Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 112 priced lines covering 13,262 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,002 head. replacement cattle receipts at 125 head. Counted as USDA files them — 76 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,002Last week 7,232Year ago 15,444

Replacement CattleReceipts 125Last week 1,239Year ago 739

Compared to last week steers less than 500 lbs sold sharply higher with all other weights trending around 6.00 to 10.00 lower, depending on flesh and condition. Heifers traded unevenly steady throughout the week on a relatively light supply. Demand was moderate to good. With the CME cattle boards going down most of the week, buyers were selective on what they were to purchase. Quite a few of the cattle came off cereal grain pastures. Nebraska feedlots traded at steady money on live sales at 187.00 and steady to 1.00 higher on dressed sales from 295.00 with some at 296.00. Rain showers in some areas of the state with a few parts in the west central running center pivots due to dry conditions. Other areas of the state are running pivots lightly as they are trying to avoid "crusting" on many fields.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	355.00	355.00
22	450–500	467	328.00	328.00
15	500–550	522	329.00–331.00	330.23
21	550–600	569	306.00–310.00	307.70
91	600–650	628	289.50–299.00	293.43
19	650–700	656	281.50	281.50
90	800–850	828	240.50–246.50	243.80
99	850–900	882	236.50–239.00	237.07
8	900–950	927	226.00	226.00
127	950–1000	969	214.00–219.00	216.67
60	1050–1100	1,073	204.50	204.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	350–400	358	372.50–470.00	419.98
125	400–450	416	332.50–445.00	399.94
107	450–500	469	352.00–445.00	393.73
137	500–550	531	318.00–358.00	343.33
264	550–600	568	304.00–353.00	327.98
431	600–650	618	298.00–322.50	314.39
656	650–700	664	268.00–311.50	300.63
278	700–750	727	246.50–283.00	270.46
302	750–800	779	235.00–271.00	262.79
811	800–850	825	232.50–253.75	248.89
1,256	850–900	869	230.00–250.00	241.27
1,278	900–950	919	221.00–245.50	237.15
569	950–1000	965	216.50–228.00	222.86
449	1000–1050	1,037	216.00–223.75	218.17
31	1050–1100	1,061	213.00	213.00
13	1100–1150	1,108	188.50	188.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	450	380.00	380.00
111	500–550	517	369.25	369.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	442	350.00	350.00
8	500–550	545	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	457	321.00	321.00
38	500–550	535	307.00–330.00	317.34
65	550–600	567	303.00–328.00	324.82
57	600–650	622	275.00–306.00	288.86
41	650–700	675	256.00–285.00	274.89
117	700–750	724	250.00–264.00	257.40
62	750–800	771	240.50–253.75	248.70
102	850–900	873	216.00–243.50	236.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	338.00	338.00
8	450–500	460	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	400–450	435	355.00–357.00	356.72
12	450–500	477	329.00	329.00
31	500–550	505	317.00–334.00	326.47
30	550–600	570	289.50–296.50	294.10
38	600–650	604	293.50–304.00	300.92
8	650–700	683	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	317	408.00	408.00
13	350–400	378	396.00–399.00	397.13
19	400–450	409	379.00–387.00	383.69
87	550–600	586	341.00	341.00
15	600–650	635	328.00	328.00
120	650–700	670	300.50–309.00	304.30
82	700–750	713	291.50–299.00	295.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	328.00	328.00
13	450–500	494	294.00	294.00
27	500–550	531	293.50–294.50	293.72
42	550–600	584	276.00	276.00
52	600–650	627	261.00–270.50	264.93
69	650–700	658	258.00–264.00	262.15
150	700–750	725	241.75–246.50	245.25
310	750–800	781	228.00–238.25	235.77
55	800–850	836	222.00–227.00	225.53
17	850–900	881	208.50	208.50
14	1000–1050	1,017	175.00–194.50	186.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	350.00	350.00
109	350–400	373	337.50–395.00	360.65
185	400–450	428	298.00–359.00	332.55
180	450–500	477	291.00–363.00	329.66
255	500–550	527	279.00–332.00	297.47
252	550–600	578	274.00–304.50	292.76
120	600–650	619	241.00–288.50	273.95
244	650–700	671	263.50–279.00	271.94
602	700–750	732	231.00–264.75	248.76
450	750–800	788	226.50–248.00	238.66
589	800–850	821	226.50–243.50	233.98
135	850–900	878	216.00–228.75	226.53
51	900–950	905	206.00–210.00	208.47
17	950–1000	956	196.00–203.00	197.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	312	335.00	335.00
14	400–450	437	306.00	306.00
14	550–600	553	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	350–400	357	312.50–335.00	318.71
6	450–500	457	320.00	320.00
32	500–550	518	271.00–296.00	284.94
24	550–600	573	264.00–275.00	268.02
56	600–650	616	212.00–264.00	253.44
65	650–700	675	247.00–254.50	251.80
103	700–750	713	241.00–244.00	243.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	438	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	315	315.00	315.00
20	450–500	456	291.00	291.00
18	600–650	607	256.00–261.00	258.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	277	380.00	380.00
7	400–450	426	338.00	338.00
107	500–550	507	319.00–320.00	319.08
28	600–650	620	293.50	293.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	650–700	651	285.25	285.25
72	700–750	734	258.50	258.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	396	389.00	389.00
5	400–450	413	349.00	349.00
5	450–500	485	327.50	327.50
19	500–550	525	308.00	308.00
10	600–650	604	269.00	269.00
8	650–700	664	251.00	251.00
12	700–750	722	220.00	220.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,310	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,682	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,398	3,550.00	3,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	28	—	1,146	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,333	1,950.00	1,950.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,318	3,800.00	3,800.00

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.

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