Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 97 priced lines covering 25,187 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 28,303 head. replacement cattle receipts at 124 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 28,303Last week 29,170Year ago 24,358

Replacement CattleReceipts 124Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week steer calves under 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 600 lbs steers sold 2.00 higher with all weights over 650 lbs unevenly steady. Heifer calves sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower with yearling heifer weights 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate for calves with good demand for yearling weight cattle. Demand was moderate to good for the very light test of bred cows and bred heifers. Calf buyers prefer calves with at least two rounds of shots. Some buyers have been selective on flesh (fat) on the bawlers. Some lightweight calves are heading to the Southern Plains for wheat grazing. Feedlot sales traded mostly steady on live sales at 124.00 with some sales up to 126.50 and dressed sales steady at 196.00. Fall harvest continues with 41% of corn out of the field compared to 55% last year. Soybeans harvested is at 76% compared to 91% last year. Dry edible beans harvested at 89% compared to 95% last year. Cattle on Feed Oct 1 98.6, Placements (Sep) 97.1 and Marketings (Sep) 96.9.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	581	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	718	163.50	163.50
24	—	607	154.00	154.00
75	—	668	161.50	161.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	814	160.10	160.10
29	—	628	176.00	176.00
46	—	552	160.00	160.00
32	—	421	176.00–178.50	178.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	461	157.50	157.50
50	—	668	121.00–139.00	134.71
18	—	538	152.00–154.50	153.68
16	—	567	147.00	147.00
19	—	430	162.00	162.00
20	—	642	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
255	—	573	130.50–150.50	142.43
20	—	679	136.00–154.00	146.85
10	—	385	159.00	159.00
80	—	617	130.00–143.75	137.63
42	—	877	141.00	141.00
13	—	326	151.00–154.00	152.40
186	—	519	139.00–152.00	146.04
202	—	483	137.00–166.00	151.31
164	—	423	145.00–168.00	155.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,841	—	525	141.00–166.75	155.56
23	—	328	180.00–183.00	181.79
521	—	619	135.50–153.00	145.07
1,117	—	476	147.00–174.00	161.35
101	—	885	139.00–153.75	150.79
36	—	937	140.00–147.00	145.18
1,542	—	573	131.00–166.00	152.10
313	—	383	161.00–184.00	175.22
512	—	429	150.00–173.00	164.28
29	—	972	140.00–145.00	142.81
30	—	1,035	118.00–136.00	127.22
223	—	680	130.00–157.00	139.00
137	—	714	122.00–159.25	147.10
180	—	814	146.00–157.50	154.88
13	—	1,160	127.00	127.00
9	—	281	193.00	193.00
58	—	759	153.00–155.50	154.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	631	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	600	132.00	132.00
11	—	592	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	672	160.00–160.50	160.32
37	—	763	158.25	158.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	507	160.00	160.00
79	—	590	164.00–172.00	165.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	527	157.00–159.00	158.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	411	209.00–218.00	212.19
227	—	669	172.00–176.00	173.73
309	—	528	186.50–203.00	199.46
306	—	561	172.50–191.00	184.98
454	—	614	174.75–183.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	600	152.00	152.00
10	—	662	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	769	152.00	152.00
8	—	975	144.75	144.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	385	179.00–193.00	189.82
39	—	877	132.00–148.50	145.14
458	—	579	149.00–167.00	159.16
404	—	625	142.50–166.00	156.42
149	—	469	152.00–175.00	166.82
37	—	719	140.00–148.25	144.43
8	—	933	136.00	136.00
5	—	324	179.00	179.00
227	—	674	135.00–162.00	149.64
84	—	421	165.00–195.00	181.74
293	—	530	152.00–180.00	167.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
915	—	718	139.00–173.00	165.75
1,277	—	474	169.00–206.00	187.36
373	—	770	130.00–167.50	162.98
1,979	—	528	168.00–200.50	179.86
337	—	860	159.50–164.50	161.09
2,079	—	570	157.50–186.50	173.66
133	—	1,009	152.25	152.25
280	—	820	139.00–167.25	164.19
41	—	328	207.00–226.00	216.44
1,612	—	672	147.50–174.00	163.26
545	—	428	175.00–218.50	197.97
83	—	937	152.00–155.00	153.35
130	—	383	185.00–219.00	204.31
3,179	—	622	151.00–178.25	170.46
120	—	958	160.25	160.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	994	153.00	153.00
259	—	1,004	147.50–155.50	153.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	458	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	577	159.50–162.00	160.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	786	140.00–148.50	147.85
11	—	705	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	494	175.00	175.00
5	—	752	110.00	110.00
6	—	675	146.00	146.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,471	1,410.00	1,410.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,546	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,278	1,625.00–1,675.00	1,649.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,568	1,235.00	1,235.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	69	—	1,006	1,150.00–1,575.00	1,447.96

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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