Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 89 priced lines covering 11,042 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,045 head. replacement cattle receipts at 413 head. Counted as USDA files them — 129 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,045Last week 13,700Year ago 10,586

Replacement CattleReceipts 413Last week 0Year ago 400

Compared to last week, steers less than 600 lbs sold 20.00 lower, 600 to 800 lbs sold 6.00 to 13.00 lower and over 800 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers less than 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 6.00 to 14.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good for calves and feeders. Demand was mostly moderate to instances good for cow and heifer pairs. Drought conditions prevail across state, so cattlemen are not really seeking to add more inventory to their operations. Pasture and range conditions look tough for this time of year. But it's hard to flourish without significant moisture and it gets windblown every day. Area feedlots traded live sales 2.00-5.00 lower at 208.00 and dressed sales traded 7.00-8.00 lower from 327.00-328.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	317	507.00	507.00
54	350–400	365	406.00–477.50	438.01
73	400–450	429	400.00–447.00	415.09
181	450–500	474	373.00–430.00	407.73
165	500–550	517	357.00–415.00	390.79
535	550–600	564	322.00–400.00	374.00
289	600–650	625	340.00–370.00	362.92
352	650–700	671	299.00–355.00	332.92
602	700–750	715	294.00–330.50	315.06
523	750–800	767	271.00–323.00	297.81
403	800–850	827	250.00–299.50	286.85
887	850–900	875	263.00–294.00	283.75
326	900–950	934	257.00–277.25	265.47
305	950–1000	970	266.60–283.00	270.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	349	386.00	386.00
14	350–400	366	401.00	401.00
40	400–450	439	367.00–415.00	394.50
44	450–500	484	349.00–410.00	378.19
82	500–550	541	377.00–380.00	379.06
85	550–600	579	326.00–352.50	338.68
51	600–650	623	323.00–344.00	327.52
39	650–700	679	302.50–306.00	304.96
18	700–750	724	295.00–300.00	297.21
29	750–800	785	261.00–281.00	274.06
5	850–900	886	250.50	250.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	515	340.00	340.00
10	550–600	585	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	578	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	427	377.50–391.00	383.76
6	450–500	491	362.00	362.00
56	500–550	527	350.00–361.00	358.79
7	650–700	664	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
79	750–800	767	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	550–600	584	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	381.00	381.00
29	550–600	587	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	700–750	728	286.00	286.00
70	750–800	778	2,075.00–2,305.00	2,279.28
96	750–800	786	280.00–309.75	303.59
8	850–900	861	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
7	250–300	273	1,275.00–1,300.00	1,289.47
26	300–350	344	380.00–437.50	415.55
9	350–400	357	1,325.00–1,385.00	1,364.48
94	350–400	372	372.00–452.50	419.26
196	400–450	428	375.00–414.00	391.79
235	450–500	473	304.00–400.00	358.79
601	500–550	526	311.00–367.00	351.58
289	550–600	568	311.00–350.50	335.78
759	600–650	625	277.00–325.00	313.90
299	650–700	674	276.00–301.00	287.38
526	700–750	724	257.00–291.00	283.59
534	750–800	774	254.25–288.00	267.86
196	800–850	815	262.00–271.00	264.18
650	850–900	874	251.75–265.00	257.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	473	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	800–850	805	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
27	700–750	742	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	431	362.50–366.00	363.85
74	450–500	485	317.50–373.00	352.20
88	500–550	533	315.00–331.00	325.10
120	550–600	588	298.00–321.00	311.20
21	600–650	621	270.00	270.00
7	650–700	650	270.00	270.00
12	800–850	840	243.50	243.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	348.00	348.00
35	450–500	466	357.00	357.00
38	500–550	535	340.00–341.00	340.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	413	415.00	415.00
10	450–500	454	391.00	391.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	701	219.00	219.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	600	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	625	280.00	280.00
11	650–700	683	276.00	276.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	387	428.00	428.00
9	450–500	478	377.50	377.50
6	550–600	556	334.00	334.00
6	600–650	632	326.00	326.00
10	950–1000	988	241.50	241.50

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	9	—	1,561	3,650.00	3,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,489	4,000.00	4,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,537	2,900.00–3,200.00	3,039.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	25	—	1,333	2,950.00	2,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	73	—	982	2,725.00–2,910.00	2,788.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	67	—	1,134	2,725.00–2,910.00	2,823.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	50	—	1,452	2,025.00–2,835.00	2,752.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	17	—	1,310	3,050.00	3,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	14	—	1,299	2,500.00	2,500.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	94	—	1,142	3,850.00–4,300.00	4,056.87

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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