Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 90 priced lines covering 21,399 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 24,723 head. replacement cattle receipts at 122 head. Counted as USDA files them — 18 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 24,723Last week 25,643Year ago 29,618

Replacement CattleReceipts 122Last week 0Year ago 620

Compared to last week steers calves sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher and heifers calves sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher, with yearling steers an heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good with several order and farmer/feeder buyers attending auctions. Also, several reporters stated that bidding and buying from the internet was active throughout the week. Most buyers continue to seek calves with fall pre-condition shots as health is usually better after all the stress they occur leaving momma's side and getting to there new home. Feedlot trading is slow to kick off for the week. Estimates of under 20,000 head have traded through Thursday evening with many managers passing current bids. So far, early rounds of live sales have sold 3.00 higher than last week at 110.00 and dressed sales 5.00 higher at 172.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	539	153.00	153.00
6	—	726	137.00	137.00
6	—	984	127.00	127.00
9	—	468	166.00	166.00
10	—	757	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
328	—	831	130.00–148.50	145.82
2,799	—	578	141.00–168.50	159.37
227	—	982	132.25–138.85	137.50
1,040	—	667	138.50–163.25	153.22
32	—	920	131.00–144.00	138.86
60	—	897	127.00–147.50	143.93
6	—	280	209.00	209.00
816	—	420	160.50–209.50	190.84
1,466	—	479	161.00–190.00	178.83
1,644	—	619	139.00–169.00	154.32
29	—	332	178.00–210.00	200.95
393	—	384	177.00–212.00	201.07
328	—	715	136.50–153.00	147.23
2,144	—	524	150.00–180.50	167.35
90	—	765	136.50–148.25	143.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	369	183.00	183.00
6	—	555	141.00	141.00
38	—	546	157.00	157.00
19	—	475	155.00–165.00	160.33
8	—	443	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	407	190.00–192.00	190.35
127	—	475	184.00–189.75	186.50
122	—	505	175.00–176.75	176.50
40	—	611	161.00	161.00
24	—	323	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	653	155.00	155.00
94	—	555	178.50	178.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	328	179.00–196.00	192.24
296	—	535	140.00–160.00	155.89
285	—	478	147.50–177.00	164.51
192	—	434	156.00–181.00	172.31
47	—	375	174.00–193.00	178.51
228	—	581	135.00–153.50	149.18
52	—	679	131.00–151.50	143.39
129	—	627	138.00–150.00	142.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	513	183.00–187.50	185.33
215	—	463	192.50–200.00	196.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	715	132.75	132.75
26	—	677	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	412	162.50–181.00	170.63
13	—	595	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,471	—	523	139.00–160.00	148.30
11	—	1,113	114.00	114.00
40	—	1,020	122.00–129.00	123.52
1,240	—	570	134.50–156.75	146.13
1,223	—	476	144.50–162.00	154.31
457	—	617	127.00–147.50	139.86
110	—	668	126.00–136.00	132.72
190	—	775	136.50–142.00	139.49
234	—	371	157.50–176.00	166.52
36	—	984	131.20–134.75	132.66
60	—	327	156.00–184.00	170.13
931	—	428	143.00–174.00	161.51
272	—	717	126.00–145.50	139.41
215	—	880	133.50–138.00	136.04
53	—	819	120.00–138.00	135.80
147	—	909	122.50–134.50	132.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	545	141.00	141.00
7	—	490	148.50	148.50
5	—	790	125.00	125.00
27	—	559	137.50	137.50
5	—	624	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	545	141.00	141.00
14	—	442	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	455	166.50	166.50
27	—	404	176.00	176.00
7	—	344	187.00	187.00
58	—	557	150.25	150.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	263	360.00–410.00	378.67
33	—	325	141.00–157.00	147.71
14	—	693	120.00	120.00
59	—	576	132.00–138.00	134.73
116	—	525	132.00–142.00	140.38
113	—	427	145.00–159.00	153.59
37	—	377	150.00–159.00	155.36
77	—	475	141.00–150.00	145.86
45	—	619	127.50–135.00	130.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	367	176.00	176.00
5	—	316	177.00	177.00
41	—	484	160.50	160.50
31	—	509	156.50	156.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	666	128.50	128.50

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	94	—	1,319	860.00–1,025.00	904.21
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,492	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,520	1,525.00	1,525.00

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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