Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2026-10-14

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 14
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
2,956 head
▲ 565 vs last sale 2,391▲ 1,235 vs year ago 1,721 · +71.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves 400-600 lbs sold unevenly steady and steer and heifer calves over 600 lbs sold steady while feeder steers and heifers 850-950 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Nearly all of the calves had received at least one round of fall vaccinations and some were weaned a minimum of 45 days. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with an active internet.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $444.60/cwt on 355 head, down $4.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 21 comparable sales and sits −29.51 against this barn's trailing median of $474.12.
Average price
$444.60
▼ 4.52 vs prior sale
355 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,462
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.47
vs NE average
+12.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554445.312,467342
Medium and Large 1-2544426.002,31713thin
One grade step is worth $19.31/cwt here — about $150 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale355 hd
444.60
—
NE average9 barns · 5,392 hd
460.07
−15.47
National average190 barns · 30,929 hd
432.29
+12.31
This barn, trailing median21 sales
474.12
−29.51
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales
522483445406median 474.1202/2504/0806/1709/0910/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.27, low $419.84, median $474.12 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

35 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428481.47/cwt466.00–525.002,06172
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445451.00/cwt451.00–451.002,00713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475489.00/cwt489.00–489.002,32312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527454.78/cwt444.00–471.002,397153
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,31713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576437.64/cwt420.00–446.002,521189
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned623363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,2617
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned631416.58/cwt405.00–430.002,629278
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631407.54/cwt399.00–414.502,57216
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665399.90/cwt370.00–417.002,65989
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned665395.64/cwt374.00–410.502,631217
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned714371.79/cwt369.00–374.752,655164
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,5668
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767355.59/cwt352.00–371.002,727174
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1843338.09/cwt336.00–348.502,850109
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1871342.11/cwt341.75–344.502,98089
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2926328.93/cwt326.00–331.003,04627
Steers950–1000Large 1982317.13/cwt316.25–318.003,11449
Steers1050–1100Large 1Fleshy1,051289.00/cwt289.00–289.003,03733
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425445.91/cwt441.00–449.001,89516
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477422.09/cwt411.00–439.002,013106
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529407.43/cwt392.50–419.002,155169
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567385.98/cwt365.00–405.002,189189
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned633359.59/cwt350.00–363.502,276146
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,2515
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned671336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,25514
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1696349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,42912
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738329.27/cwt324.50–335.002,43039
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1812326.59/cwt321.50–330.502,652176
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,79021
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1912296.28/cwt290.75–304.002,70293
Heifers900–950Large 1941292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,74812
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,048268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,8096
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,066262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,79313
Heifers1150–1200Large 11,160249.50/cwt249.50–249.502,89411

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.