Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 92 priced lines covering 7,721 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,865 head. replacement cattle receipts at 170 head. Counted as USDA files them — 86 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,865Last week 19,183Year ago 10,222

Replacement CattleReceipts 170Last week 10Year ago 83

Compared to last week steers under 800 lbs sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher and over 800 lbs sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs sold 8.00 higher, 500 to 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, 700-800 lbs sold 2.00 lower and over 800 lbs sold sharply lower on a light test. Demand was very good for cattle suited for summer grass and for replacement quality heifers with moderate demand for heavier feedlot placements. Nearby corn closed last week up .70 cents at 6.555 and June corn up .587 cents at 6.325. With corn blowing up over 6.00 cattlemen are taking some of the heavier 7 weight cattle to summer grass as they are hoping the corn will come down when their placed-on feed. Cattle on feed for March saw On Feed for April 1 at 105.3, March placements at 128.3 and Marketings at 101.5. Nebraska feedlots sold at a lower market as box beef soared to higher prices. Live sales traded 1.00 to 3.00 lower at 121.00 to 123.00 and dressed sales 4.00 lower at 192.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	596	139.50	139.50
22	—	428	167.50	167.50
65	—	513	159.50–161.00	159.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	863	123.35	123.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	530	147.50–170.00	155.17
5	—	910	117.50	117.50
88	—	411	154.00–176.50	167.39
182	—	480	156.00–171.25	165.60
248	—	568	142.50–163.50	152.47
349	—	623	136.00–148.00	142.58
22	—	872	125.50–133.00	127.19
249	—	672	130.00–141.50	136.93
89	—	827	123.00–124.50	123.08
195	—	758	120.50–131.50	126.58
264	—	721	125.00–140.75	134.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	712	134.00	134.00
44	—	813	128.85	128.85
35	—	793	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,122.39
105	—	809	1,210.00–1,220.00	1,216.55
34	—	690	1,025.00–1,035.00	1,028.78
296	—	727	1,085.00–1,220.00	1,193.87
12	—	771	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	594	131.00	131.00
6	—	1,067	106.00	106.00
5	—	605	141.00	141.00
58	—	724	123.00–124.00	123.54
16	—	693	124.00	124.00
101	—	766	124.75–129.25	128.07
21	—	943	118.00	118.00
10	—	814	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	628	137.00–140.25	139.64
146	—	586	135.00–169.00	144.92
33	—	479	146.00–154.00	149.05
5	—	427	153.00	153.00
5	—	380	154.00	154.00
45	—	673	120.00–130.50	126.69
17	—	757	115.00–126.00	121.51
54	—	545	144.00–156.00	145.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	515	146.00	146.00
33	—	590	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	587	120.50	120.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	756	156.50	156.50
32	—	601	178.50	178.50
118	—	520	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	468	189.50	189.50
54	—	528	179.50	179.50
7	—	701	141.00	141.00
20	—	571	160.00	160.00
72	—	620	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	332	200.00	200.00
233	—	808	134.50–137.25	136.04
52	—	416	187.00–196.00	189.73
471	—	667	150.00–175.50	164.81
177	—	576	168.50–184.00	177.91
175	—	534	171.00–183.50	177.69
202	—	974	125.50–127.50	126.25
208	—	627	153.00–174.50	164.35
351	—	772	125.00–152.75	144.83
600	—	735	150.00–163.85	155.80
7	—	944	124.00	124.00
24	—	394	211.00	211.00
161	—	478	179.00–200.00	189.34
592	—	882	130.00–142.25	135.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	974	120.00	120.00
99	—	887	126.85	126.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	665	135.50	135.50
8	—	781	128.00	128.00
21	—	623	145.00	145.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,050	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	808	133.00	133.00
175	—	681	138.00–160.50	154.98
5	—	448	180.00	180.00
75	—	585	168.00–178.00	171.94
11	—	505	172.00	172.00
69	—	790	122.00–137.00	135.10
30	—	478	168.00–182.00	178.32
79	—	742	139.50–144.50	143.73
9	—	370	189.00	189.00
44	—	629	154.25–167.00	158.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	412	176.00	176.00
43	—	621	145.00	145.00
7	—	340	181.00	181.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,357	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,799	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,439	1,525.00	1,525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,520	1,600.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,485	1,200.00–1,375.00	1,265.81
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,433	2,300.00	2,300.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,112	2,150.00–2,300.00	2,242.42
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,092	1,550.00–1,625.00	1,593.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,410	1,400.00–1,448.00	1,429.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	42	—	1,483	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,078.38

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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