Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 130 priced lines covering 46,588 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 50,676 head. replacement cattle receipts at 331 head.

Mon Jan 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 50,676Last week 40,305Year ago 20,049

Replacement CattleReceipts 331Last week 886Year ago 2,340

Compared to last week steers less than 700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers less than 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was very good throughout the week on a heavy supply of calves and yearlings. Good demand for a light supply of bred cows. Some cattle going to out of state to be wintered for summer grass turnout or finished in a feedlot. Some offerings this week were purchased last fall, weaned and resold as record prices are prevailing the first of the year and sellers turned a pretty good profit. Nebraska feedlots sold live sales steady to 2.00 higher from 203.00 to 205.00 and dressed sales sold 2.00 higher at 322.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	361	392.50	392.50
7	400–450	422	390.00	390.00
65	550–600	590	329.00–333.00	330.83
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	631	309.50	309.50
14	700–750	717	270.00	270.00
14	750–800	782	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	284	430.00–451.00	443.25
77	350–400	379	362.00–435.00	390.99
60	400–450	440	360.00–395.00	374.46
177	450–500	479	345.00–396.00	370.15
226	500–550	531	332.00–375.00	354.44
396	550–600	583	318.00–349.00	335.52
327	600–650	634	304.00–329.00	321.58
181	650–700	679	286.00–311.00	299.54
222	700–750	722	270.00–295.00	287.35
4	750–800	751	278.00	278.00
12	900–950	938	240.00	240.00
18	950–1000	973	229.00–237.00	234.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	300–350	334	431.00–512.50	472.65
142	350–400	375	396.00–490.00	438.94
448	400–450	431	360.00–455.00	417.21
972	450–500	481	370.00–412.50	392.94
2,579	500–550	525	356.00–395.00	377.08
2,858	550–600	575	319.00–375.50	352.97
3,850	600–650	625	309.50–355.00	335.45
3,776	650–700	676	293.00–339.00	313.47
3,280	700–750	721	282.00–321.00	303.42
3,318	750–800	774	276.50–319.00	285.54
1,429	800–850	825	271.00–293.00	277.81
1,054	850–900	866	264.75–280.00	273.94
222	900–950	928	250.50–264.50	258.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	425	376.00	376.00
59	800–850	823	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	419	381.00–384.00	381.81
50	450–500	483	360.00–370.00	365.68
51	500–550	527	342.00–353.00	348.51
25	550–600	579	318.00–327.00	324.58
20	600–650	625	316.00–320.00	317.36
70	650–700	686	289.00–301.00	295.21
308	700–750	730	280.00–294.00	283.80
215	750–800	785	262.00–280.50	272.72
100	800–850	819	258.50–273.50	268.02
170	850–900	873	253.00–264.00	259.83
56	900–950	903	249.00–254.00	251.31
70	950–1000	981	243.00–251.00	245.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	450–500	464	420.00–445.00	427.64
131	500–550	507	392.50–398.00	395.73
170	550–600	557	373.00–379.00	376.64
378	600–650	607	343.00–364.00	359.83
358	650–700	660	336.00–345.00	340.36
135	700–750	702	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	402	455.00	455.00
55	450–500	487	403.00–409.00	403.65
75	500–550	510	385.00–393.00	385.54
169	550–600	558	363.00–366.00	364.70
280	600–650	617	341.00–346.00	342.78
37	650–700	655	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	378	417.50–422.50	419.29
54	450–500	461	387.00–397.00	389.80
20	500–550	519	343.00–347.50	344.90
99	550–600	594	319.00–322.00	321.27
18	650–700	675	291.00–301.50	296.17
7	700–750	743	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	406	457.50	457.50
156	450–500	475	430.00	430.00
150	500–550	521	407.00	407.00
213	550–600	572	373.00	373.00
96	600–650	639	334.00	334.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
73	450–500	487	322.00–327.00	325.80
77	500–550	536	301.00–310.00	305.23
134	550–600	582	291.00–304.00	296.28
266	600–650	628	276.00–293.00	287.02
160	650–700	672	268.00–275.00	271.13
69	700–750	738	259.00–264.50	262.91
67	750–800	784	248.25–255.00	249.59
45	800–850	815	240.00–241.00	240.57
8	900–950	925	231.00	231.00
14	1000–1050	1,019	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	360	410.00–430.00	415.92
73	400–450	410	395.00–410.00	406.94
67	450–500	455	382.50–388.00	386.61
39	500–550	522	363.00	363.00
71	700–750	712	294.50	294.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	300–350	322	382.00–415.00	405.22
189	350–400	373	355.00–405.00	384.39
532	400–450	425	334.00–388.00	366.38
1,640	450–500	472	329.00–378.00	358.67
1,952	500–550	527	311.00–356.00	336.26
1,990	550–600	570	281.00–338.00	316.11
2,519	600–650	623	270.00–319.00	297.14
1,475	650–700	670	263.00–304.00	284.61
1,350	700–750	722	263.50–287.00	273.36
599	750–800	778	251.00–267.00	262.41
299	800–850	816	246.00–259.50	253.25
187	850–900	871	240.00–257.00	246.90
16	900–950	907	237.50	237.50
7	1000–1050	1,006	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	366	322.00–355.00	346.75
148	400–450	430	322.50–367.50	345.92
134	450–500	476	300.00–352.50	335.77
243	500–550	533	289.00–332.00	318.53
248	550–600	575	268.00–319.00	295.72
137	600–650	632	270.00–290.00	278.71
58	650–700	678	253.00–280.50	268.26
91	700–750	713	250.00–263.00	261.08
9	750–800	797	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	414	350.00–355.00	353.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
74	500–550	536	328.00–360.50	353.00
111	550–600	562	340.00–354.00	347.71
409	600–650	625	294.00–320.00	309.34
197	650–700	658	300.00–322.00	308.19
244	700–750	727	282.00–321.50	301.56
47	750–800	796	274.50	274.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	375.00	375.00
5	450–500	480	330.00	330.00
79	500–550	505	305.00–327.50	323.65
30	600–650	641	261.00–273.00	269.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	530	287.50–290.00	288.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	365	420.00	420.00
100	400–450	415	384.00–417.50	398.83
71	450–500	466	360.00–370.00	365.89
92	500–550	511	341.00–348.00	345.07
Heifers — Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	749	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	800–850	802	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	653	280.00	280.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,359	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	36	—	1,100	3,200.00	3,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,433	2,800.00	2,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,399	1,900.00	1,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	111	—	1,372	2,100.00–2,550.00	2,319.41

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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