Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 100 priced lines covering 22,122 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 24,124 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 321 head. replacement cattle receipts at 64 head.

Mon Mar 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 24,124Last week 14,463Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 321Last week 730Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 64Last week 2,200Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers and heifers suited for summer turnout sold unevenly steady. Steers going to the feedlot sold 3.00 lower to 8.00 lower and heifers going to the feedlot sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was good for grass cattle, especially those lighter weight calves that are being shipped to the Southern Plains for graze out wheat pastures or going to be turn out locally this summer. Demand was moderate for feedlot placements. Quite a few of the feedlot placements are going to farmer/feeders in Nebraska and the surrounding states. Seasonally weather this week has allowed feedlots to clean pens and spread manure to cornfields before spring tillage starts. Some farmers have been spreading dry fertilizer on grass pastures and tillable fields. Snow is in the forecast across some areas of the state and accumulations should be melted off next week as daytime highs could hit the 50-60 degrees next week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
552	—	477	149.00–182.50	165.56
444	—	423	151.00–182.00	168.95
5	—	1,046	110.00	110.00
902	—	671	121.50–145.50	135.30
902	—	728	120.00–139.50	128.95
1,188	—	577	138.00–161.00	148.51
1,744	—	623	127.75–155.75	144.02
257	—	863	112.25–125.25	121.09
194	—	835	113.60–123.00	119.56
184	—	379	160.00–182.00	176.73
92	—	336	199.00–208.00	206.83
6	—	1,064	110.00	110.00
6	—	964	112.00	112.00
702	—	525	139.50–169.00	154.97
631	—	773	118.00–128.75	122.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	719	124.00	124.00
52	—	587	139.00–145.00	141.68
10	—	852	115.00	115.00
15	—	664	124.00	124.00
5	—	810	110.00	110.00
119	—	481	151.00–165.50	157.72
88	—	621	132.00–139.00	134.74
76	—	532	126.00–150.50	142.90
41	—	422	140.00–155.00	150.23
36	—	374	164.00–167.00	165.02
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	769	119.00	119.00
27	—	664	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	687	150.00	150.00
68	—	523	162.50–164.50	164.30
23	—	469	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	604	155.00	155.00
101	—	590	158.25	158.25
182	—	428	186.00–186.50	186.30
373	—	512	172.50–177.00	174.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	771	130.00–142.25	140.02
165	—	718	141.00–165.50	147.85
160	—	669	138.00–160.00	143.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	540	148.00–150.00	148.93
6	—	578	133.50	133.50
40	—	843	108.75	108.75
10	—	712	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	513	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	432	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	510	152.50	152.50
14	—	483	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
462	—	918	119.10–126.00	121.07
288	—	423	167.00–212.50	201.12
19	—	962	113.50–118.00	114.93
1,422	—	628	147.00–174.25	162.78
1,065	—	578	147.25–186.50	175.12
1,006	—	677	135.50–162.50	150.68
939	—	776	128.50–139.75	135.64
820	—	712	133.50–156.00	145.71
759	—	532	155.00–193.50	179.59
588	—	474	171.00–218.00	195.80
94	—	335	198.00–243.00	230.50
7	—	1,067	112.00	112.00
93	—	382	193.00–208.50	199.89
1,059	—	866	119.00–128.00	123.40
697	—	818	121.75–134.00	128.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	322	187.00–207.00	201.19
33	—	379	170.00–191.00	183.80
51	—	740	128.25–139.00	129.55
73	—	640	140.50–154.50	152.00
74	—	478	156.00–189.00	171.26
80	—	512	161.00–177.00	168.26
161	—	687	130.50–145.00	142.09
24	—	940	118.50–122.00	120.69
23	—	431	182.00–193.00	184.63
10	—	763	121.00	121.00
6	—	257	400.00	400.00
223	—	572	136.00–171.00	161.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	601	181.75	181.75
496	—	572	184.00–192.50	187.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	532	199.00	199.00
150	—	556	192.75	192.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	895	121.00	121.00
27	—	789	124.00	124.00
8	—	601	154.00	154.00
22	—	907	114.00	114.00
33	—	582	157.00–170.50	161.75
10	—	680	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
508	—	485	201.75–204.00	202.02
93	—	614	168.50–173.00	171.20
50	—	374	220.00	220.00
45	—	569	180.00–180.50	180.40
24	—	514	196.50	196.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	476	172.00–179.00	177.81
42	—	433	184.00–192.00	188.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	527	143.00	143.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,263	43.50–56.00	51.55
3	—	1,187	35.00–39.00	37.76
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,205	54.50–66.00	61.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,373	52.00–65.00	59.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	45.00	45.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,993	78.00–81.00	79.40
17	—	1,903	69.00–87.00	76.12
3	—	1,753	66.00–73.50	69.57

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	37	—	1,103	67.50–85.00	75.67
(<2 yrs)	Open	27	—	964	85.00–103.00	94.64

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

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