Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 108 priced lines covering 12,107 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,154 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,130 head. replacement cattle receipts at 458 head. Counted as USDA files them — 273 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,154Last week 6,996Year ago 6,853

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,130Last week 150Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 458Last week 711Year ago 118

Compared to last week, steer calves under 700 lbs sold unevenly steady. Over 700 lbs sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Most weights of heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher except 600 lbs offerings sold 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher. Bred cows and pairs sold unevenly steady. Demand was good. Supply comprised of weaned and fresh off the cow fall calves, late born spring calves of 2019 and yearling feeder cattle with bred cattle and pairs. Most auctions had a tick bigger crowd in attendance along with active bidding and buying from internet buyers. Feedlot sales sold sharply higher for the week with live sales at 119.00-120.00 and dressed sales from 180.00-190.00. Around 90 percent of the corn crop is in the ground along with 78 percent of the soybeans. Some places south of I-80 in the central part of the state going east to the Missouri river are listed at abnormally dry for this time of year. Hopefully the light to moderate rain across some areas of the state will give relief to these dry areas.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
358	—	616	125.50–160.00	145.85
431	—	577	135.00–159.00	144.67
499	—	672	125.00–147.50	134.66
517	—	782	109.00–125.00	120.31
530	—	716	120.25–130.25	127.61
213	—	529	147.00–165.00	155.58
213	—	484	144.00–159.00	155.52
63	—	431	154.00–174.00	160.39
19	—	382	159.50–167.50	163.66
7	—	973	108.50	108.50
161	—	900	106.00–117.00	115.70
256	—	885	111.85–117.00	115.63
259	—	813	108.00–121.00	117.34
11	—	336	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	481	136.00–151.00	144.68
53	—	675	116.00–130.50	124.60
75	—	566	130.00–141.00	137.37
135	—	529	143.00–153.00	147.57
5	—	291	173.00	173.00
7	—	727	120.50	120.50
13	—	380	157.00–159.50	157.95
56	—	434	150.50–166.00	158.71
258	—	620	133.00–147.00	144.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	784	110.00–113.00	110.53
14	—	634	126.00	126.00
9	—	713	117.00	117.00
8	—	808	106.00	106.00
6	—	875	109.00	109.00
40	—	944	102.25	102.25
35	—	531	133.00–137.00	135.11
22	—	581	130.00	130.00
52	—	665	124.75–127.50	126.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	621	148.00–152.00	149.25
183	—	704	136.00–137.10	136.99
129	—	659	143.00–143.50	143.22
79	—	572	149.00–149.50	149.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	668	142.00	142.00
10	—	735	124.50	124.50
14	—	785	125.00	125.00
14	—	838	126.00	126.00
18	—	583	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	416	149.50	149.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	635	120.25	120.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	515	141.00	141.00
35	—	614	124.00–124.50	124.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,066	110.00	110.00
963	—	774	123.50–143.25	136.57
827	—	676	136.50–156.60	148.63
668	—	571	152.00–171.00	164.63
554	—	721	138.50–148.00	143.93
519	—	886	119.75–131.25	126.62
470	—	618	149.50–163.50	155.14
199	—	524	159.50–179.00	169.22
272	—	929	112.00–121.75	118.88
248	—	824	122.50–137.00	131.99
67	—	430	177.00–190.00	183.11
44	—	391	179.00–190.00	184.12
171	—	967	107.00–123.50	115.29
196	—	478	175.00–184.00	178.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	442	163.00–168.00	166.09
107	—	686	131.00–146.50	138.19
104	—	776	123.00–129.00	125.85
70	—	642	135.00–148.50	140.42
55	—	583	141.00–151.00	146.19
36	—	823	120.00–126.00	122.77
17	—	730	131.00–131.50	131.26
17	—	524	157.00–166.00	159.91
39	—	483	169.00–177.00	174.07
23	—	872	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	662	156.00–159.50	158.74
25	—	558	173.50–174.00	173.66
23	—	826	137.00	137.00
6	—	441	187.00	187.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	629	146.00	146.00
17	—	1,104	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	967	108.75	108.75
82	—	893	116.50–120.25	118.23
14	—	1,011	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	742	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	897	137.25	137.25
72	—	792	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	701	131.00	131.00
14	—	589	153.00	153.00
16	—	512	164.00	164.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,248	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,389	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	60	—	1,356	1,085.00–1,350.00	1,215.56
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,392	1,225.00–1,325.00	1,271.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,153	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,547	1,050.00	1,050.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	143	—	1,075	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,752.22
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,141	67.00–82.00	72.25
(<2 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,005	80.00–108.00	88.90
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	41	—	1,020	1,200.00–1,275.00	1,250.12
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,349	1,125.00–1,150.00	1,135.20
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,474	975.00–1,210.00	1,133.30
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,303	1,205.00–1,250.00	1,224.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,188	1,400.00–1,785.00	1,657.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,395	1,510.00	1,510.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,322	1,375.00–1,510.00	1,492.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,101	31.00–41.00	36.67
29	—	1,194	42.00–55.00	50.51
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,215	55.50–67.50	61.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,369	55.50–67.00	62.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,100	48.00–54.00	51.94
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,041	73.00–115.00	86.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,596	75.00–85.50	80.12
2	—	2,070	87.00–90.50	88.73

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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