Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago yearling steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower on a thin test of the market, with not enough comparable offerings of heifers to establish a trend. The bulk of the offerings of yearlings sold in load lots coming out of grow yards and off short summer grass.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.60/cwt on 30 head, down $33.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −34.66 against this barn's trailing median of $483.26.

Average price

$448.60

▼ 33.82 vs prior sale

30 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$40.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−49.48

vs NE average

+9.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	460.86	2,558	21
Medium and Large 1-2	577	420.00	2,423	9thin

One grade step is worth $40.86/cwt here — about $134 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 sale30 hd

448.60

—

NE average4 barns · 279 hd

498.08

−49.48

National average158 barns · 7,617 hd

439.15

+9.45

This barn, trailing median23 sales

483.26

−34.66

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

23 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 1Fleshy	950–1000	990	288.75/cwt	288.75–288.75	2,859	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	905	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,842	75
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,021	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	3,231	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	2,960	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,096	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	435.60/cwt	432.00–442.50	2,339	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	366.25/cwt	366.25–366.25	3,274	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	430.67/cwt	407.50–435.00	2,412	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	384.93/cwt	370.50–390.00	2,533	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	350.28/cwt	344.50–359.00	3,286	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,091	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	460.86/cwt	460.00–462.00	2,558	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,360	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,757	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,423	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	401.93/cwt	401.00–405.00	2,528	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,330	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	412.61/cwt	408.00–417.50	2,571	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,991	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	410.64/cwt	409.00–413.00	2,760	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	366.08/cwt	364.00–366.75	3,093	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	350.24/cwt	349.50–351.00	2,704	75

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 Jul 15, 2026

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

Receipts 1,070Last week 1,910Year ago 1,734

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	900–950	905	314.00	314.00
31	950–1000	990	288.75	288.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	413	507.50	507.50
41	500–550	537	432.00–442.50	435.60
53	550–600	560	407.50–435.00	430.67
26	600–650	629	401.00–405.00	401.93
90	650–700	658	370.50–390.00	384.93
5	700–750	726	355.00	355.00
75	750–800	772	349.50–351.00	350.24
6	800–850	847	349.50	349.50
12	850–900	883	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	649	359.00	359.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	1000–1050	1,021	316.50	316.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	550.00	550.00
21	550–600	555	460.00–462.00	460.86
30	600–650	621	444.00	444.00
82	800–850	845	364.00–366.75	366.08
186	850–900	894	366.25	366.25
97	900–950	938	344.50–359.00	350.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	577	420.00	420.00
10	600–650	623	408.00–417.50	412.61
35	650–700	672	409.00–413.00	410.64
15	750–800	771	388.00	388.00

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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