Name: Huss Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 700-1000 lbs sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher and heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Around 600 head of spring calves also sold in the mix with most consignments having received at least one set of fall vaccinations and a few packages were weaned at least 45 days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $439.81/cwt on 120 head, up $19.97 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 20 comparable sales and sits −42.15 against this barn's trailing median of $481.96.

Average price

$439.81

▲ 19.97 vs prior sale

120 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,402

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$35.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.88

vs NE average

+34.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	443.99	2,418	106
Medium and Large 1-2	557	408.18	2,274	14thin

One grade step is worth $35.81/cwt here — about $145 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.86, low $419.84, median $481.96 across 20 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 sale120 hd

439.81

—

NE average5 barns · 1,143 hd

456.70

−16.88

National average174 barns · 11,933 hd

405.57

+34.24

This barn, trailing median20 sales

481.96

−42.15

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	347.27/cwt	347.00–351.50	2,382	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	324.51/cwt	318.00–328.00	2,508	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	832	318.74/cwt	317.00–322.00	2,652	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	990	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,732	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	906	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,673	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	894	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,673	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	522.40/cwt	513.00–532.00	1,928	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	538.23/cwt	528.00–552.00	1,997	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,442	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	981	313.16/cwt	312.50–313.50	3,072	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	341.70/cwt	332.50–349.00	2,997	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,475	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	928	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,877	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	825	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,797	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,676	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,876	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	313.10/cwt	313.00–313.25	2,846	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	332.95/cwt	320.00–340.00	3,243	504
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,794	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	342.07/cwt	340.00–344.00	2,504	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	355.94/cwt	349.00–359.50	2,929	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,402	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	443.93/cwt	425.00–447.00	2,504	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	499.17/cwt	487.00–505.00	2,171	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	374.14/cwt	364.50–377.50	2,858	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	444.04/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,345	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	469.67/cwt	463.00–486.00	2,020	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,320	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	435.86/cwt	435.00–436.00	2,083	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	389.45/cwt	382.00–398.00	2,243	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	416.76/cwt	409.00–418.00	2,192	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	338.16/cwt	335.00–343.00	2,614	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,251	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	958	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,625	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	889	320.75/cwt	320.75–320.75	2,851	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	410.56/cwt	388.00–414.00	2,533	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	679	363.39/cwt	359.00–371.00	2,467	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	676	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,400	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	408.18/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,274	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,622	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,571	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,093	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	285.61/cwt	284.50–292.50	2,876	69
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	278.00/cwt	275.50–283.50	3,011	19
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	301.92/cwt	297.00–306.25	3,270	180
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	315.87/cwt	315.00–317.50	3,212	177
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,031	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	3,088	17
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1200–1250	1,212	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	3,024	14

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 Sep 23, 2026

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

Receipts 2,700Last week 2,259Year ago 2,605

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	634	355.00	355.00
83	650–700	686	347.00–351.50	347.27
18	750–800	773	318.00–328.00	324.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	800–850	832	317.00–322.00	318.74
5	850–900	894	299.00	299.00
8	900–950	906	295.00	295.00
8	950–1000	990	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	371	528.00–552.00	538.23
70	400–450	430	463.00–486.00	469.67
58	450–500	478	435.00–436.00	435.86
37	500–550	526	409.00–418.00	416.76
40	550–600	576	382.00–398.00	389.45
66	600–650	622	373.00	373.00
15	650–700	669	365.00	365.00
17	700–750	732	340.00–344.00	342.07
35	750–800	773	335.00–343.00	338.16
28	800–850	823	339.50	339.50
111	900–950	909	313.00–313.25	313.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	850–900	889	320.75	320.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	676	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	1000–1050	1,007	284.50–292.50	285.61
19	1050–1100	1,083	275.50–283.50	278.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1200–1250	1,212	249.50	249.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	332	565.00	565.00
10	350–400	369	513.00–532.00	522.40
43	400–450	435	487.00–505.00	499.17
71	450–500	493	502.00	502.00
57	500–550	528	440.00–445.00	444.04
49	550–600	564	425.00–447.00	443.93
13	600–650	608	395.00	395.00
12	700–750	708	378.00	378.00
60	750–800	764	364.50–377.50	374.14
37	800–850	823	349.00–359.50	355.94
103	850–900	877	332.50–349.00	341.70
504	950–1000	974	320.00–340.00	332.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	825	339.00	339.00
28	900–950	928	310.00	310.00
187	950–1000	981	312.50–313.50	313.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	472.50	472.50
14	550–600	557	405.00–410.00	408.18
7	750–800	754	341.00	341.00
7	850–900	895	293.00	293.00
5	950–1000	958	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	600–650	617	388.00–414.00	410.56
19	650–700	679	359.00–371.00	363.39
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
177	1000–1050	1,017	315.00–317.50	315.87
180	1050–1100	1,083	297.00–306.25	301.92
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1000–1050	1,031	299.50	299.50

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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