Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 124 priced lines covering 33,382 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 36,222 head. replacement cattle receipts at 713 head.

Mon Jan 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 36,222Last week 27,049Year ago 35,946

Replacement CattleReceipts 713Last week 2,165Year ago 576

Compared to last week steers less than 500 lbs sold 15.00 higher, 500 to 700 lbs sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher and over 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers less than 500 lbs sold steady, 500 to 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher, 7 weights sold 10.00 higher and over 800lbs sold steady. Demand was good to very good for cattle suited for summer grass and for top quality heifer genetics suited for a bull this summer. Quite a few of heifers not flagged as fancy or replacements might be getting a bull throwed in or artificially bred this year. Calf and feeder cattle sales continue to be good as buyers are starting to look at every nook and cranny for cattle they can procure to go to summer grass, feedlot or the breeding pastures. The prospective buyers that thought I'll just wait till spring to fill my grass orders are really having to pay up for their grass cattle. Nebraska feedlots live sales sold steady to 2.00 lower with the bulk at 210.00 and dressed sales mostly steady to 2.00 higher with the bulk at 330.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	271	473.00	473.00
74	300–350	321	387.50–432.00	415.55
230	350–400	389	375.00–412.00	394.43
383	400–450	431	360.00–400.00	379.48
714	450–500	477	342.50–389.00	368.92
1,010	500–550	526	315.00–368.00	345.41
1,766	550–600	574	296.00–347.50	325.72
1,616	600–650	627	283.00–329.00	307.91
2,007	650–700	672	275.00–323.00	296.92
800	700–750	724	264.00–304.00	282.51
535	750–800	760	259.00–278.50	267.19
379	800–850	814	250.00–262.50	255.55
146	850–900	882	240.00–256.00	252.10
88	900–950	934	248.00	248.00
9	950–1000	990	242.00	242.00
180	1000–1050	1,021	227.60	227.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
82	550–600	574	2,175.00	2,175.00
49	550–600	592	372.50	372.50
35	600–650	611	2,050.00	2,050.00
280	600–650	629	323.00–350.00	335.49
360	650–700	664	2,250.00–2,275.00	2,269.28
113	650–700	681	293.50–365.00	324.33
100	700–750	700	2,280.00	2,280.00
119	700–750	724	325.00–335.00	329.24
86	750–800	760	273.00–293.50	284.63
23	800–850	802	269.50	269.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	400	387.50	387.50
65	550–600	560	331.00–337.50	334.89
89	600–650	608	320.50–321.50	320.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	400–450	421	335.00–366.00	358.58
88	450–500	484	323.00–355.00	337.91
102	500–550	530	300.00–345.00	331.75
168	550–600	582	291.00–318.50	308.54
86	600–650	632	271.00–299.00	282.03
71	650–700	683	260.00–285.00	269.00
118	700–750	712	255.00–283.50	266.29
6	750–800	752	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	442	355.00–362.50	359.69
21	500–550	524	301.00	301.00
54	550–600	569	292.00–305.00	299.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	775	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	526	317.00–333.00	324.92
84	600–650	630	289.00–295.00	293.47
97	650–700	683	270.00–276.00	272.48
96	750–800	791	257.50–264.50	259.27
7	800–850	840	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	550–600	557	301.00	301.00
65	600–650	615	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	600–650	611	346.75	346.75
114	650–700	677	308.00–332.50	316.67
70	700–750	722	351.00	351.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	584	274.00	274.00
8	600–650	631	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	494	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
116	450–500	454	457.00	457.00
244	500–550	505	393.00–438.50	432.57
466	550–600	563	378.00–401.00	391.49
250	600–650	609	366.00–369.00	367.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	450–500	483	367.00–375.00	371.07
42	500–550	538	353.00–357.50	354.90
33	550–600	578	334.00–340.00	336.67
164	600–650	633	319.00–327.00	324.28
136	650–700	674	300.00–312.00	309.94
93	700–750	723	278.00–296.00	289.31
156	750–800	779	276.00–284.50	282.78
24	850–900	853	264.50	264.50
23	900–950	914	242.50–250.00	248.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	589	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
62	700–750	714	313.00	313.00
135	800–850	812	285.25–288.50	287.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	388	400.00–427.50	414.91
15	450–500	478	376.00–380.00	377.31
19	500–550	517	343.00–379.00	361.67
12	550–600	565	340.00	340.00
13	600–650	603	335.00	335.00
17	700–750	713	282.00–290.00	286.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	535	352.00	352.00
22	550–600	586	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
71	400–450	433	470.00–471.00	470.91
21	450–500	474	400.00–405.00	403.10
15	550–600	586	364.50	364.50
134	600–650	604	351.50–372.00	366.57
149	750–800	761	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
101	400–450	434	385.00–450.00	422.40
128	450–500	482	360.00–410.00	396.12
261	500–550	532	342.50–377.50	370.20
439	550–600	587	325.00–352.50	342.81
238	600–650	628	305.00–335.00	324.10
164	650–700	675	285.00–305.00	296.20
143	700–750	730	266.00–302.00	292.44
63	750–800	780	270.00–282.50	279.69
17	800–850	812	259.00–266.00	261.10
24	850–900	883	240.00–252.50	249.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	300–350	322	420.00–480.00	466.11
244	350–400	372	416.00–492.50	457.94
408	400–450	425	384.00–495.00	449.20
801	450–500	477	370.00–438.00	408.65
1,373	500–550	522	351.00–413.00	386.89
1,732	550–600	575	343.00–380.00	361.63
1,959	600–650	622	319.50–355.25	342.10
2,701	650–700	676	303.00–337.50	320.50
2,139	700–750	723	284.00–328.00	307.53
1,752	750–800	767	272.00–314.00	292.77
1,313	800–850	819	274.00–292.75	282.43
507	850–900	863	265.50–280.25	273.63
434	900–950	915	263.00–271.75	269.30
142	950–1000	974	258.00–264.00	260.44
12	1000–1050	1,030	235.50	235.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	550–600	589	332.00	332.00
112	600–650	647	314.00	314.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	491	374.00	374.00
18	600–650	624	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	457	402.50	402.50
12	600–650	613	310.00–327.00	318.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	317.50	317.50

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	113	—	1,443	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,834.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	166	—	1,445	2,600.00–3,400.00	3,200.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	223	—	1,206	2,850.00–3,550.00	3,283.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,315	2,100.00–2,200.00	2,148.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,093	2,350.00	2,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,339	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	—	1,389	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,467.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	70	—	1,451	2,100.00–2,650.00	2,427.61
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	55	—	1,156	3,000.00–3,500.00	3,199.01

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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