Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 112 priced lines covering 17,968 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 20,595 head. replacement cattle receipts at 980 head.

Mon Nov 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20,595Last week 17,554Year ago 11,732

Replacement CattleReceipts 980Last week 2,441Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers less than 500 lbs sold sharply higher, 500 to 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with not enough yearlings over 800 for an adequate market trend. Heifers less than 700 lbs sold 10.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good for calves, feeders and bred cows and heifers. With rain in the Southern Plains, wheat fields are starting to grow and the producers that graze out wheat have picked up the pace in buying light weight cattle to fill these pastures. This increased demand has really helped the light calf market in a big area of the Northern Plains. Nebraska feedlot live sales ranged from 185.00 to 188.00 and dressed sales sold from 290.00 to 293.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	258	437.50	437.50
70	300–350	330	408.00–420.00	414.10
232	350–400	381	348.00–413.00	384.87
3	350–400	363	1,225.00	1,225.00
309	400–450	426	340.00–402.00	379.56
1,114	450–500	476	327.50–372.50	354.51
1,122	500–550	529	307.00–354.00	332.11
1,408	550–600	578	291.00–335.00	316.99
944	600–650	628	273.00–319.50	302.54
701	650–700	673	261.00–313.25	292.66
521	700–750	715	240.00–301.50	279.68
448	750–800	773	240.00–278.75	271.57
202	800–850	814	251.00–273.25	266.83
499	850–900	879	245.50–266.25	256.19
118	900–950	932	234.50–265.00	247.51
93	950–1000	984	239.50–245.00	241.28
7	1000–1050	1,015	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	350–400	384	320.00–388.00	351.31
111	400–450	421	322.50–370.00	354.20
139	450–500	474	301.00–349.00	331.96
116	500–550	533	299.00–332.50	317.98
120	550–600	582	276.00–314.00	302.83
43	600–650	630	266.00–298.00	282.87
89	650–700	681	246.00–292.00	270.78
7	700–750	742	263.00	263.00
11	750–800	792	249.50	249.50
6	850–900	898	246.00	246.00
5	1050–1100	1,083	224.75	224.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	640	291.00	291.00
51	800–850	807	257.50–263.00	261.60
6	850–900	898	244.00	244.00
26	900–950	933	241.50–246.00	244.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	350–400	396	416.00	416.00
19	400–450	417	410.00–430.00	424.89
145	450–500	464	376.50–386.00	380.24
191	500–550	529	341.00–354.00	345.29
53	550–600	560	336.50	336.50
381	600–650	612	311.00–333.50	326.66
82	650–700	653	326.00	326.00
262	750–800	784	284.00–295.00	287.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
53	600–650	627	259.00–276.50	269.66
15	650–700	689	266.00	266.00
26	700–750	709	252.00–256.50	254.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
535	600–650	626	283.00–310.00	297.30
173	650–700	665	271.00–289.50	283.41
26	700–750	710	265.50–273.50	270.07
26	750–800	763	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	400–450	425	378.00–379.00	378.69
49	450–500	467	362.00–375.00	367.99
42	500–550	500	361.00	361.00
61	550–600	559	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	512	345.00	345.00
30	600–650	617	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
160	600–650	618	246.00–283.00	266.12
29	650–700	671	241.00–250.00	246.26
7	700–750	710	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	487	339.00	339.00
26	500–550	524	304.00	304.00
41	550–600	554	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	326	320.00–365.00	348.44
25	350–400	388	301.00–320.00	308.95
32	400–450	425	305.00–313.00	307.53
198	450–500	475	276.00–307.50	288.95
97	500–550	522	267.50–305.00	283.29
111	550–600	569	247.00–282.50	267.91
43	600–650	621	243.00–268.00	257.51
16	700–750	729	232.00–247.50	237.77
16	800–850	815	221.00–228.00	225.40
15	850–900	885	216.50	216.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	687	250.50–254.75	253.16
18	750–800	753	231.00	231.00
12	800–850	824	221.00	221.00
17	850–900	861	229.50–230.00	229.85
8	1000–1050	1,009	214.50	214.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	294	390.00	390.00
122	300–350	329	338.00–395.00	357.97
253	350–400	386	319.00–360.00	334.63
585	400–450	431	309.00–350.00	332.52
820	450–500	474	292.00–337.00	314.30
921	500–550	527	276.00–320.50	295.18
896	550–600	571	257.50–305.00	288.76
406	600–650	626	250.00–280.00	271.34
199	650–700	665	243.00–276.00	259.97
199	700–750	727	242.00–257.50	251.60
248	750–800	775	230.00–249.00	239.86
370	800–850	833	238.00–258.00	250.71
326	850–900	884	230.00–241.50	238.34
185	900–950	919	221.00–232.50	227.42
16	950–1000	970	223.00–226.50	225.42
14	1000–1050	1,026	214.50–215.00	214.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	526	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	369	352.50–367.00	361.10
77	500–550	522	308.25–312.75	311.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	604	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	447	340.00	340.00
6	550–600	557	290.00	290.00
5	750–800	772	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	682	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	651	279.00	279.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,231	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,311.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,075	2,650.00	2,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,162	2,650.00	2,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,145	2,375.00	2,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	121	—	1,364	1,750.00–2,800.00	2,622.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,258	2,900.00	2,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,431	1,850.00–2,275.00	1,948.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,386	1,875.00–2,225.00	2,138.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,066	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,239	1,575.00	1,575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	84	—	1,310	1,475.00–2,025.00	1,878.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	63	—	1,465	1,700.00–2,025.00	1,922.59
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	52	—	980	3,050.00	3,050.00

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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