Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 133 priced lines covering 32,679 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 34,673 head. replacement cattle receipts at 628 head.

Mon Feb 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 34,673Last week 16,623Year ago 20,998

Replacement CattleReceipts 628Last week 372Year ago 1,974

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs sold 10.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs sold steady, over 700 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher over 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good for grass type cattle and replacement heifers with moderate to good demand for feedlot placements. Rapid snow melting throughout the week left sloppy and muddy pens around the state. But temps looking forward are to be in the 60’s and will help dry yard conditions up. Nebraska feedlots sales were slow to kick off as producers wanted sharply higher money for their show-list as cattle lost from 30 to 100 lbs during the bitter cold. By week’s close live sales sold steady at 114.00 and dressed sales 1.00 to 2.00 higher at 182.00. Nearby March corn as up 12.75 cents and closed at 5.55 on Friday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	718	149.75–152.00	151.21
80	—	506	186.00–187.00	186.44
195	—	610	164.00–171.00	167.61
6	—	560	180.00	180.00
24	—	371	201.00	201.00
13	—	404	194.00	194.00
121	—	492	194.00–196.25	196.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	620	135.00–147.00	143.80
8	—	540	143.00	143.00
18	—	579	144.00–149.00	145.38
7	—	697	132.50	132.50
6	—	472	151.00	151.00
11	—	762	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
944	—	872	122.25–139.00	134.77
437	—	962	118.50–128.50	127.64
5	—	1,072	116.00	116.00
1,703	—	623	150.00–175.50	163.49
78	—	392	194.00–222.00	215.42
278	—	432	180.00–199.00	188.90
688	—	910	122.00–138.00	130.73
24	—	1,033	117.50	117.50
1,509	—	580	157.00–184.50	173.88
2,143	—	773	133.00–149.00	142.08
2,076	—	725	135.50–157.75	146.83
500	—	477	172.00–210.75	193.28
980	—	524	168.00–208.00	187.73
17	—	337	190.00–201.00	194.51
2,321	—	677	140.50–165.00	153.38
1,321	—	825	123.50–143.50	136.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
347	—	612	175.75–183.75	181.42
62	—	818	146.50	146.50
198	—	794	149.00	149.00
151	—	522	191.00–192.00	191.13
160	—	660	167.00–167.50	167.29
224	—	566	184.25	184.25
25	—	424	202.00–202.50	202.22
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,032	121.00–122.50	121.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	480	156.00–184.50	170.04
103	—	726	136.00–143.00	138.49
7	—	379	187.00	187.00
145	—	617	145.50–159.00	153.58
101	—	827	127.00–135.50	133.30
35	—	438	174.00–195.50	182.49
69	—	772	127.00–136.00	131.21
96	—	578	151.00–164.00	157.90
108	—	525	140.00–180.00	167.32
145	—	679	131.00–149.00	142.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	527	169.00–173.00	171.33
7	—	642	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	594	150.50–155.50	151.52
20	—	728	131.00–133.00	132.40
20	—	879	126.00	126.00
5	—	497	169.00	169.00
29	—	634	140.00–143.50	141.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	525	153.00	153.00
71	—	627	146.00–157.00	154.10
60	—	590	162.00–164.00	163.60
68	—	832	131.00–134.00	132.22
190	—	726	133.00–141.75	138.60
51	—	760	135.75	135.75
156	—	684	139.00–148.00	143.26
15	—	921	126.25	126.25
283	—	886	129.00–130.10	129.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	590	163.00	163.00
17	—	700	142.50	142.50
17	—	511	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	614	147.00–147.50	147.34
142	—	512	163.00–166.00	164.68
99	—	565	155.00–158.00	156.01
5	—	339	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	509	135.00–137.50	135.73
7	—	409	147.00	147.00
13	—	459	137.50–139.75	138.87
21	—	589	125.00–130.00	126.65
9	—	666	125.25	125.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
354	—	626	143.00–173.00	151.45
235	—	670	131.00–157.00	144.05
196	—	759	134.00–138.75	137.62
366	—	721	132.35–166.50	141.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
727	—	822	119.50–133.00	126.04
1,469	—	626	130.00–153.50	141.95
717	—	769	123.50–136.25	128.66
83	—	939	115.00–123.75	122.67
305	—	433	149.00–175.00	165.71
638	—	477	146.00–176.00	163.33
6	—	1,223	81.00	81.00
42	—	338	158.00–176.00	165.03
1,504	—	720	125.00–137.50	132.28
240	—	864	117.00–129.00	124.62
83	—	384	157.00–177.50	171.74
1,004	—	530	141.00–168.50	157.06
5	—	1,128	112.50	112.50
1,631	—	675	129.00–146.50	136.21
16	—	965	110.00–117.00	112.26
1,600	—	578	138.50–166.50	150.14
10	—	1,159	83.00	83.00
14	—	1,029	99.00–116.00	107.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	436	149.00–156.50	153.03
89	—	476	141.00–163.50	152.41
268	—	585	136.00–145.00	140.22
7	—	393	151.00	151.00
136	—	526	141.00–150.50	146.07
38	—	719	124.00–128.50	125.52
117	—	687	121.00–137.00	127.45
209	—	633	127.50–141.50	136.81
6	—	916	111.50	111.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	595	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	875	120.50	120.50
66	—	614	135.00–139.50	137.33
173	—	765	121.50–126.25	124.46
33	—	686	127.75–130.00	128.82
32	—	572	141.50–143.50	143.01
130	—	721	126.50–128.50	127.75
31	—	910	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	583	146.25	146.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	690	172.00–175.00	173.78
65	—	565	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	461	161.00	161.00
29	—	547	146.50	146.50
11	—	393	166.00	166.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	—	1,310	800.00–850.00	826.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	—	1,397	1,225.00	1,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,244	775.00–785.00	780.12
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,432	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	40	—	1,239	825.00–925.00	883.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	—	1,277	1,425.00–1,600.00	1,552.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	41	—	1,425	1,375.00–1,485.00	1,424.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	23	—	1,329	1,025.00–1,050.00	1,032.13
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	—	1,181	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	30	—	1,182	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	—	1,451	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	71	—	1,356	1,285.00–1,750.00	1,626.76
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	217	—	1,169	1,500.00–1,725.00	1,592.40

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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