Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 129 priced lines covering 9,785 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,264 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,092 head. replacement cattle receipts at 344 head. Counted as USDA files them — 167 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,264Last week 1,530Year ago 10,283

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,092Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 344Last week 70Year ago 161

Compared to last week's light test, on comparable offerings of steers over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Most sales this week were larger than same week last year as marketing have been delayed due to the negative market pressure the last few weeks. Feedlot sale continue to have a large range in live and dressed prices. Live sales this week from 109.00-118.00 and dressed sales from 175.00-187.00. Actual slaughter weights from weekending 5/23 showed all live weights down 9 lbs at 1370, steer carcass down 7 lbs at 894 and heifer carcass down 5 lbs at 826. Alfalfa producers have had a pretty good week with production as hot temps along with winds have prevailed most of the week. Some scattered rains across the state included hail, strong winds raising some havoc in different sectors of the Cornhusker state.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	56.75	56.75
121	—	1,356	61.50–67.00	64.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,193	63.75–66.25	64.11
11	—	1,032	40.00–56.00	48.81
51	—	1,177	57.50–63.50	60.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,167	45.00–56.75	51.74
5	—	1,406	64.75–66.50	65.64
31	—	1,275	57.00–64.50	62.42
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,231	63.75	63.75
10	—	1,241	59.75–64.00	61.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,456	64.50–66.75	65.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,543	74.50–86.00	81.17
3	—	1,915	98.00–102.00	99.95
10	—	1,762	89.00–96.50	92.53
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,217	78.00–97.00	93.33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	954	96.50	96.50
15	—	681	120.00	120.00
24	—	822	111.75–114.50	113.13
25	—	915	94.75–109.10	104.02
35	—	855	115.50	115.50
51	—	770	115.75–118.00	116.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,000	98.00	98.00
31	—	934	104.50–113.25	106.13
57	—	423	159.00–169.00	162.76
107	—	864	115.75–121.50	117.59
181	—	475	144.00–170.00	161.19
193	—	824	115.00–123.00	119.57
431	—	578	138.50–151.00	145.93
481	—	727	124.50–137.50	130.24
28	—	389	167.00–176.00	168.82
242	—	980	105.00–115.25	112.66
362	—	528	140.50–163.00	157.37
542	—	676	128.75–139.50	132.88
561	—	774	118.25–131.50	124.99
637	—	622	130.00–147.00	140.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	432	169.50	169.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	150.00	150.00
7	—	322	159.00	159.00
14	—	508	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	777	130.75–141.00	137.52
28	—	829	125.50	125.50
59	—	624	149.50	149.50
69	—	871	135.75	135.75
129	—	710	136.75–137.25	136.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	650	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	838	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	461	133.00–146.00	141.62
55	—	571	134.50–139.00	136.02
83	—	529	139.00–150.00	143.09
35	—	673	130.00	130.00
32	—	786	119.75	119.75
23	—	631	138.00–140.00	139.13
12	—	902	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	794	118.75	118.75
8	—	870	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	550	134.50	134.50
Steers — Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	756	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,061	103.50	103.50
9	—	673	139.00	139.00
9	—	1,019	104.00	104.00
30	—	963	101.00–112.00	109.36
11	—	646	144.00	144.00
90	—	822	116.00–123.00	121.82
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,231	102.00	102.00
14	—	1,041	105.00	105.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	666	132.00	132.00
54	—	981	106.50	106.50
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	111.00	111.00
6	—	730	96.00	96.00
19	—	844	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
335	—	920	121.00–131.60	130.95
32	—	1,150	105.50	105.50
38	—	382	170.00–200.50	192.67
47	—	437	183.50–200.00	187.23
90	—	1,044	105.50–110.00	108.71
478	—	958	116.00–127.85	125.45
112	—	473	172.50–188.00	178.73
186	—	771	138.75–147.50	142.48
215	—	667	151.00–165.50	160.68
225	—	531	159.00–180.00	174.96
255	—	574	163.00–172.00	168.26
264	—	727	140.00–151.00	145.74
303	—	827	130.00–141.50	134.62
459	—	620	140.50–171.00	159.29
475	—	872	122.00–132.00	128.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	416	182.50	182.50
7	—	600	161.00	161.00
27	—	505	174.50	174.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	687	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	911	118.50	118.50
82	—	778	125.00–133.00	129.49
47	—	487	169.00–174.00	169.91
47	—	624	135.50–151.00	143.05
18	—	978	108.75–110.50	109.62
31	—	528	160.50–167.00	162.50
66	—	665	134.00–148.50	145.36
11	—	421	165.00–170.00	167.31
23	—	713	145.25	145.25
44	—	585	148.50–159.50	150.98
9	—	858	124.50	124.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	452	170.00	170.00
12	—	419	181.50–188.00	184.63
14	—	519	169.00–174.00	171.49
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,027	101.75	101.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	865	112.50	112.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,402	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,539	1,160.00–1,385.00	1,279.41
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,493	1,285.00	1,285.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,386	1,185.00	1,185.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,455	1,435.00	1,435.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,140	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,275	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,300	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,440	1,425.00–1,685.00	1,622.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,453	1,575.00–1,600.00	1,584.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,351	1,175.00–1,800.00	1,658.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,402	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,818.85
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,450	1,210.00	1,210.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,360	1,175.00–1,260.00	1,212.09
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,324	1,000.00–1,135.00	1,075.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,553	1,185.00	1,185.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,325	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,373	1,185.00–1,200.00	1,197.26
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,352	1,085.00–1,100.00	1,092.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,390	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	1,298	800.00–850.00	829.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,295	1,075.00	1,075.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,003	88.00–91.00	89.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,067	73.00–95.50	80.91

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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