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Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Nebraska · Weekly summary · Mon, May 15
● As filed62 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1860
← May 8May 15May 22 →

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
Nebraska reported 62 priced lines covering 4,405 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,402 head. replacement cattle receipts at 55 head. Counted as USDA files them — 44 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon May 15, 2023
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)
Feeder CattleReceipts 6,402Last week 15,444Year ago 10,030
Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 739Year ago 205

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 700 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold fully steady. Demand was very good for all classes of calves and feeder cattle. Prices continue to sell well above last year's sales. The sharply higher prices are good for the producers as everything cost dollars more than previous years. Winter feed cost might have eaten up some of the profit on the feeders and slaughter steers and heifers. Onward the livestock owner goes to the next turn of cattle. Feedlot sales sold steady to 2.00 higher on dressed sales from 280.00 to 282.00 and live sales sold 2.00 higher at 178.00. Most advance was on Friday as some packers were short bought going forward.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15—440239.00–280.00260.77
36—528223.00–252.00241.52
201—574215.00–255.00245.38
26—478270.00270.00
48—640219.00–233.00222.45
16—686233.50233.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17—519260.00260.00
350—773213.00–217.00214.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8—545241.00241.00
19—595234.00234.00
24—636220.00–222.00221.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39—869168.50–187.50181.85
217—526244.00–278.00268.56
31—724197.00–202.00200.14
91—773187.50–206.00198.06
296—570228.50–275.00255.60
69—809202.50202.50
99—463247.00–290.00270.26
19—392257.00–259.00257.72
244—610220.00–258.00251.99
18—694195.00–208.00197.90
90—429245.00–301.00287.14
9—310287.00287.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22—614182.00182.00
15—528191.00191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6—787209.50209.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26—615258.50258.50
4—312315.00315.00
12—530290.00290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6—653258.00258.00
20—729246.50246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8—603256.00256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32—465259.00–299.00289.72
36—581252.50–273.00264.64
45—663220.00–255.00236.32
95—626254.00–258.00254.77
7—515290.00290.00
9—422300.00300.00
7—797197.00197.00
5—812196.00196.00
12—909196.00196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136—887191.50–202.00201.54
580—628262.00–280.00268.53
20—778204.00–226.00216.04
67—382311.00–327.50313.90
59—801205.00–216.50212.80
319—526255.00–308.00295.72
142—484280.00–327.00314.50
216—566240.00–299.00288.21
176—668240.00–271.00260.40
125—430277.00–326.00311.54
10—716201.00201.00
87—971188.00–195.25191.64
8—931180.00180.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22—630231.00231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14—630245.00245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20—524258.00258.00
11—407262.00262.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)Open9—1,1501,950.001,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open17—1,4921,900.00–2,400.002,111.50
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)Open11—1,1752,425.002,425.00
(<2 yrs)Open7—1,0842,150.002,150.00
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.