Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 104 priced lines covering 16,478 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,396 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 334 head. replacement cattle receipts at 74 head. Counted as USDA files them — 33 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 23, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,396Last week 15,057Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 334Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 74Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steer calves sold mostly steady, feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves and feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate for calves with good demand for yearling feeders. Also, demand for spayed heifers was good at reporting auctions. Some lots of calves had precondition shots. Abundance of rain this summer has kept summer grass washy and green and most lots of cattle have not packed on the pounds they normally would for almost the first of October. With market conditions lower than last year, pounds of product pays the producers and most lots of calves and yearlings have not met expected sale weights. Many producers sell cattle about the same time every year and some have noted especially on calves, their cattle are lighter than previous years. Feedlot sales picked up 3.00 on dressed sales on Thursday as some feedlots sold at 165.00. Silage choppers and wet corn grinders continue to pile large amounts of feed hoping it will be enough until next year at this time. Some of the bigger feedlots will not be putting up quite as much wet corn as they have added steam flaking mills to their operations. Some contacts stated early corn harvest moisture is running at 27-30 percent. (Dry corn usually at 15 %).

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,145	64.00–67.00	65.38
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,043	69.00–78.00	74.46
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,545	1,170.00	1,170.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,598	1,335.00–1,475.00	1,436.91
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,635	1,275.00	1,275.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	612	141.50–156.00	145.60
134	—	968	123.00–132.75	128.29
140	—	1,021	117.50–125.75	122.61
273	—	578	140.00–147.25	144.37
288	—	739	132.50–142.00	139.58
304	—	681	138.25–149.85	145.04
318	—	876	126.50–137.85	132.22
362	—	768	131.00–145.25	138.90
507	—	831	129.10–142.25	133.71
771	—	929	122.50–135.60	129.81
36	—	327	145.00–163.00	156.28
26	—	290	151.00–154.00	153.23
274	—	481	143.00–158.50	150.25
140	—	391	151.00–161.00	154.60
123	—	419	149.50–157.00	153.71
118	—	515	144.50–150.50	146.54
11	—	1,057	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
686	—	831	131.25–144.50	138.72
35	—	1,000	122.75–123.75	123.35
33	—	644	145.50	145.50
781	—	875	127.75–139.75	134.97
320	—	914	128.25–141.25	136.61
289	—	973	127.75–128.75	128.33
280	—	738	139.00–152.35	143.75
213	—	791	137.25–138.75	138.04
39	—	654	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,002	122.35	122.35
58	—	736	135.50	135.50
7	—	808	124.00	124.00
269	—	880	124.00–131.00	129.70
59	—	781	132.75	132.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	700	135.00	135.00
19	—	798	132.75	132.75
22	—	611	131.50	131.50
85	—	874	122.00–126.25	125.62
10	—	916	117.00–121.00	119.02
290	—	673	137.50–140.00	137.57
19	—	536	130.00–137.50	132.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	762	131.00	131.00
10	—	942	121.50	121.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	754	139.00–140.25	139.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	331	163.00	163.00
25	—	477	142.00	142.00
17	—	606	136.75–139.50	138.20
16	—	424	144.50–154.00	149.16
9	—	721	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	621	135.00–139.50	138.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
285	—	578	144.00–165.00	155.87
330	—	673	148.50–159.00	155.18
351	—	725	140.00–157.25	148.59
282	—	432	160.00–188.50	179.60
67	—	326	187.00–190.00	189.24
1,357	—	925	136.00–149.00	141.99
836	—	1,033	116.00–138.50	134.06
788	—	823	134.00–158.50	147.73
728	—	883	138.50–149.00	144.30
616	—	776	140.10–157.50	149.95
164	—	605	148.00–161.00	155.99
419	—	963	126.75–142.25	137.70
189	—	479	161.50–176.75	169.30
56	—	383	180.00–187.00	182.84
513	—	525	157.00–174.00	166.36
371	—	1,065	123.25–132.75	131.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	975	120.50–130.50	125.01
15	—	537	147.50–155.00	151.53
17	—	720	142.00–145.00	143.25
135	—	791	137.50–143.60	142.99
21	—	571	151.50–152.50	151.88
18	—	622	142.50–146.00	144.79
90	—	830	125.00–144.00	137.93
34	—	912	133.50–135.75	135.01
21	—	877	135.00–137.00	136.23
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,114	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	288	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	481	153.00	153.00
8	—	751	132.50	132.50
5	—	365	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	664	160.00	160.00
11	—	705	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	970	137.40	137.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
207	—	898	136.00	136.00
76	—	759	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	619	150.00–158.50	154.29
36	—	705	136.00	136.00
9	—	657	139.50	139.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	714	67.00	67.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,188	50.50–56.50	52.92
44	—	1,191	42.00–49.50	46.48
3	—	1,115	57.00	57.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,460	58.50–65.50	62.56
4	—	1,633	53.00–58.50	54.67
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,337	58.00–66.50	61.76
9	—	1,397	52.00–58.00	55.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,390	44.00–54.00	50.45
27	—	1,322	54.00–60.50	57.32
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,158	70.00–77.00	73.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,628	70.00–80.50	75.02
13	—	1,670	62.00–69.00	65.62
3	—	1,887	82.00–83.00	82.50

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Nebraska barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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