Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 116 priced lines covering 20,853 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 20,998 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,151 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,974 head.

Mon Feb 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20,998Last week 26,627Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,151Last week 422Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,974Last week 505Year ago 0

Compared to last week light weight steers sold 3.00 higher, over 500 lbs steers sold 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower except flat 800 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Best demand this week was for light weight calves suited for grass and replacement type heifers. By weeks close about everyone in the agriculture sector has felt or seen the affects from the CME boards as sharp losses have occurred most of the week. But, agriculture producers will bet on the come and hope this downward turn is short lived and bounce back in leaps in bounds in the near future. Several reputation replacement heifers were on auction this week as buyers bid readily for the top quality genetics on offer.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,383	1,060.00	1,060.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,351	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,237	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	100	—	1,305	1,425.00–1,800.00	1,761.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	217	—	1,407	1,400.00–1,710.00	1,564.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	35	—	1,460	1,075.00–1,310.00	1,230.58
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,455	910.00	910.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	—	1,345	1,075.00–1,300.00	1,140.72
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	1,416	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	13	—	1,046	1,060.00	1,060.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	113	—	1,187	1,685.00–1,775.00	1,735.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,273	1,035.00	1,035.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	148	—	1,373	910.00–1,100.00	965.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,298	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	618	—	1,328	1,275.00–1,685.00	1,439.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	994	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,142	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	138	—	1,373	850.00–1,050.00	953.47
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	52	—	1,104	1,550.00–1,610.00	1,587.80
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	46	—	1,113	1,700.00–1,710.00	1,707.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	105	—	1,030	1,385.00–1,575.00	1,540.95
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	850	1,135.00	1,135.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,000	68.00–84.00	74.08
(<2 yrs)	Open	60	—	874	85.00–118.00	111.09

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	493	174.50	174.50
66	—	720	975.00–1,000.00	994.28
150	—	671	1,050.00–1,060.00	1,054.01
157	—	771	1,135.00	1,135.00
116	—	544	173.00–190.00	174.28
166	—	619	168.00–193.00	176.27
215	—	755	157.00–166.00	162.97
305	—	674	140.00–182.50	162.80
36	—	830	140.00	140.00
349	—	722	141.00–168.75	160.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	525	144.50–158.00	152.05
127	—	676	127.00–137.50	134.36
6	—	419	131.00	131.00
37	—	482	141.00–155.00	148.48
67	—	615	129.00–136.50	134.50
95	—	585	130.50–148.75	137.73
32	—	724	123.25–125.00	124.11
7	—	787	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	855	122.00–130.25	128.82
10	—	916	112.00	112.00
305	—	837	121.00–134.50	131.43
1,124	—	728	127.25–140.00	132.37
1,115	—	527	143.00–174.00	161.64
1,009	—	573	134.00–159.50	151.20
975	—	672	128.75–153.00	136.40
760	—	775	118.50–141.50	130.58
403	—	475	145.00–178.00	161.16
291	—	425	152.00–177.00	163.50
1,557	—	630	131.00–150.00	142.45
64	—	383	163.00–183.00	174.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	514	157.00	157.00
61	—	481	165.50	165.50
55	—	563	163.50	163.50
111	—	615	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	671	130.00	130.00
50	—	825	122.50–127.25	124.98
5	—	602	135.00	135.00
16	—	590	135.10	135.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	745	146.00	146.00
38	—	550	169.00	169.00
64	—	605	155.00–156.75	155.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	401	164.00	164.00
18	—	571	150.00	150.00
31	—	530	154.00–155.50	155.06
34	—	486	152.00–166.00	157.43
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	536	150.00–152.50	152.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	485	172.00–175.00	173.13
14	—	695	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	173.00	173.00
150	—	521	150.00–178.00	164.92
232	—	626	128.50–166.00	155.61
145	—	676	139.75–148.00	144.56
75	—	566	142.00–177.00	161.95
29	—	425	168.00–183.00	174.53
85	—	716	132.00–144.50	140.30
61	—	476	168.00–179.00	173.54
19	—	843	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	772	135.00–136.25	135.34
27	—	589	160.00	160.00
20	—	882	134.25	134.25
15	—	705	143.00	143.00
15	—	543	160.00	160.00
10	—	903	117.50	117.50
33	—	954	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,278	—	728	135.00–156.00	147.08
916	—	629	154.75–181.00	164.70
867	—	528	172.00–192.00	183.87
856	—	676	141.00–163.00	154.32
829	—	576	160.50–187.00	172.29
780	—	778	133.00–149.00	140.94
289	—	470	180.00–221.00	199.56
40	—	1,024	117.25–118.50	117.91
232	—	931	118.75–130.35	129.94
622	—	822	126.50–145.60	137.51
104	—	429	183.00–213.00	199.11
33	—	377	175.00–203.00	190.37
8	—	348	190.50	190.50
408	—	875	126.50–144.85	136.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	670	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	624	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	617	161.50–168.00	164.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	442	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	729	122.00	122.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,925	72.00	72.00
3	—	2,215	74.50–88.00	79.69
19	—	1,891	66.50–86.00	78.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	51.00	51.00
78	—	1,316	54.00–66.00	60.96
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,199	56.00–64.00	59.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,139	35.00–46.00	43.30
74	—	1,228	40.00–58.50	50.75
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	49.50	49.50

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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