Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 135 priced lines covering 29,548 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 29,971 head. replacement cattle receipts at 3,264 head. Counted as USDA files them — 37 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 29,971Last week 24,314Year ago 13,823

Replacement CattleReceipts 3,264Last week 6,064Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers less than 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers less than 700 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was very good for steers suitable for summer grass with good demand for all other classes of feeders. Demand was good, instances very good for bred heifers and bred cows. Several loads of bred females headed out of state. Most auction markets closed the year out with pretty good size calf and feeder sales. Few sale barns will hold feeder sales on December 30 and then again on January 3 and 4. With normal sale schedules the first full week of January. Feedlot trade was steady on dressed sales at 305.00 and live sales steady to .50 higher from 195.00 to 195.50.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	609	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
133	700–750	711	270.50–272.00	270.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	400–450	433	331.00–345.00	335.56
22	450–500	457	310.00	310.00
30	550–600	586	284.00–287.00	285.68
140	600–650	630	270.00–281.00	275.15
45	650–700	673	252.00–265.00	258.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	800–850	849	225.00	225.00
8	950–1000	979	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	263	1,120.00	1,120.00
48	300–350	327	397.50–430.00	408.64
7	300–350	324	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,268.48
247	350–400	376	329.00–392.00	369.55
535	400–450	422	328.00–398.00	359.00
852	450–500	478	312.50–380.00	338.69
1,444	500–550	521	292.50–349.00	323.12
1,195	550–600	572	277.00–326.00	300.42
1,048	600–650	619	268.00–301.00	284.51
655	650–700	670	245.00–291.00	270.25
564	700–750	724	245.00–263.50	256.30
244	750–800	778	239.00–255.50	246.12
210	800–850	820	237.00–248.00	243.34
123	900–950	907	225.00–245.00	240.81
59	950–1000	985	225.00	225.00
11	1000–1050	1,005	214.00	214.00
20	1050–1100	1,064	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
90	500–550	531	319.00	319.00
300	600–650	629	277.50–279.50	279.11
58	700–750	748	256.50	256.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
188	450–500	459	350.00–371.00	359.40
150	500–550	506	328.00–339.00	332.03
20	600–650	634	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	296	1,050.00	1,050.00
35	300–350	322	384.00	384.00
45	350–400	378	370.00	370.00
19	400–450	401	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	300–350	331	350.00–390.00	366.31
62	350–400	380	335.00–366.00	347.94
229	400–450	431	295.00–365.00	337.96
75	450–500	474	281.00–329.00	307.57
160	500–550	537	283.00–316.00	301.62
112	550–600	591	271.00–286.50	282.48
129	600–650	625	258.00–266.50	259.93
55	650–700	687	242.50–260.00	255.62
66	700–750	736	240.00	240.00
9	750–800	766	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
52	500–550	545	350.00	350.00
85	600–650	604	319.00	319.00
129	650–700	663	282.00–287.00	285.60
21	700–750	737	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	313	380.00	380.00
41	400–450	406	341.00–347.50	344.03
37	450–500	492	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	456	374.00	374.00
47	500–550	508	359.00	359.00
39	550–600	576	331.50	331.50
148	600–650	606	325.00	325.00
305	650–700	687	288.50–299.00	292.47
95	750–800	763	273.50	273.50
67	800–850	832	264.50	264.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	400–450	410	415.00–420.00	418.87
45	450–500	451	396.00–405.00	403.38
63	500–550	507	372.00–377.00	374.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	319	430.00	430.00
51	350–400	388	393.00–399.00	394.66
52	400–450	417	374.00–402.50	399.63
38	450–500	481	371.00	371.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	729	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
77	300–350	324	402.50–440.00	414.40
109	350–400	385	377.50–434.00	402.97
160	400–450	433	331.00–390.00	372.39
214	450–500	484	325.00–388.00	356.48
250	500–550	532	308.00–358.00	338.39
127	550–600	577	300.00–329.00	316.99
154	600–650	632	282.00–308.00	294.49
144	650–700	692	276.00–294.50	285.19
88	700–750	734	260.50–287.00	273.77
23	750–800	782	250.00–259.50	255.57
8	800–850	821	245.50	245.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	300–350	323	432.50–477.50	447.68
252	350–400	379	389.00–475.00	437.43
501	400–450	425	359.00–447.00	417.21
788	450–500	470	321.00–435.00	399.81
1,623	500–550	526	335.00–394.00	367.72
1,333	550–600	570	300.00–371.00	343.14
2,138	600–650	623	290.00–359.00	317.25
1,555	650–700	667	289.00–339.00	306.97
1,289	700–750	722	268.00–311.00	285.27
1,454	750–800	774	260.50–292.50	275.12
466	800–850	818	261.50–277.00	268.58
45	850–900	868	240.00–250.00	244.61
24	900–950	914	238.00–245.50	242.33
266	950–1000	954	239.00–262.75	262.29
56	1000–1050	1,045	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	431	378.00–385.00	383.46
95	450–500	474	360.50–373.00	367.55
45	500–550	525	330.00–342.00	337.79
21	550–600	588	317.00–319.50	318.80
55	600–650	639	290.00–296.00	293.21
148	650–700	674	282.00–299.75	289.93
281	700–750	731	275.00–284.00	280.36
83	750–800	776	262.50–270.00	267.01
99	850–900	891	251.00–255.50	252.83
97	900–950	909	249.00–250.50	250.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	371	360.00–364.00	362.41
31	800–850	844	245.50	245.50
9	1050–1100	1,076	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	400–450	414	437.00–446.00	439.51
74	450–500	460	372.50–406.00	400.58
95	550–600	554	343.00–349.00	347.97
196	600–650	616	360.00–363.00	361.33
126	650–700	662	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
12	450–500	477	365.00	365.00
9	500–550	500	340.00	340.00
26	550–600	554	318.00–321.00	318.82
211	700–750	745	278.00–282.00	281.45
84	800–850	844	262.00–263.50	262.88
340	850–900	856	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	382.50	382.50
13	400–450	406	344.00–350.00	347.68
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	1000–1050	1,035	255.10	255.10

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,314	2,950.00	2,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,598	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,729.11
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,439	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	296	—	1,322	1,850.00–2,375.00	2,085.38
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	178	—	1,352	1,850.00–2,300.00	2,123.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	383	—	1,260	3,100.00–4,125.00	3,728.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,230	2,010.00	2,010.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	448	—	1,154	2,850.00–3,800.00	3,181.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	238	—	1,333	2,500.00–3,450.00	2,723.55
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,535	2,800.00	2,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,574	2,800.00–3,075.00	2,935.64
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1,350	—	1,114	2,950.00–3,600.00	3,282.71
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	996	2,800.00–2,900.00	2,852.73

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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