Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 98 priced lines covering 26,860 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 28,584 head. replacement cattle receipts at 20 head.

Mon Oct 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 28,584Last week 15,475Year ago 21,889

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 23Year ago 8

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold steady to 3.00 lower, with the exception of 3 weight steers selling 4.00 to 6.00 higher on limited comparison from last week. Yearling steers sold steady to 3.00 higher while yearling heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate for calves with good demand for yearling feeder cattle again this week. Calf runs are in the forefront this week with many coming to town. Dry conditions in the state have now put over 98 percent of the state in some sort of drought designation; the highest percentage since July 2013. Nebraska feedlot managers have sold light volume of dressed sales so far this week 2.00 to 3.00 higher at 170.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	444	184.50–191.00	189.36
44	—	752	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
454	—	624	129.50–154.50	146.42
309	—	378	156.00–182.50	172.63
1,243	—	479	143.00–175.00	159.07
64	—	956	133.00	133.00
643	—	814	132.00–144.00	137.26
666	—	422	152.00–175.00	163.64
304	—	676	135.50–153.50	148.25
56	—	1,026	122.75–129.00	126.29
686	—	569	130.00–154.50	143.94
509	—	926	126.00–137.25	134.34
989	—	522	139.50–157.75	150.14
516	—	874	133.00–140.00	137.33
700	—	772	132.50–145.00	140.63
8	—	277	182.00	182.00
406	—	720	135.50–148.00	142.52
138	—	327	172.00–184.00	181.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
300	—	768	141.25–144.00	142.36
254	—	919	132.75–137.00	134.61
592	—	881	131.50–141.00	138.70
34	—	955	127.00–132.50	131.51
302	—	840	134.50–140.25	139.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	616	152.00–155.50	153.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	947	126.50	126.50
62	—	956	124.00–125.00	124.84
99	—	813	132.75–133.25	132.95
11	—	1,038	115.00	115.00
31	—	1,069	119.00	119.00
33	—	725	136.25	136.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	749	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	476	168.00–170.00	169.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	572	128.50–143.75	141.52
46	—	423	157.00–163.00	159.93
29	—	674	131.00–136.00	134.17
12	—	957	122.00–129.00	126.07
19	—	894	130.00	130.00
80	—	478	139.00–147.50	145.39
39	—	631	133.00–143.25	138.56
12	—	783	132.00	132.00
15	—	834	131.75–133.75	132.40
9	—	712	132.50	132.50
8	—	253	161.00	161.00
30	—	533	138.00–146.00	144.42
56	—	378	146.00–170.00	164.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	919	122.00	122.00
19	—	528	131.00–135.00	133.15
18	—	873	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	791	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	319	191.00–222.00	204.13
533	—	772	141.00–155.00	149.66
1,683	—	871	134.00–150.25	144.64
440	—	724	142.00–160.50	154.05
1,192	—	620	145.00–166.00	157.85
1,242	—	476	154.00–186.00	173.24
721	—	1,025	125.50–137.50	133.57
1,106	—	977	131.50–142.60	139.15
1,015	—	932	132.00–147.50	141.42
785	—	827	138.50–150.25	144.62
1,495	—	525	155.00–172.75	164.49
710	—	670	143.00–167.00	157.90
301	—	377	163.50–200.50	190.37
29	—	1,070	120.00–125.00	123.98
597	—	430	171.00–190.00	182.74
2,078	—	569	149.50–172.00	161.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	527	174.00–177.00	176.40
90	—	740	160.25	160.25
90	—	696	167.00	167.00
154	—	774	163.00	163.00
305	—	632	167.25–170.00	168.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	602	153.00	153.00
10	—	902	130.00	130.00
30	—	748	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	620	160.00–172.50	164.01
107	—	720	163.00–164.50	164.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	716	132.50–150.00	138.56
6	—	302	203.00	203.00
56	—	387	170.00–183.00	177.34
178	—	623	135.50–157.00	147.21
135	—	790	134.00–143.50	140.25
104	—	670	140.00–149.00	144.51
143	—	525	141.00–159.50	155.40
5	—	293	215.00	215.00
117	—	478	136.00–167.00	157.88
6	—	854	135.00	135.00
76	—	422	166.50–176.50	170.46
98	—	585	140.00–151.00	149.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	909	123.75	123.75
6	—	665	135.50	135.50
8	—	889	127.00	127.00
35	—	583	140.00–147.00	143.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	710	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	702	125.00	125.00
14	—	636	143.50	143.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	542	140.50–149.00	144.67
33	—	675	143.00–145.50	144.16
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	840	59.00	59.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,434	900.00–1,200.00	1,030.48

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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