Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 145 priced lines covering 26,467 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 28,294 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,956 head. Counted as USDA files them — 26 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 28,294Last week 27,683Year ago 28,648

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,956Last week 1,875Year ago 1,178

Special Note: Beginning January 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), through its Livestock, Poultry and Grain Market News Division (LPGMN), will change the publication date of this report from Friday to Mondays. This will provide a true weekly average price (Sunday through Saturday). Currently, LPGMN utilizes cattle auction sales data from Friday through Thursday to compile this report. LPGMN will transition the publication date from Friday to Monday.

By changing the publication to Monday, LPGMN will capture additional sales that occur at auctions on Friday afternoons and Saturdays, utilizing sales data from Sunday to Saturday, to capture a true weekly average price for feeder cattle. The updated Livestock Summary will offer customers additional data to use in an evolving and competitive marketplace. You can access feeder cattle summary reports at: www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/feeder-and-replacement-cattle-summary. If you would like to learn more about MARS and My Market News, please contact us at Websupport.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov Next available report will be out late on 12/23/20.

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 4.00 higher and heifer sold unevenly steady. Demand was good for longtime weaned calves with moderate demand for fresh bawling calves. Demand was also good for bred heifers and cows. Very light snow in some areas of the state the last seven days with a nice warm up by weeks close. Feedlot sales have sold in a wide range this week. Live sales from 105.00 to 108.00 and dressed sales at 165.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	382	170.00	170.00
9	—	428	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
349	—	765	129.75–140.50	135.68
115	—	1,052	115.50–126.50	125.27
141	—	829	130.00–135.50	132.90
19	—	317	176.00–177.00	176.69
575	—	475	140.00–175.00	159.56
835	—	671	132.25–144.50	138.05
336	—	720	129.50–140.00	134.35
1,000	—	524	141.00–168.00	154.58
941	—	624	134.00–152.25	141.94
79	—	870	127.50–134.00	131.06
37	—	954	128.00–134.00	129.63
178	—	371	167.00–191.00	177.59
503	—	426	158.00–176.00	168.13
43	—	1,022	117.00–127.50	123.58
1,035	—	573	138.00–160.50	150.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	880	121.00–122.00	121.72
61	—	677	125.00–134.00	130.73
15	—	1,073	107.50	107.50
8	—	601	142.00	142.00
13	—	1,005	119.00	119.00
16	—	437	161.00–163.00	162.25
5	—	505	143.00	143.00
70	—	469	148.75–154.00	151.69
5	—	793	125.00	125.00
13	—	577	140.50	140.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	613	154.50–157.00	156.73
191	—	568	156.25–157.75	156.90
5	—	308	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	715	131.50	131.50
31	—	491	143.00–155.00	147.84
11	—	859	120.00–124.00	121.80
33	—	589	139.00–151.00	143.63
6	—	372	155.00	155.00
116	—	527	135.50–155.00	143.91
23	—	607	129.00–132.00	130.92
42	—	432	140.00–169.50	157.98
22	—	319	160.00–165.00	162.28
5	—	1,018	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	541	142.00–143.50	142.98
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	739	122.00	122.00
14	—	616	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	625	135.50–138.50	136.70
43	—	567	140.00–145.00	142.40
50	—	421	150.50–171.00	163.02
17	—	381	154.00–170.00	159.41
61	—	660	135.25–143.00	139.50
5	—	348	176.00	176.00
224	—	532	144.25–151.00	147.34
85	—	472	144.00–160.00	151.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	525	162.25–163.00	162.70
26	—	601	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	754	138.85	138.85
81	—	452	173.00	173.00
102	—	406	174.00–182.75	181.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	624	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	900	132.50	132.50
34	—	714	132.50–143.50	135.03
38	—	509	163.00–165.00	163.88
5	—	883	130.00	130.00
99	—	633	145.00–148.25	147.36
64	—	570	163.00–168.50	165.73
6	—	442	180.00	180.00
102	—	826	134.25–135.00	134.79
211	—	770	138.00–145.00	143.53
43	—	657	144.00–147.50	146.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	401	181.00	181.00
8	—	331	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	481	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	723	124.00	124.00
10	—	589	152.75	152.75
47	—	626	141.50–148.00	143.24
9	—	485	166.00	166.00
6	—	691	133.00	133.00
20	—	546	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	385	164.00–184.00	176.12
128	—	422	172.00–191.00	178.25
19	—	735	128.00–137.00	135.19
260	—	635	135.00–158.75	153.12
12	—	769	147.00–149.50	148.22
240	—	488	156.00–182.00	171.51
42	—	676	140.00–140.50	140.07
268	—	583	142.00–171.00	157.71
330	—	528	154.00–178.00	165.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	450	179.00	179.00
9	—	360	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	553	185.00	185.00
82	—	508	192.00	192.00
41	—	465	198.50	198.50
38	—	600	166.50	166.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	756	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	830	146.50	146.50
64	—	872	143.00	143.00
153	—	766	149.00	149.00
142	—	731	158.00–160.50	159.27
149	—	659	150.75–163.50	157.32
89	—	621	160.00–165.00	162.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	518	156.75–178.00	168.21
62	—	708	137.50–141.25	139.50
172	—	568	156.00–177.00	163.93
22	—	471	182.00–183.00	182.60
62	—	438	178.00–189.50	184.97
7	—	355	193.00	193.00
58	—	620	148.25–161.00	154.13
123	—	667	142.00–152.00	146.25
17	—	330	183.00–204.00	195.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,184	—	766	135.00–161.00	146.80
1,394	—	717	138.00–161.50	150.13
451	—	423	180.00–206.00	197.39
823	—	478	177.00–198.00	188.60
1,145	—	526	165.00–189.75	178.76
73	—	333	194.00–232.00	219.62
25	—	969	130.50–132.00	130.98
467	—	817	134.50–149.25	141.44
407	—	874	137.00–149.25	143.90
1,951	—	672	142.00–164.50	155.56
2,680	—	622	149.50–172.50	162.00
162	—	373	190.00–219.00	205.02
26	—	1,036	129.00–130.00	129.30
1,968	—	573	156.25–180.75	171.07
245	—	924	132.50–140.25	137.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	540	180.00–184.75	182.58
41	—	434	198.00–201.00	200.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	711	111.00	111.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,555	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	—	1,069	1,450.00–1,525.00	1,500.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	57	—	1,385	1,075.00–1,550.00	1,372.49
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	138	—	1,375	975.00–1,310.00	1,120.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,447	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	1,296	1,350.00–1,785.00	1,478.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	19	—	1,360	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	156	—	1,415	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,422.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	289	—	1,164	1,062.00–1,710.00	1,543.71
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	25	—	1,301	750.00–775.00	759.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	—	1,392	900.00–1,035.00	1,006.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	231	—	1,403	800.00–985.00	920.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,058	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,152	1,250.00–1,335.00	1,297.22
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	267	—	1,049	1,350.00–1,600.00	1,444.92
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	225	—	1,049	1,275.00–1,650.00	1,506.31
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,166	1,800.00	1,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,348	1,160.00	1,160.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,553	1,050.00–1,225.00	1,167.42

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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