Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 106 priced lines covering 13,670 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,122 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 508 head. replacement cattle receipts at 423 head. Counted as USDA files them — 200 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,122Last week 10,222Year ago 20,749

Slaughter CattleReceipts 508Last week 305Year ago 345

Replacement CattleReceipts 423Last week 83Year ago 438

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 600 to 800 lbs sold steady and over 800 lbs sold 2.00 lower. Heifer under 500 lbs sold 3.00 higher, 500 to 700 lbs unevenly steady and over 700 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls steady. Quite a few of the weigh-up cows went back to feed. Demand was good for grass cattle and cow/calf pairs with moderate to good demand for feedlot placements. Grass cattle has become a broad term this spring. Some of the regular feedlot placements are going to greener pastures to lengthen the time of there slaughter end weight. Feedlot trade for the week, live sales at 95.00 and dressed sales at 150.00. Per NASS on there weekly crop progress report 4/26/2020 is showed corn planted at 20% compared to 12% last year and 5 year ave of 16%. One would assume next Monday's report will be substantially higher as the weather has been very good for planting with some contacts stating they are done with corn.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,265	43.00–56.50	51.22
18	—	1,156	30.00–44.50	37.58
2	—	1,255	58.00–59.50	58.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,338	54.50–66.00	59.21
5	—	1,411	60.00–62.50	60.92
2	—	1,215	48.00–49.00	48.57
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,191	54.50–56.00	55.52
3	—	1,220	47.00–54.50	52.21
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,317	52.00–60.00	57.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,847	83.00–90.00	86.07
35	—	1,590	69.50–86.50	76.92
2	—	1,700	45.00–67.00	54.51
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	880	74.00–83.00	77.38

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
268	—	427	145.00–165.00	155.28
231	—	525	130.50–153.50	141.34
154	—	814	100.50–116.75	113.92
104	—	382	148.50–163.00	155.68
525	—	772	100.50–139.75	120.33
35	—	907	90.00–106.00	103.16
401	—	716	116.75–141.50	128.12
5	—	973	96.00	96.00
979	—	576	123.50–153.00	137.49
504	—	678	114.00–140.00	129.03
82	—	871	107.00–113.50	112.19
33	—	323	156.00–169.00	163.15
12	—	1,115	88.00	88.00
10	—	1,018	93.75	93.75
493	—	625	113.00–148.00	131.73
489	—	481	133.50–161.00	153.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	706	121.00–129.25	123.61
29	—	665	131.00–131.50	131.32
73	—	885	117.00–124.00	122.42
71	—	783	118.00–124.00	121.01
20	—	826	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	556	136.00–138.00	136.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	370	139.00	139.00
55	—	554	124.00–139.50	134.03
35	—	516	128.00–139.50	135.08
71	—	872	105.60	105.60
24	—	925	92.00–94.00	93.26
84	—	731	118.00–127.00	124.04
20	—	754	118.25	118.25
16	—	630	127.00–129.00	128.11
40	—	465	141.50–145.00	143.20
26	—	434	123.00–144.00	134.40
23	—	664	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	472	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	647	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	781	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	515	138.25–139.00	138.57
6	—	628	125.00	125.00
5	—	371	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	477	154.50–171.00	159.22
50	—	516	148.00–156.00	151.62
270	—	665	120.00–138.00	131.23
193	—	582	135.00–154.50	141.48
39	—	617	130.00–136.00	132.80
13	—	786	123.50	123.50
9	—	988	99.00	99.00
19	—	826	109.00–111.00	110.28
15	—	418	156.00–172.50	162.38
19	—	372	178.00–184.00	182.45
5	—	887	100.50	100.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
327	—	520	150.00–179.00	167.03
940	—	626	140.00–164.75	153.50
885	—	667	134.00–160.25	151.43
796	—	724	118.00–146.50	138.50
736	—	581	141.00–168.50	159.69
735	—	869	101.75–124.25	117.62
726	—	829	108.50–130.25	120.76
406	—	772	120.00–142.00	130.78
308	—	474	159.00–190.00	176.84
171	—	415	167.00–203.00	185.13
7	—	363	173.00	173.00
5	—	1,117	100.50	100.50
763	—	928	108.25–115.25	112.66
51	—	996	103.00	103.00
13	—	336	192.50	192.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	717	126.00–127.50	127.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	400	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	509	141.00–159.00	154.55
6	—	599	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	476	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	843	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	565	110.00	110.00
4	—	479	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	551	148.00	148.00

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,053	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	—	1,306	1,225.00–1,350.00	1,285.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	—	1,243	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,227.83
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,318	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,320	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,369	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,225	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,040	1,825.00	1,825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,073	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,852.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,680	1,875.00	1,875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,433	1,385.00–1,400.00	1,389.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	43	—	1,389	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,637.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	68	—	1,456	1,100.00–1,475.00	1,308.01
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,101	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,003	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,255.23
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,103	1,725.00–1,810.00	1,759.68
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,031	1,925.00–2,035.00	1,983.77
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	41	—	1,062	60.00–78.00	69.99
(<2 yrs)	Open	32	—	946	81.00–100.00	86.09

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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