Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of yearlings along with weaned fall calves on offer with packages of bawling calves mixed in the run. Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $469.91/cwt on 168 head, up $31.53 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 24 comparable sales and sits +35.40 against this barn's trailing median of $434.51.

Average price

$469.91

▲ 31.53 vs prior sale

168 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+18.04

vs NE average

+45.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	469.91	2,546	168

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.00, low $355.00, median $434.51 across 24 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 sale168 hd

469.91

—

NE average5 barns · 839 hd

451.87

+18.04

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

+45.84

This barn, trailing median24 sales

434.51

+35.40

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

43 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 1Fancy	550–600	560	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,789	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	738	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,974	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	523	451.48/cwt	443.00–457.00	2,361	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	403.59/cwt	396.00–406.00	2,664	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	480.52/cwt	462.50–486.00	2,552	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,156	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	587	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,612	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	843	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	730	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,949	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	322.25/cwt	322.25–322.25	3,287	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	3,044	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	563	520.12/cwt	519.00–522.00	2,928	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,742	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	467.77/cwt	455.00–469.00	3,008	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	692	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,796	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	333.42/cwt	331.00–339.00	3,254	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	502.48/cwt	495.00–507.00	2,869	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,497	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,193	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	587	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,700	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,921	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	520.18/cwt	506.00–526.00	2,721	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	879	346.00/cwt	344.00–348.00	3,041	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	687	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,872	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	405.00/cwt	402.00–412.00	2,985	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	2,417	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	383.91/cwt	383.00–386.00	3,140	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	662	371.67/cwt	368.00–376.00	2,460	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,304	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	552	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,981	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	938	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	3,396	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	357.63/cwt	350.00–359.50	2,714	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,957	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	340.20/cwt	329.50–347.50	2,786	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	797	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	2,274	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	321.42/cwt	319.75–326.00	2,819	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	435.71/cwt	424.00–448.00	2,518	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	555	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,636	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,503	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	411.25/cwt	409.50–412.00	2,550	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,504	5

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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 1,377Last week 2,501Year ago 1,910

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	560	498.00	498.00
118	700–750	738	403.00	403.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	523	443.00–457.00	451.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	427	505.00	505.00
6	450–500	465	489.00	489.00
94	500–550	531	462.50–486.00	480.52
30	550–600	578	424.00–448.00	435.71
27	600–650	620	409.50–412.00	411.25
34	650–700	660	396.00–406.00	403.59
5	700–750	719	375.00	375.00
71	750–800	759	350.00–359.50	357.63
80	800–850	819	329.50–347.50	340.20
19	850–900	877	319.75–326.00	321.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	450	537.00	537.00
8	550–600	555	475.00	475.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	483	477.00	477.00
13	650–700	662	368.00–376.00	371.67
5	750–800	797	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	682	367.00	367.00
5	750–800	780	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	587	445.00	445.00
6	600–650	619	443.00	443.00
8	650–700	692	404.00	404.00
13	700–750	730	404.00	404.00
5	800–850	843	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	406	615.00	615.00
24	500–550	523	506.00–526.00	520.18
44	550–600	571	495.00–507.00	502.48
90	600–650	643	455.00–469.00	467.77
6	650–700	663	446.00	446.00
54	700–750	737	402.00–412.00	405.00
43	750–800	759	401.00	401.00
27	800–850	818	383.00–386.00	383.91
39	850–900	863	370.00	370.00
27	950–1000	976	331.00–339.00	333.42
19	1000–1050	1,020	322.25	322.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	563	519.00–522.00	520.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	587	460.00	460.00
10	650–700	687	418.00	418.00
12	850–900	879	344.00–348.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	817	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	552	540.00	540.00
62	900–950	938	362.00	362.00

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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