Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2026-10-28

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 28
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
← Oct 21Oct 28latest
Receipts
2,049 head
▲ 839 vs last sale 1,210▲ 152 vs year ago 1,897 · +8.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves 400-650 lbs sold steady to 20.00 higher and yearling feeder steers and heifers over 750 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good to very good from the larger than normal number of buyers in the crowd that participated in the auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $450.86/cwt on 183 head, down $1.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 21 comparable sales and sits −23.26 against this barn's trailing median of $474.12.
Average price
$450.86
▼ 1.46 vs prior sale
183 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,526
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−10.02
vs NE average
+15.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560450.862,526183
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale183 hd
450.86
—
NE average9 barns · 5,038 hd
460.88
−10.02
National average163 barns · 26,594 hd
435.15
+15.71
This barn, trailing median21 sales
474.12
−23.26
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

53 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2319550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,7557
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421536.83/cwt531.00–544.002,26029
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy433515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,2307
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474511.75/cwt511.00–513.002,42630
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy526437.46/cwt434.00–451.002,30129
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535478.85/cwt471.00–497.002,56251
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy561421.63/cwt421.00–422.002,36524
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1589446.59/cwt435.00–460.002,63079
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned603425.50/cwt425.50–425.502,5666
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy618458.00/cwt458.00–458.002,83012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy629390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,45315
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,40112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned645383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,4709
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned660411.71/cwt400.50–415.502,717116
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy672388.70/cwt387.00–391.002,61235
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673363.71/cwt362.00–365.002,44816
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy736371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,73116
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned741345.50/cwt345.50–345.502,56013
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned743379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,81682
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy768360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7658
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870331.11/cwt329.00–337.502,88175
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905339.75/cwt339.75–339.753,07525
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy924329.00/cwt329.00–329.003,04055
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1971338.50/cwt338.50–338.503,28745
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy984316.50/cwt316.50–316.503,1146
Steers1050–1100Large 11,057321.09/cwt320.00–325.003,394242
Steers1100–1150Large 11,108312.00/cwt312.00–312.003,45736
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy362536.00/cwt536.00–536.001,94012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,06612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474442.25/cwt432.00–450.002,09652
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy490407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,99421
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy534379.20/cwt378.00–380.002,02522
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536405.42/cwt403.00–422.002,17344
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement557445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,47924
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572386.96/cwt382.00–390.002,21366
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy578367.57/cwt358.00–373.002,12547
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned610366.30/cwt360.00–372.002,23434
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy636408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,59549
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1644375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,41514
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement645463.00/cwt463.00–463.002,98621
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned672325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1845
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,2756
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Spayed723343.50/cwt343.50–343.502,48416
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,44621
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Spayed777353.50/cwt353.50–353.502,74777
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1782340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6599
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2794329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,6125
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy828322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,67012
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy846309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,6148
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed855341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,916130
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1918311.07/cwt305.00–317.502,85670
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Spayed954304.50/cwt304.50–304.502,90518
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1986305.50/cwt305.50–305.503,01232

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.