Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 97 priced lines covering 11,844 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,112 head. replacement cattle receipts at 126 head.

Mon Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,112Last week 26,820Year ago 28,551

Replacement CattleReceipts 126Last week 120Year ago 0

Compared to last week, fly weight steers sold sharply higher, 400 to 700 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers less than 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, 7 weight heifers sold 8.00 higher and over 800 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good to very good throughout the week on a relatively light supply of calves and feeders. Some bawling fall calves hitting the market along with longtime weaned cattle. Some of the bangs vaccinated heifers one would think would be bred this summer for replacements are heading to the feedlot to back fill empty pens of slaughter cattle. Snow across western 2/3rd of the state last week with some area getting 18" of wet snow. Feedlot trade live FOB sales traded 1.50-2.00 higher from 185.00-186.00, mostly at 185.00 and dressed delivered sales traded at 2.00-10.00 higher from 292.00-300.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	250–300	280	410.00	410.00
15	300–350	315	402.50–412.50	408.34
82	350–400	380	380.00–404.00	394.15
140	400–450	429	352.50–387.50	371.55
317	450–500	485	331.00–374.00	364.18
393	500–550	530	319.00–356.00	339.13
542	550–600	581	319.00–339.00	331.55
385	600–650	624	290.00–326.00	310.68
429	650–700	668	280.00–306.50	293.91
621	700–750	725	262.50–289.00	272.79
775	750–800	770	253.00–277.50	267.09
369	800–850	835	230.00–254.00	250.50
150	850–900	882	243.25–248.50	244.34
242	900–950	920	220.00–243.85	237.08
18	950–1000	965	218.00–231.00	226.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	410	392.50–397.50	395.74
32	450–500	487	369.50	369.50
20	500–550	517	359.00	359.00
37	600–650	610	321.50–323.50	322.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	354.00	354.00
12	550–600	550	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	410	330.00	330.00
11	450–500	494	326.00	326.00
10	500–550	526	311.00–318.00	314.54
10	600–650	625	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	527	284.00–305.00	293.73
99	550–600	572	235.00–321.00	296.81
71	600–650	626	262.00–302.00	290.29
64	650–700	686	249.00–278.50	274.21
8	700–750	731	269.00	269.00
10	750–800	778	259.50	259.50
17	850–900	882	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	600–650	615	313.00–332.50	324.50
252	650–700	670	305.25–310.00	306.87
46	800–850	822	264.50	264.50
70	850–900	851	258.75	258.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	473	347.00	347.00
35	550–600	558	296.00–310.50	308.29
39	600–650	637	284.00–288.50	287.58
23	650–700	695	265.00–271.00	268.65
30	700–750	734	262.00–265.00	264.30
9	750–800	781	248.00	248.00
74	900–950	940	231.25	231.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	391	372.50	372.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	250–300	252	376.00	376.00
30	300–350	343	339.00–377.50	353.99
152	350–400	379	330.00–357.50	341.96
136	400–450	423	325.00–336.00	331.72
99	450–500	474	290.00–319.00	305.00
405	500–550	529	291.00–318.00	304.65
425	550–600	578	270.00–289.50	283.06
381	600–650	621	251.00–283.00	270.56
831	650–700	670	245.50–273.50	259.30
531	700–750	726	239.00–254.25	245.18
168	750–800	768	230.00–241.00	235.63
585	800–850	823	223.50–232.85	228.20
21	850–900	881	161.00–217.00	182.27
6	900–950	914	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
302	700–750	723	245.00–264.50	257.39
72	750–800	786	1,850.00	1,850.00
309	750–800	775	237.00–242.50	240.54
116	800–850	811	238.50–250.00	240.89
51	850–900	865	224.75–226.00	225.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	438	337.50–340.00	339.34
49	450–500	469	317.50–321.00	319.45
52	550–600	564	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	393	312.00	312.00
5	400–450	400	292.00	292.00
13	450–500	478	287.00–292.50	290.51
67	500–550	537	261.00–292.00	281.55
54	550–600	589	250.00–278.50	273.86
85	600–650	623	240.00–269.00	255.32
94	650–700	676	233.00–253.00	249.39
87	700–750	724	225.00–241.50	233.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	476	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	378	375.00	375.00
24	450–500	456	322.50	322.50
52	600–650	618	290.00	290.00
85	700–750	719	260.50	260.50
285	800–850	839	239.00–240.00	239.43
80	850–900	865	234.25	234.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	465	283.00–288.00	285.98
66	500–550	533	280.00–292.00	288.22
64	550–600	597	268.00	268.00
32	600–650	636	229.00–258.00	247.67
48	650–700	682	249.50	249.50
57	750–800	789	231.50–233.00	232.48
10	800–850	809	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	417	313.00	313.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	280.00	280.00
20	550–600	572	275.00	275.00
6	650–700	695	247.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	419	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	290.00	290.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,359	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	—	1,367	1,850.00–1,900.00	1,857.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	62	—	1,363	2,200.00–2,550.00	2,297.27

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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