Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 161 priced lines covering 40,440 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 40,733 head. replacement cattle receipts at 3,683 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40,733Last week 43,113Year ago 27,390

Replacement CattleReceipts 3,683Last week 1,123Year ago 5,209

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher. Over 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs sold sharply higher, 500 lbs offering sold 2.00 higher. Over 600 lbs sold mostly 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with buyers actively buying at weeks close as the CME cattle futures traded sharply higher on Friday and corn sold sharply lower on the day. For the week CME Feb cattle was up 3.95 and closed at 116.72 and Mar feeders was up 8.32 and closed the week at 137.25. Grass cattle buyers were readily procuring cattle for summer turnout as were cattlemen at area ranches at the bred cow and heifer sales reported this week. Price for bred females were firm this week as some top-quality genetics were sold across the state. Nebraska feedlots sold bulk of their show list as live sales from 109.00-110.00 and some dressed sales at 173.00.

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,211	900.00–1,025.00	981.24
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	82	—	1,394	815.00–1,050.00	954.87
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	17	—	1,243	725.00–775.00	747.80
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	55	—	1,291	1,150.00–1,200.00	1,178.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	56	—	1,218	1,685.00–1,750.00	1,710.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	215	—	1,412	1,175.00–1,610.00	1,348.14
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	90	—	1,412	775.00–850.00	815.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,369	1,725.00–1,760.00	1,744.44
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,068	1,600.00–1,625.00	1,611.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	38	—	1,114	1,050.00–1,275.00	1,118.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	54	—	1,294	1,450.00–1,625.00	1,551.26
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	—	1,278	670.00–770.00	724.93
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	276	—	1,371	925.00–1,600.00	1,356.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	—	1,531	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,060.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	83	—	1,453	1,150.00–1,275.00	1,244.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	149	—	1,264	1,700.00–2,300.00	2,079.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	186	—	1,410	775.00–1,250.00	1,030.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	—	1,335	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,314	1,450.00–1,750.00	1,575.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	276	—	1,433	1,200.00–2,200.00	1,846.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	—	1,233	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,432.09
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	314	—	1,369	675.00–925.00	844.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	—	1,185	735.00	735.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,502	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	—	1,358	725.00–1,000.00	813.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,217	1,160.00	1,160.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	246	—	1,050	1,435.00–1,660.00	1,530.50
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	713	—	1,121	1,510.00–2,375.00	1,809.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,067	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,161	2,375.00	2,375.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,014	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,042	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	—	1,281	1,475.00–1,525.00	1,514.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	496	151.00	151.00
27	—	624	127.50–136.00	133.15
12	—	536	146.00–152.00	148.95
15	—	448	157.00	157.00
34	—	565	139.00–144.00	141.02
7	—	341	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
684	—	673	139.00–164.50	147.08
235	—	623	154.00–163.00	158.62
30	—	512	164.50	164.50
105	—	774	127.00–149.00	144.10
107	—	587	149.00–153.50	152.64
234	—	732	129.75–131.00	130.77
77	—	814	134.00–138.00	134.58
52	—	458	184.00	184.00
536	—	641	960.00–1,030.00	991.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	410	194.00	194.00
7	—	560	156.00	156.00
71	—	510	161.00	161.00
124	—	734	138.75–139.00	138.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,658	—	675	125.00–153.00	134.27
1,329	—	721	123.00–139.25	129.55
448	—	427	145.50–186.50	172.13
566	—	834	120.50–135.00	126.87
85	—	975	118.00–120.50	118.59
2,215	—	625	129.50–152.75	140.69
210	—	373	147.00–185.50	170.62
5	—	925	123.00	123.00
802	—	775	120.00–133.00	128.32
2,068	—	575	130.00–160.00	149.04
5	—	344	166.00	166.00
1,476	—	526	141.00–167.50	156.45
919	—	473	145.00–187.00	169.34
24	—	1,085	106.00	106.00
304	—	866	122.75–126.10	125.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	639	135.00–135.50	135.28
28	—	279	169.00	169.00
42	—	667	125.00–130.00	127.16
5	—	745	129.75	129.75
91	—	436	144.00–168.00	161.81
8	—	301	160.00	160.00
156	—	523	133.00–150.00	141.81
155	—	469	133.00–159.00	154.82
130	—	580	130.00–143.50	137.96
23	—	368	151.00–161.00	155.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	570	134.25	134.25
13	—	648	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	528	143.00–151.00	146.59
39	—	710	126.00	126.00
21	—	475	150.00–153.00	150.86
196	—	632	128.00–133.00	130.59
111	—	674	120.00–129.00	125.96
92	—	582	135.00–140.00	138.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	497	147.25	147.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	730	141.00	141.00
34	—	551	155.75	155.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	564	169.50–171.00	170.75
31	—	428	195.00–198.00	196.76
58	—	709	147.50–149.50	149.08
20	—	661	155.00	155.00
159	—	783	145.25–147.00	146.34
49	—	606	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	565	149.00–169.50	166.12
161	—	624	156.50–157.50	157.43
71	—	455	184.00–188.50	186.71
76	—	719	149.50	149.50
223	—	660	151.50–155.50	154.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	674	134.50	134.50
66	—	615	144.50–154.00	149.94
35	—	581	155.00–162.00	156.99
9	—	374	181.50	181.50
73	—	486	156.00–173.00	165.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2,062	—	779	129.75–144.50	139.28
2,236	—	624	135.00–167.00	153.88
444	—	434	180.00–209.00	197.50
683	—	473	167.00–200.00	186.05
1,258	—	525	155.00–187.50	175.45
2,550	—	676	130.00–153.75	145.70
2,654	—	725	131.00–149.00	142.58
6	—	1,101	116.00	116.00
46	—	967	114.50–128.00	121.38
17	—	1,035	121.75–122.00	121.85
24	—	1,061	115.00–118.50	117.48
2,075	—	575	140.50–180.00	166.42
1,854	—	822	121.00–142.25	138.10
46	—	317	180.00–218.00	213.06
142	—	367	181.00–210.00	199.22
717	—	926	121.00–140.25	134.66
1,097	—	871	122.50–142.75	136.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	774	149.00	149.00
6	—	400	217.00	217.00
172	—	554	171.25–184.00	176.22
13	—	347	216.00	216.00
115	—	708	150.00–151.00	150.64
186	—	674	155.50–156.00	155.73
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,136	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	821	132.50	132.50
173	—	582	126.00–161.50	150.15
58	—	679	126.00–140.25	135.42
81	—	390	170.00–183.00	178.50
19	—	725	129.00–132.00	130.23
58	—	473	149.00–187.00	171.61
7	—	1,037	105.00	105.00
35	—	785	120.50–128.00	123.52
23	—	270	181.00	181.00
73	—	635	130.50–146.25	142.12
209	—	530	150.00–177.00	163.79
105	—	433	165.00–190.00	174.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	552	125.50	125.50
7	—	687	130.00	130.00
15	—	770	128.50	128.50
22	—	632	135.00–137.00	136.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	545	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	741	134.00–135.25	135.07
13	—	876	125.25	125.25
25	—	935	120.00–132.00	123.73
102	—	837	125.00–135.00	134.01
37	—	786	129.00–134.00	131.28
88	—	621	143.00–150.00	147.85
48	—	488	170.00–173.00	171.22
57	—	536	158.00–162.00	161.17
68	—	686	140.00–142.00	141.48
15	—	445	178.00	178.00
16	—	956	124.75	124.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	504	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	495	173.00	173.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	845	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	561	131.00	131.00
8	—	388	176.00	176.00

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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