Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 98 priced lines covering 26,520 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 29,693 head. replacement cattle receipts at 12 head. Counted as USDA files them — 12 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 29,693Last week 21,383Year ago 26,051

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week, bawling steer calves less than 700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower, over 700 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Bawling heifer calves less than 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was mostly good throughout the week. Very dry, dirty weaning pens has not discouraged buyers from purchasing fresh bawling calves. However, many buyers are looking for calves with fall precondition shots especially a respiratory vaccination. Harvest pushes on and it a little ahead of a normal year as crops are drying down well across the state. Feedlots traded for steady money on dressed sales at 296.00 and live sales sold fully steady to 1.00 higher from 187.00 to 188.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	306	345.00	345.00
121	350–400	381	265.00–375.00	350.47
155	400–450	431	303.00–367.50	340.24
162	450–500	477	275.00–335.00	320.59
369	500–550	523	272.00–318.00	298.11
239	550–600	581	257.00–293.00	280.87
113	600–650	627	242.00–286.00	272.41
36	650–700	669	247.00–251.00	250.44
85	700–750	743	241.00–257.00	248.48
33	800–850	806	235.00–244.00	239.38
13	900–950	929	224.50	224.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	286	400.25	400.25
13	250–300	285	1,050.00	1,050.00
89	300–350	336	327.00–422.50	387.42
447	350–400	378	321.00–405.00	383.25
902	400–450	427	313.00–387.00	365.65
1,529	450–500	479	301.00–363.00	335.11
2,229	500–550	522	296.00–339.50	324.23
2,216	550–600	573	265.00–325.00	301.66
1,286	600–650	621	256.00–311.50	298.97
512	650–700	670	261.50–313.00	286.91
393	700–750	729	250.00–282.00	273.48
277	750–800	776	247.00–276.00	268.82
714	800–850	833	243.50–266.50	258.39
487	850–900	874	242.50–264.75	255.53
793	900–950	916	223.00–258.10	251.72
305	950–1000	984	220.00–244.00	234.71
313	1000–1050	1,007	215.50–246.75	239.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	434	315.00–319.00	318.17
46	450–500	465	300.00–312.00	307.10
20	500–550	534	306.00	306.00
22	550–600	562	280.00–284.00	281.25
7	600–650	626	268.50	268.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	355	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	400–450	427	387.00	387.00
170	450–500	457	338.00–360.00	346.11
117	500–550	505	335.00–349.50	345.37
329	550–600	567	307.00–328.00	317.55
81	650–700	650	289.50	289.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
807	600–650	629	274.00–295.50	284.68
252	650–700	677	260.00–279.50	270.55
116	700–750	713	254.00–283.50	276.56
122	750–800	760	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	350–400	397	395.00	395.00
52	450–500	474	350.00	350.00
26	500–550	517	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	385	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	629	267.00–270.50	268.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	413	305.00	305.00
16	500–550	525	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	411	330.00	330.00
27	450–500	457	311.00–332.00	314.85
79	550–600	556	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	340	300.00–315.00	306.66
28	350–400	361	307.50–317.50	311.80
196	400–450	427	275.00–304.00	285.07
167	450–500	474	264.00–290.00	273.01
183	500–550	524	242.00–288.00	265.17
48	550–600	576	245.00–259.00	250.19
30	600–650	648	233.00–247.00	242.99
5	650–700	674	229.00	229.00
26	700–750	735	240.50–242.00	241.30
15	750–800	761	234.50	234.50
23	850–900	853	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	276	925.00	925.00
8	250–300	289	338.00	338.00
10	300–350	316	1,100.00–1,135.00	1,111.57
129	300–350	331	301.00–380.00	334.78
325	350–400	374	303.00–357.50	332.80
840	400–450	424	290.00–340.00	315.25
754	450–500	473	270.00–326.00	297.97
1,192	500–550	524	256.00–313.00	282.94
806	550–600	569	247.00–293.00	270.40
101	600–650	620	243.00–265.00	257.45
336	650–700	674	238.00–262.50	257.82
316	700–750	740	243.50–260.25	251.25
891	750–800	779	230.00–251.50	243.73
1,273	800–850	823	225.00–251.50	239.56
896	850–900	880	211.00–250.75	232.12
345	900–950	918	211.00–244.25	234.10
162	950–1000	969	216.50–230.50	223.44
103	1000–1050	1,017	211.00–224.50	221.65
11	1050–1100	1,079	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	454	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
252	600–650	615	240.00–274.00	267.94
18	650–700	661	248.00–256.00	252.06
26	700–750	705	230.00–231.00	230.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
141	650–700	661	284.00–293.50	287.51
86	700–750	709	274.00	274.00
67	750–800	763	264.00	264.00
54	800–850	845	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	750–800	798	242.00	242.00
33	800–850	826	238.25	238.25
60	850–900	899	235.25	235.25
128	900–950	900	233.00	233.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	528	250.50	250.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	605	242.00	242.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,574	2,300.00–2,650.00	2,609.75

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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