.00–341.00	335.06
72	850–900	867	317.00–321.00	320.19
15	900–950	914	308.00	308.00
70	950–1000	973	296.50–304.00	300.97
25	1000–1050	1,020	299.75	299.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	561	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	485	431.00	431.00
8	500–550	546	411.00	411.00
8	650–700	699	348.00	348.00
8	800–850	812	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	519	427.00–431.00	429.17
26	650–700	680	364.00–373.00	370.32
12	700–750	744	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	397	500.00	500.00
20	500–550	515	450.00–481.00	464.61
11	550–600	595	470.00	470.00
24	600–650	628	439.00–450.00	444.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	677	422.00	422.00
45	700–750	738	384.00–393.00	389.43
117	750–800	789	373.00–384.00	378.11
17	800–850	839	355.00	355.00
26	850–900	876	335.50	335.50
73	900–950	937	330.00–334.50	331.50
43	950–1000	996	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	460	540.00–545.00	541.37
57	550–600	559	486.00–505.00	496.01
131	600–650	625	455.00–467.00	463.03
27	650–700	664	444.00–450.00	446.62
135	700–750	713	410.50–417.50	413.41
64	750–800	760	390.00–396.00	395.53
150	850–900	867	349.00–362.50	358.32
129	900–950	913	354.50	354.50
82	1050–1100	1,069	305.50–307.50	306.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	533	470.00–473.00	470.92
11	550–600	584	432.50–440.00	436.59
14	750–800	787	359.50	359.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,503	2,850.00	2,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,458	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,557	3,200.00	3,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,342	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,427	3,000.00	3,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	—	1,410	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,413	2,875.00	2,875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,462	4,225.00	4,225.00

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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